Community Performance Series - Potsdam, NY

ATTENTION!

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:34:42 -0400

Hello All Community Performance Series Patrons,

Look for new postings on this blog in the near future about upcoming events and possible contests!

Just as a preview our next event is Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. It will be a great event! You won’t want to miss it!

Check out LAGQ here!

Today's the Day!

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:14:00 -0500

SFJazz has arrived in Potsdam and we couldn’t be more excited!!!

Be sure to check out the Masterclass at 3pm in Wakefield Hall, and of course, the long awaited concert!

7:30pm.

Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam.

SFJazz Collective plays the music of Stevie Wonder and Original Compositions.

Check it out.

THEY'RE HERE TOMORROW.

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, be sure to pick them up! Reviews from the tour are all super enthusiastic, so we can’t wait!

Only 2 Days Now!

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:50:00 -0500

The collective is at UMass Amherst tonight, Burlington, VT tomorrow night, and then they arrive in Potsdam! Are you all as excited as we are?!

3 DAYS UNTIL SFJAZZ!!

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:23:48 -0500

Have YOU gotten your tickets yet?! See the link in the side if you haven’t!

ONLY 4 MORE DAYS!!

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

After exploring the work of Ornette Coleman (2004), John Coltrane (2005), Herbie Hancock (2006), Thelonious Monk (2007), Wayne Shorter (2008), McCoy Tyner (2009) and Horace Silver (2010), the Collective takes on the material of pop music icon Stevie Wonder for 2011-2012.

So now that you know what they did before, are you more excited for what’s to come this Saturday!? GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

ONLY 5 MORE DAYS!!

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

ONLY 5 MORE DAYS!!

Only 6 More Days!

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:14:00 -0500

In addition to the 730 show, members of the Collective will be giving a masterclass at 3pm in Wakefield Hall at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam.

Two student jazz combos will be playing for Antonio Hart, Stefon Harris, and Robin Eubanks, performing their own arrangements. The event is free and open to the public.

1 Week Out! BUY YOUR TICKETS!!

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

http://www2.potsdam.edu/cps/eventpgs/20112012/sfjazz.html

SFJazz Collective performs “Superstition”

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:30:44 -0500

SFJazz Collective performs “Superstition”

9 Days!! - Meet Eric Harland

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

A leading drummer on the national scene, Texas-born Eric Harland has performed with jazz legends like Betty Carter, Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner, and has played on more than 70 recordings with such artists as Terence Blanchard, Greg Osby, Charles Lloyd and Zakir Hussain. In DownBeat’s 65th Annual Readers Poll, he was included in the short list of top drummers, in the company of masters like Roy Haynes and the late Elvin Jones. In 2010, Harland claimed DownBeat’s top spot in the Rising Star Drummer category of the Annual Critics Poll for the third straight year. His debut recording as a leader, Voyager, Live by Night, was released in 2011 and features saxophonist Walter Smith III, guitarist Julian Lage, pianist Taylor Eigsti and bassist Harish Raghavan.

For More Information, visit iharland.com

10 Days!! - Meet Matt Penman

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:27:00 -0500

Originally from New Zealand, Matt Penman studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music before relocating to New York in 1995. In addition to releasing his own critically acclaimed CDs as a leader, Catch of the Day (2007) and The Unquiet (2002), he has recorded as a sideman on some 70 other discs and has performed with the likes of Nicholas Payton, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gary Bartz, Kenny Werner, Nnenna Freelon, Madeleine Peyroux, Brian Blade, John Scofield and Guillermo Klein. His latest project is the supergroup James Farm, which includes founding SFJAZZ Collective tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks and current Collective drummer Eric Harland. Their self-titled Nonesuch debut was released this year.

For More Information, visit www.mattpenman.com

11 Days!! - Meet Edward Simon

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:45:17 -0500

Edward Simon was born in the coastal town of Punta Cardón, Venezuela, where he grew up in a family of musicians surrounded by the sounds and rhythms of Latin and Caribbean music. Settling in New York City in 1989, he played with numerous jazz masters, including Herbie Mann, Paquito D’Rivera, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Watson, Terence Blanchard and Don Byron. He has produced elevn critically acclaimed albums as a leader, including two New York Times top ten jazz records of the year: Edward Simon (Kokopelli, 1994) and Simplicitas (Criss Cross, 2005). In 2010 Simon was named a Guggenheim Fellow, and his latest trio CD, Danny Boy, has recently been released.

For More Information, visit http://www.edwardsimon.com/

12 Days!! - Meet Stefon Harris

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:41:00 -0500

Stefon Harris is committed to exploring the rich potential of jazz composition and blazing new trails on the vibraphone. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Harris has received numerous accolades including the Jazz Journalists Association’s “Best Mallet Player” for four years running (2000-2003) and “#1 Rising Star Vibraphonist” in the 2006 DownBeat Critics Poll. His string of acclaimed albums includes the Blue Note sessions Kindred, Black Action Figure, The Grand Unification Theory, African Tarantella: Dances With Duke and the Grammy-nominated Concord release, Urbanus. His latest project is Ninety Miles, a CD and DVD made in Havana with saxophonist David Sánchez, trumpeter Christian Scott and a host of master Cuban musicians.

For More Information, visit http://www.stefonharris.com/

13 Days!! - Meet Robin Eubanks

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:39:00 -0500

A five-time “Trombonist of the Year” in the DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll, Robin Eubanks is the premier jazz trombonist of his generation. In addition to leading his own groups, EB3 and Mental Images, Eubanks has performed and composed on Grammy-winning recordings with Dave Holland and Michael Brecker. In addition, he has worked with music legends Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and the Rolling Stones, to name a few. The native Philadelphian is the recipient of composition grants from Chamber Music America and ASCAP. He is a sought-after educator and is now a tenured professor of trombone at the renowned Oberlin Conservatory and Adjunct Professor at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts.

For More Information, visit http://www.robineubanks.com/

14 Days!! - Meet Avashi Cohen

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Trumpeter Avishai Cohen is a leading figure on the international jazz scene and one of the most sought-after players of his generation, “an assertive and accomplished trumpeter with a taste for modernism” according to The New York Times. Originally from Tel Aviv, Israel, Cohen began performing at age 10. Relocating to the U.S. to attend the Berklee College Of Music, he placed third in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Trumpet Competition in 1997. After developing his craft alongside contemporaries such as pianist Jason Lindner, Cohen has expanded his sonic palette to include African music (with Lionel Loueke), funk (Me’shell Ndegeocello), folk/pop (Keren Ann) and effects-laden avant-garde explorations. He has recorded five heralded albums as a leader, most recently the phenomenal trio CD Introducing Triveni with bassist Omer Avital and drummer Nasheet Waits.

For More Information, visit http://www.avishaicohenmusic.com/

15 Days!! - Meet Mark Turner.

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:47:00 -0500

Described by JazzTimes as “an extremely thoughtful and cerebral player,” Mark Turner has been quietly building a reputation as a musician’s musician. He attended Berklee College Of Music in the late ‘80s where he met musicians that would figure prominently in his later work, including Kurt Rosenwinkel and Joshua Redman. Turner has recorded five critically acclaimed albums as a leader and has also performed or recorded with artists such as Dave Holland, Brad Mehldau, Lee Konitz, Dave Douglas and Lee Konitz. His current project is the trio FLY with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard. Their latest album, Sky And Country, appeared on ECM in 2009.

For More Information, visit www.flytrio.com

16 Days!! - Meet Antonio Hart

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:34:00 -0500

One of the so-called “young lions” to emerge in the late 1980s and first recognized for his influential work with trumpeter Roy Hargrove, Grammy-nominated altoist Antonio Hart has established himself as one of the finest instrumentalists in jazz. He is a graduate of the Berklee School and has recorded and performed with a plethora of jazz greats including Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Nat Adderley. Antonio has maintained a long-term relationship with bass master Dave Holland and balances his performing schedule as a full-time professor of jazz studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He has released seven acclaimed albums, including his latest Chiaroscuro release, All We Need, which features tenor sax legend Jimmy Heath. Antonio Hart replaces Miguel Zenón for the Spring 2012 tour only.

For More Information, please visit www.antoniohart.com

Video

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:02:14 -0500

18 Days Out! - The Band

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:32:00 -0500

The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004 by SFJAZZ—the West Coast’s largest nonprofit jazz institution and the presenter of the annual San Francisco Jazz Festival—the Collective has become one of the most exciting and acclaimed groups on the jazz scene. As the New York Times hailed the Collective upon its debut, “A serious jazz band rises in San Francisco.”

In addition to its outstanding line-up, the SFJAZZ Collective has been praised for its innovative approach to repertoire. Each year, the ensemble performs a new list of compositions by a modern jazz master and new pieces by the Collective members (commissioned by SFJAZZ). Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring jazz’s recent history while championing the music’s up-to-the-minute directions, the Collective embodies SFJAZZ’s commitment to jazz as a living, ever-relevant art form.

To cultivate its distinctive sound, the SFJAZZ Collective convenes in San Francisco each spring for a multi-week residency. Throughout this extended rehearsal period—a rarity in today’s jazz—the octet workshops the season’s new repertoire and interacts with the Bay Area community through SFJAZZ’s education programs for youth and adults. The Collective then takes to the performance stage, including home season concerts under the auspices of the SFJAZZ Spring Season and a national and international tour, with stops in some of the world’s most prominent concert halls.

*Taken from SFJazz.org