Michael Wolff Trio to Appear at The Kennedy Center, with Special Guest Steve Wilson
Live Review: “All of the music felt very full and passionately alive” “Wolff proved to be one of the most engaging all-around performers in the entire jazz game”
The acclaimed Michael Wolff Trio will have the honor of performing at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on October 24th. Wolff will play selections from his recent CD ‘Joe’s Strut’ (WRONG Records,) which has been praised as “funky as hell.” DownBeat said: “Joe’s Strut delivers, smoothly and seamlessly." Special Guest Steve Wilson will join Wolff for two sets at the KC Jazz Club. DownBeat recently commented, “Wolff and Steve Wilson, playing soprano sax, craft an eloquent conversation." In a live review of a Wolff concert this summer, The San Jose Mercury News raved, “all of the music felt very full and passionately alive.”
October 24, 2009, -- 7:30p & 9:30p Michael Wolff Trio with Special Guest Steve Wilson Chip Jackson, Bass, Victor Jones, Drums Kennedy Center Jazz Club Washington, DC Tickets: $25; To Purchase Tickets: (202) 467-4600. The toll-free number is (800) 444- 1324.
‘Joe’s Strut’ has garnered substantial national and regional press coverage since its release, and critics appear to have coalesced around a common theme: This CD is funky! In The New York Times, Nate Chinen noted that Strut “throws in a few hints of funk,” and that sentiment appears again and again reviews of the album. In fact, All About Jazz-NY said the CD was “funky as hell.” Other notable coverage includes a recent ‘Prelude’ feature in JAZZIZ, and multi-page ‘Before & After’ interview feature JAZZTIMES Magazine, which praised Wolff as “a musical renaissance man.” A terrific CD review in ALLMUSIC noted “the opening track finds Wolff, a master of harmonics with an assured quick-mindedness, full of surprises, tossing around choppy discordant post-bop chords like confetti and alternately unreeling no-nonsense bluesy flurries, the saxes and rhythm section maintaining a solid soulful block as he goes on his merry way.” In Jazztimes’ CD review, they comment: “Wolff’s joy in playing piano is unmistakable and infectious.” DOWNBEAT says: “Joe’s Strut delivers, smoothly and seamlessly,” and adds, “his uptempo solos can swing hard, and he has the temperament to leave space where it belongs on the ballads.” The San Jose Mercury News called Wolff “A commanding jazz presence.”
Wolff’s Special Guest for The Kennedy Center, Steve Wilson, is one of the most in-demand figures in jazz, and his multiple roles as a band leader, sideman, educator and jazz historian have lead journalists to praise him as “a dynamic improviser,” “a musician’s musician,” “one of the finest saxophone players today”. Recent coverage includes NPR’s JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater and The Washington Post. Nominated as Alto Player of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, Wilson is known for his modest, warm personality…and for his in-depth knowledge of all-things-jazz.
In November, the Michael Wolff Quintet will spend multiple days at The Clarion at Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, TX – Wolff will lead clinics with five student ensembles, perform with his Quintet, and will serve as Guest Conductor for the Region 17 Band, an all-star student ensemble, in their Fall concert. The details are:
Michael Wolff Quintet
The Clarion at Brazosport College
500 College Drive
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
November 19, 2009, -- 3:30p-6p, 7p
Clinic and rehearsals for Jazztravaganza concert at 7p
Mike Clark, Drums, Jake Hertzog, Guitar, Chip Jackson, bass, sax, tba
November 20, 2009 , 8p
Michael Wolff Quintet
Chip Jackson, Bass; Mike Clark, Drums; Jake Hertzog, guitar; sax, tba
November 21, 2009 -- 7p
Michael Wolff, Guest Conductor with Region 17 Jazz Ensemble
Other upcoming tour dates:
October 2, 2009 -- 8p Michael Wolff Trio
Ugonna Okegwo, Bass; Victor Jones, Drums
Juanita K. Hammond Center for Performing Arts
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO 65897
October 3, 2009 -- 8:30p, 10p
Michael Wolff Trio
Ugonna Okegwo, Bass; Victor Jones, Drums
The Blue Room @
The American Jazz Museum
1616 E. 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
November 6-7, 2009 -- 9:45p
Michael Wolff Trio
Ugonna Okegwo & Victor Jones
Knickerbocker Bar & Grill
33 University Place
New York, NY 10003
Reservations: 212-228-8490
Live Review: “All of the music felt very full and passionately alive” “Wolff proved to be one of the most engaging all-around performers in the entire jazz game”
The acclaimed Michael Wolff Trio will have the honor of performing at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on October 24th. Wolff will play selections from his recent CD ‘Joe’s Strut’ (WRONG Records,) which has been praised as “funky as hell.” DownBeat said: “Joe’s Strut delivers, smoothly and seamlessly." Special Guest Steve Wilson will join Wolff for two sets at the KC Jazz Club. DownBeat recently commented, “Wolff and Steve Wilson, playing soprano sax, craft an eloquent conversation." In a live review of a Wolff concert this summer, The San Jose Mercury News raved, “all of the music felt very full and passionately alive.”
October 24, 2009, -- 7:30p & 9:30p Michael Wolff Trio with Special Guest Steve Wilson Chip Jackson, Bass, Victor Jones, Drums Kennedy Center Jazz Club Washington, DC Tickets: $25; To Purchase Tickets: (202) 467-4600. The toll-free number is (800) 444- 1324.
‘Joe’s Strut’ has garnered substantial national and regional press coverage since its release, and critics appear to have coalesced around a common theme: This CD is funky! In The New York Times, Nate Chinen noted that Strut “throws in a few hints of funk,” and that sentiment appears again and again reviews of the album. In fact, All About Jazz-NY said the CD was “funky as hell.” Other notable coverage includes a recent ‘Prelude’ feature in JAZZIZ, and multi-page ‘Before & After’ interview feature JAZZTIMES Magazine, which praised Wolff as “a musical renaissance man.” A terrific CD review in ALLMUSIC noted “the opening track finds Wolff, a master of harmonics with an assured quick-mindedness, full of surprises, tossing around choppy discordant post-bop chords like confetti and alternately unreeling no-nonsense bluesy flurries, the saxes and rhythm section maintaining a solid soulful block as he goes on his merry way.” In Jazztimes’ CD review, they comment: “Wolff’s joy in playing piano is unmistakable and infectious.” DOWNBEAT says: “Joe’s Strut delivers, smoothly and seamlessly,” and adds, “his uptempo solos can swing hard, and he has the temperament to leave space where it belongs on the ballads.” The San Jose Mercury News called Wolff “A commanding jazz presence.”
Wolff’s Special Guest for The Kennedy Center, Steve Wilson, is one of the most in-demand figures in jazz, and his multiple roles as a band leader, sideman, educator and jazz historian have lead journalists to praise him as “a dynamic improviser,” “a musician’s musician,” “one of the finest saxophone players today”. Recent coverage includes NPR’s JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater and The Washington Post. Nominated as Alto Player of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, Wilson is known for his modest, warm personality…and for his in-depth knowledge of all-things-jazz.
In November, the Michael Wolff Quintet will spend multiple days at The Clarion at Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, TX – Wolff will lead clinics with five student ensembles, perform with his Quintet, and will serve as Guest Conductor for the Region 17 Band, an all-star student ensemble, in their Fall concert. The details are:
Michael Wolff Quintet
The Clarion at Brazosport College
500 College Drive
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
November 19, 2009, -- 3:30p-6p, 7p
Clinic and rehearsals for Jazztravaganza concert at 7p
Mike Clark, Drums, Jake Hertzog, Guitar, Chip Jackson, bass, sax, tba
November 20, 2009 , 8p
Michael Wolff Quintet
Chip Jackson, Bass; Mike Clark, Drums; Jake Hertzog, guitar; sax, tba
November 21, 2009 -- 7p
Michael Wolff, Guest Conductor with Region 17 Jazz Ensemble
Other upcoming tour dates:
October 2, 2009 -- 8p Michael Wolff Trio
Ugonna Okegwo, Bass; Victor Jones, Drums
Juanita K. Hammond Center for Performing Arts
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO 65897
October 3, 2009 -- 8:30p, 10p
Michael Wolff Trio
Ugonna Okegwo, Bass; Victor Jones, Drums
The Blue Room @
The American Jazz Museum
1616 E. 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
November 6-7, 2009 -- 9:45p
Michael Wolff Trio
Ugonna Okegwo & Victor Jones
Knickerbocker Bar & Grill
33 University Place
New York, NY 10003
Reservations: 212-228-8490
For more information contact Seth Cohen PR.
