Acoustic jazz concerts presented with The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
All tickets $18 in advance / $20 day of; $7 student standby
Fridays at 7:00 p.m.
Box Office: 212.620.5000 ext. 344
Online tickets: rmanyc.org/harlem
2011 Performances:
January 7
Eldar
Signed to Sony Classical at the age of 17, Eldar has since established himself as one of the great solo jazz pianists. Along the way, he's had the good fortune to work with the masters including Dr. Billy Taylor, Marian McPartland, Dave Brubeck, Michael Brecker, Wynton Marsalis, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, and others. In 2008, Eldar received a Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album and has since been touring around the world to North Sea,Pori University of Southern California and currently lives in New York City
“Maybe he made a pact with Lucifer to be the greatest pianist ever..."—Jazz Times
January 21
Slumgum
slum gum (slu(m'gu(m) n. 1. A term used in beekeeping, slumgum is the impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs. 2. “An outstanding risk-taking jazz quartet fromLos Angeles
Slumgum is a perpetually inventive quartet of adventurous modern musicians. The band's unique voice is shaped by unbridled imagination and diverse influences that include jazz, free improvisation, world music, and modern classical music. They collaborate with a facility and playfulness that is rare for an ensemble, giving their musical curiosity room to explode and yielding daring results.
“try to hold on for the ride" (Gabe Meline, North Bay Bohemian): “their soloing is masterful, their veneer metropolitan and their technical prowess top-notch" (Jonathon Lopez,Good Times Santa Cruz).
Jon Armstrong, saxophone
David Tranchina—bass
Trevor Anderies—drums
Rory Cowal—piano
February 18
John Escreet Project
“Escreet is as original a pianist as he is composer—he has the composer's structural awareness, and a degree of classical training behind him, one suspects from his arched hands and harmonically complex, fast, cliche-less solos, but he also has the percussive nature of jazz piano in his heart, beating out tricky rhythms with confined harmonic content in percussion battles with the drums. Overall it's refreshing to hear a pianist and be unable to identify other more famous pianists as clear influences." -The Jazz Breakfast (UK
John Escreet—piano
David Binney—alto saxophone
Eivind Opsvik—double bass
Nasheet Waits—drums
March 4
Patrick Cornelius Quartet
Over the past several years, alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius has emerged as an exciting and dynamic new voice in theNew York
Patrick Cornelius' “original works show a dusky elegance that owes much to Wayne Shorter while retaining a unique identity."—Jazz Times
March 18
Alicia & Jason Moran with Thomas Flippin
Brooklyn resident Jason Moran brings a distinctly artistic touch to his jazz compositions and piano playing. The impressionistic approach of visual and musical artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Maurice Ravel inspire Moran's playing and writing style, on both his own compositions and his work with jazz contemporaries like Cassandra Wilson, Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, and Stefan Harris.
“Jason Moran [is] shaping up to be the most provocative thinker in current jazz."—Rolling Stone
Alicia Moran—voice
Jason Moran—piano
Thomas Flippin -guitar
April 15
Scott Robinson Quartet
A respected performer in all areas of jazz, from traditional to avant-garde, Scott Robinson brings audiences an unusual pairing of three bass saxophones with percussion for this raucous and soulful concert—his encore performance at RMA. The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, Robinson, who is known for his work on unusual and obscure styles of saxophones, has been the winner of a number of recent Down Beat Critics Polls and Jazz Journalists Association awards in recent years.
Scott Robinson—bass saxophone
JD Parran—bass saxophone
Vinny Golia—bass saxophone
Warren Smith—drums, percussion
All tickets $18 in advance / $20 day of; $7 student standby
Fridays at 7:00 p.m.
Box Office: 212.620.5000 ext. 344
Online tickets: rmanyc.org/harlem
2011 Performances:
January 7
Eldar
Signed to Sony Classical at the age of 17, Eldar has since established himself as one of the great solo jazz pianists. Along the way, he's had the good fortune to work with the masters including Dr. Billy Taylor, Marian McPartland, Dave Brubeck, Michael Brecker, Wynton Marsalis, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, and others. In 2008, Eldar received a Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album and has since been touring around the world to North Sea,
“Maybe he made a pact with Lucifer to be the greatest pianist ever..."—Jazz Times
January 21
Slumgum
slum gum (slu(m'gu(m) n. 1. A term used in beekeeping, slumgum is the impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs. 2. “An outstanding risk-taking jazz quartet from
Slumgum is a perpetually inventive quartet of adventurous modern musicians. The band's unique voice is shaped by unbridled imagination and diverse influences that include jazz, free improvisation, world music, and modern classical music. They collaborate with a facility and playfulness that is rare for an ensemble, giving their musical curiosity room to explode and yielding daring results.
“try to hold on for the ride" (Gabe Meline, North Bay Bohemian): “their soloing is masterful, their veneer metropolitan and their technical prowess top-notch" (Jonathon Lopez,Good Times Santa Cruz).
Jon Armstrong, saxophone
David Tranchina—bass
Trevor Anderies—drums
Rory Cowal—piano
February 18
John Escreet Project
“Escreet is as original a pianist as he is composer—he has the composer's structural awareness, and a degree of classical training behind him, one suspects from his arched hands and harmonically complex, fast, cliche-less solos, but he also has the percussive nature of jazz piano in his heart, beating out tricky rhythms with confined harmonic content in percussion battles with the drums. Overall it's refreshing to hear a pianist and be unable to identify other more famous pianists as clear influences." -The Jazz Breakfast (
John Escreet—piano
David Binney—alto saxophone
Eivind Opsvik—double bass
Nasheet Waits—drums
March 4
Patrick Cornelius Quartet
Over the past several years, alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius has emerged as an exciting and dynamic new voice in the
Patrick Cornelius' “original works show a dusky elegance that owes much to Wayne Shorter while retaining a unique identity."—Jazz Times
March 18
Alicia & Jason Moran with Thomas Flippin
“Jason Moran [is] shaping up to be the most provocative thinker in current jazz."—Rolling Stone
Alicia Moran—voice
Jason Moran—piano
Thomas Flippin -guitar
April 15
Scott Robinson Quartet
A respected performer in all areas of jazz, from traditional to avant-garde, Scott Robinson brings audiences an unusual pairing of three bass saxophones with percussion for this raucous and soulful concert—his encore performance at RMA. The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, Robinson, who is known for his work on unusual and obscure styles of saxophones, has been the winner of a number of recent Down Beat Critics Polls and Jazz Journalists Association awards in recent years.
Scott Robinson—bass saxophone
JD Parran—bass saxophone
Vinny Golia—bass saxophone
Warren Smith—drums, percussion
