TOUR STARTS FEBRUARY 25 IN PORTLAND, OR
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 SFJAZZ Collective takes on the material of pop music icon Stevie Wonder for its spring 2011 tour. The group approaches the work of Wonder, an artist outside of the jazz tradition, but one whose sophisticated songcraft and timeless melodies are more than worthy of exploration.
Playing Stevie Wonder's music with the SFJAZZ Collective is exhilarating because it's the music I grew up with," says drummer Eric Harland. It's so great to now hear arrangements of some of those classics that I remember seeing my family dance to as a child. Now within the Collective family, it is an honorable opportunity to participate in Stevie's music not just as a listener but as a performer and arranger."
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE
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 SFJAZZ Collective takes on the material of pop music icon Stevie Wonder for its spring 2011 tour. The group approaches the work of Wonder, an artist outside of the jazz tradition, but one whose sophisticated songcraft and timeless melodies are more than worthy of exploration.
Playing Stevie Wonder's music with the SFJAZZ Collective is exhilarating because it's the music I grew up with," says drummer Eric Harland. It's so great to now hear arrangements of some of those classics that I remember seeing my family dance to as a child. Now within the Collective family, it is an honorable opportunity to participate in Stevie's music not just as a listener but as a performer and arranger."
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE
Miguel ZenonAlto Saxophone, Flute
Mark TurnerTenor Saxophone
Avishai CohenTrumpet
Robin EubanksTrombone
Stefon HarrisVibraphone, Marimba
Edward SimonPiano
Matt PenmanBass
Eric HarlandDrums
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE SPRING 2011 TOUR
- February 25Newmark Theatre, Portland Jazz Festival, Portland, OR
- March 6Napa Valley Opera House, Napa, CA
- March 10Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA
- March 11- Herbst Theatre, SFJAZZ, San Francisco, CA
- March 18Schwartz Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- March 19University Auditorium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- March 20University of North Florida Arts Center, Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville Beach, FL
- March 22Sewanee University of the South, Sewanee, TN
- March 24Hogg Memorial Auditorium, University of Texas, Austin, TX
- March 25R. Don Cowan Fine & Performing Arts Center, University of Texas, Tyler, TX
- March 26Annette Strauss Artist Square at AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas, TX
- March 27Alys Stephens CenterJemison Concert Hall, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
- March 29Roland Hayes Concert Hall Fine Arts Center, University of Chattanooga, TN
- March 31-April 3Jazz Standard, New York, NYJune 11Playboy Jazz Festival, Los Angeles, CA