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Magnifique concert à Bruz, le 1er février. Quelle chance pour votre public ! Réel mariage d'amour entre jazz le plus authentique, depuis les roots de John Henry, en passant par Bessie Smith, et chanson poétique en français, admirablement rendue comme autant de lieder romantiques. Cécile McLorin Salvant, vous êtes est une véritable magicienne, si jeune et déjà si extraordinairement capable de nous faire visiter en profondeur toutes les diverses atmosphères successives ; avec une inventivité et un talent souvent à couper le souffle, le trio d'Aaron Diehl participe pleinement de cette magie. Merci à vous quatre :)

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I had the pleasure of seeing this incredible woman in concert at the 2019 Chicago Jazz Fest where she headlined the show. I was blown away. I couldn't believe I had never heard of her before. I left in awe of her voice, her styling and phrasing and her connection with the audience. In the end, she'll be up there with Nancy, Ella, Sarah and Billie. I can't wait to see here here in Chicago again on Friday, June 3. VERY EXCITED !!!

I've been to every McLorin-Salvant concert in NYC, save 2. I've seen her grow her amazing talents, now to the point that I believe she is already in the top 5 female jazz vocalists of all time. Her interpretive skill is beyond compare and her voice is a polished instrument. Bravo.

Her voice is amazing but what is breathtaking is her confidence, her creativity and her brilliance as an interpreter.

She truly is the heir of the jazz vocal luminaries: Billy Holiday to Sarah Vaughan to Betty Carter and now Cecile McLorin Salvant

very nice concert indeed, this singer is absolutly fabulous by her power and sensibility, we were very pleased to be there. the place and festival were great too, even my three year old daughter wanted to dance!

What a range of voice she has! Very expressive, both in interpretations and her own work! Her musicians formed a tight knit group,each very different but came together beautifully and playfully.

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July 25, 2020 • Hear a power hour of all-stars with some of the best sets to come out of the modern era of the Newport Jazz Festival, featuring Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Cécile McLorin Salvant and more.

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April 16, 2020 • Hear highlights from a show with the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour featuring Christian Sands, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melissa Aldana, Yasushi Nakamura and Jamison Ross.

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November 18, 2017 • One of the most distinctive singers and songwriters in jazz, Salvant brings a modern perspective to old songs on her latest record, Dreams and Daggers .

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November 4, 2015 • McLorin Salvant first studied classical voice, but turned to jazz because it offered her more range. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she tells Fresh Air 's Terry Gross.

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August 26, 2015 • Salvant explores the quaint art of jazz singing, but with her own aesthetic idiosyncrasies intact. Her toolbox contains anywhere from a rich, husky voice to one that tiptoes theatrically, girlishly.

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January 1, 2014 • A 24-year-old with a taste for finely aged songs, the vocalist was one of the breakout jazz stars of 2013. Accompanied by pianist Aaron Diehl's trio, she performs at the Mary Lou Williams Festival.

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June 18, 2013 • The 23-year-old jazz phenom's debut album showcases her takes on vintage jazz and blues numbers by Bessie Smith, Fats Waller and others.

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June 3, 2013 • Vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant and pianist Aaron Diehl, both in their 20s, have already racked up major industry prizes. On her new album, they find ways to honor old traditions as young people.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings”. Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010. She has received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums, “The Window”, “Dreams and Daggers”, and “For One To Love”. In 2020, Salvant received the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. Salvant released her debut Nonesuch records release “Ghost Song” in 2022; the album went on to receive two Grammy nominations. “Mélusine”, an album mostly sung in French, along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl, was released on March 24 th, 2023 and was also nominated for two Grammys.

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• Sep 07 2024 Nuevo Bebop Club Buenos Aires, Argentina Add time  –  Scheduled: 8:00 PM Add time Add times 8:00 PM
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MacArthur Fellow and three-time GRAMMY winner Cécile McLorin Salvant has a gift for storytelling and curating layered, evocative programs that draw connections between vaudeville, blues, international folk traditions, theater, jazz, and classical music, delivering it all with her powerfully swinging voice. Join Arizona Arts Live and the Tucson Jazz Festival as we welcome Cécile McLorin Salvant center stage in Centennial Hall .

The Late Jessye Norman described Cécile McLorin Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.” She has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor.

Since winning the Thelonius Monk competition in 2010, Salvant has received GRAMMY Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums, “The Window,” “Dreams and Daggers,” and “For One To Love,” and was nominated for the award in 2014 for her album “WomanChild.” In 2020 she received the MacArthur Fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. “Ghost Song,” Salvant’s debut for Nonesuch Records, was released in March 2022 to critical acclaim and has gone on to receive two GRAMMY Nominations.

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It’s a night of brilliantly crafted songs delivered by two artists who know how to inhabit a story. Silvana Estrada sings from down deep, telling her soulful coming-of-age stories in a voice that embraces the legacy of Latin American song and carries into the 21st century. Playing the Venezuelan cuatro guitar, she sings iconoclastic tales that cut straight to the heart. She’s performed and recorded with artists including Natalia Lafourcade (who, like Silvana, grew up outside Veracruz) as well as Andrew Bird, Devendra Banhart, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Following the release of her 2022 debut Marchita, which Rolling Stone called “gorgeously understated, guided by her gauzy voice and rich, acoustic arrangements,” she was awarded the 2022 Latin Grammy for Best New Artist.

Cécile McLorin Salvant applies her passion for storytelling to find the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. She’s an eclectic curator with an adventurous spirit, unearthing rarely recorded songs from the past: forgotten tales with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Her albums The Window, Dreams and Daggers, and For One to Love won consecutive Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammys, and in 2020, she was awarded a MacArthur fellowship. Her 2022 album Ghost Song was hailed by Downbeat, who wrote in a 4.5-star review, “Her wordplay teases, taunts, and tests in a way that forces her to not just sing a lyric, but dive into roles with the zeal of a method actor.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late opera singer Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.”  

Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theatre, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten jazz songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant won the Thelonius Monk competition in 2010.  

She has received Grammys® for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums, The Window , Dreams and Daggers , and For One to Love , and was nominated for the award in 2014 for her album WomanChild . In 2020, Salvant received the MacArthur Fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. Ghost Song , Salvant’s debut for Nonesuch Records, was released in March 2022 to critical acclaim and has gone on to receive two Grammy® nominations.   

Salvant’s latest work, Mélusine , is a mix of five originals and interpretations of nine songs, dating as far back as the 12th century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl. They tell the folk tale of Mélusine, a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday after a childhood curse by her mother. Mélusine agrees to marry Raymondin on the condition that he never sees her on Saturdays. He agrees but is later convinced by his brother to break his promise, piercing his wife’s door with a sword and finding her naked in the bath, half snake, half woman. When she catches him spying on her, she turns into a dragon and flies away, only to reappear every time one of her descendants is on their deathbed.  

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Cécile McLorin Salvant is acclaimed as one of the best jazz singers of her generation and has been placed by the New York Times alongside legendary vocalists such as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald. Her music, sung in both English and French, gives a contemporary meaning to jazz, soul, and blues, and continues to capture many hearts.

For her albums “The Window,” “Dreams and Daggers,” and “For One To Love,” Salvant won three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and in 2014 her album “WomanChild” was nominated for the same prize. In 2020, she received both the MacArthur Fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. “Ghost Song,” her first album with Nonesuch Records, was released in March 2022 and received critical acclaim and two Grammy nominations.

Together with the rich sound of the Metropole Orkest and her enchanting vocals, Salvant will be touring this fall to Groningen, Utrecht, Amsterdam, and Eindhoven. The shows are conducted by Darcy James Argue.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The Late Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.” Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, and folk traditions from around the world. She is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor.

Salvant won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010 and has received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums.  She was nominated in 2014 for her album “WomanChild.” In 2020, Salvant received the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. “Ghost Song,” Salvant’s debut for Nonesuch Records, was released in March 2022 to critical acclaim, and has gone on to receive two Grammy Nominations.

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• Fri 5 Jul → Sun 7 Jul Glynde Place Love Supreme Festival 2024 Chaka Khan, Mahalia, Jordan Rakei, Kool & The Gang, Meshell Ndegeocello…

November 2023

• Wed 15 Nov London, Queen Elizabeth Hall Cecile McLorin Salvant
• Wed 13 Jul London, Ronnie Scott's Cecile McLorin Salvant
• Tue 12 Jul London, Ronnie Scott's Cecile McLorin Salvant

November 2021

• Tue 16 Nov London, Cadogan Hall Cecile McLorin Salvant

November 2019

• Sat 16 Nov London, Barbican Centre Cecile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortner
• Fri 15 Nov London, Royal Festival Hall Jazz Voice Cecile McLorin Salvant, Cherise Adams Burnett, Corinne Bailey Rae, Judi Jackson, Matthew Whitaker (1)…

October 2017

• Thu 12 Oct London, Ronnie Scott's Cecile McLorin Salvant, Aaron Diehl Trio
• Wed 11 Oct London, Ronnie Scott's Cecile McLorin Salvant, Aaron Diehl Trio
• Fri 1 Jul → Sun 3 Jul Glynde Place Love Supreme Jazz Festival Grace Jones, Burt Bacharach, Melody Gardot, Lianne La Havas, Caro Emerald…

November 2015

• Sat 14 Nov London, Cadogan Hall Cecile McLorin Salvant
• Tue 27 May London, Ronnie Scott's Cecile McLorin Salvant

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Sept 14 – 17 young lions conservatory, past events, jul 22-28 jazz port townsend, july 17 – hollywood bowl, los angeles, july 1 – 5 rabbath institute, los angeles, june 30 bubba jackson: a celebration of life, june 28 – 29 bacchus kitchen, june 16th – jazz in june: battle of the big bands with kurt elling, june 12 chjo at the sf jazz festival, may 21-23 link up at carnegie hall, may 16-18 international jazz composers’ symposium, apr 19 chjo at unc•greeley jazz festival, jan 25 – 28 dizzy’s with the reunion trio, jan 18-25 the jazz cruise ’24, jan 13 santa monica symphony orchestra, jan 3-6 jen conference, dec 21-22 a very clayton christmas, nov 24 clay jenkins quintet with ivan malespin, larry koonse, john clayton & joe la barbera, nov 4 reunion trio featuring bruce forman, john clayton, and jeff hamilton, oct 27 – 28 john clayton & benny benack iii at jazz st. louis, oct 22 the shape of jazz to come fundraiser, oct 21 rockport music – remembering ray brown & dizzy gillespie, oct. 3- 15 clayton – hamilton jazz orchestra: jazz power & soul tour with trijntje oosterhuis, akiko tsuruga and dan bárta, sept 22 monterey jazz festival, sept 16 south haven jazz festival, sept 14 blue llama jazz club, sep 9 l.a. jazz society 40th anniversary celebration, aug 31 – sept 4 vail jazz party, aug 4 fuller, clayton & hamilton @ bacchus kitchen, july 22-29 jazz port townsend, july 1-20 diana krall tour, july 19 w/ diana krall and the clayton-hamilton jazz orchestra, jun 27 john and gerald clayton quartet, june 23 john clayton & houston person – album release concert, jun 10 – 11 clayton-hamilton jazz orchestra/los angeles master chorale, may 5-6 john moawad memorial jazz festival, apr 29 hitkor gala night w/ the clayton-hamilton jazz orchestra, apr 17 reunion with bruce forman, jeff hamilton, apr 16 reunion with bruce forman, jeff hamilton, apr 8 california jazz foundation award celebration, mar 30 with bruce forman, jeff hamilton, mar 26 chjo feat. samara joy, mar 20 boise jazz society bruce forman trio masterclass, mar 19 bruce forman trio, mar 15 usu guitar, bass & drums festival, mar 9-12 jazz at the southern theatre, feb 25 asmac master class, feb 21 poll winners, feb 5 fredonia bass fest, jan 28 the nash, jan 6-13, 2023 the jazz cruise, dec 8-9 a very clayton christmas, dec 2 fullerton jazz orchestra, nov 30 sam first, oct 29 l.a. jazz society tribute awards, sept 30 – oct 1 oregon coast jazz party, sept 23 monterey jazz festival, sept 7 the nash, sep. 1-5 28th vail jazz festival, aug 14 john and gerald clayton, aug 13 new jazz orchestra ft. john clayton, aug 12 w/ peter beets – amersfoort world jazz festival, aug 11 w/ trijntje oosterhuis en lucas santana, july 25 – 31 jazz port townsend, july 4-8 rabbath bass workshop, july 1 blue llama jazz club, june 25  tri-c jazzfest, june 18 with billy childs trio, jun 17 sam first w/ anthony wilson, june 16 clayton-hamilton jazz orch – generations in jazz gala concert, june 10-11 isb virtual bass festival, jun 9 muck jazzfest week – the poll winners revisited, may 26 clayton-hamilton jazz orchestra at vibrato, may 12 -14 international jazz composers’ symposium, may 12 poll winners revisited, may 2 with eastman jazz ensemble, apr 29 with eastman jazz ensemble, apr 28 celebrating norman granz, apr 23 msu 40th anniversary jazz finale concert, apr 21 with msu jazz ensemble, apr 9 clayton-hamilton jazz orchestra, apr 7 w/ the butler university jazz ensemble, mar 28 jazz combine, mar 25 w/ wdr big band and tutu pouane, postponed: mar 7 – 14 the clayton-hamilton jazz orchestra w rené marie and akiko tsuruga, mar 6 john clayton and the jazz youngbloods, feb 26 debartolo performing arts center, feb 11 jazz at naz, feb 4 dave brubeck celebration, feat. clayton hamilton jazz orchestra…, feb 3 clayton-hamilton jazz orchestra at vibrato, jan 5 -8, 2022 j.e.n. conference, dec 15 – 19 jazz st. louis, dec 10 – 11 a very clayton christmas at bacchus kitchen, dec 4 los angeles jazz society tribute, nov 28 “the poll winners” concert, oct 22-23 tribute to monty alexander & oscar peterson, oct 9 at caffè vivace with jeff hamilton, terell stafford, and steve schmidt, oct 8 at caffè vivace with jeff hamilton, and steve schmidt, oct 7 at caffè vivace with ccm jazz ensemble and faculty jazztet, oct 4 athenaeum jazz with gilbert castellanos, gerald clayton, roy mccurdy, and anthony wilson, sept 10 jazz at lacma honoring quincy jones, aug 30 – sept 6 vail jazz festival, aug 13 catalina jazz club with tammy mccann, july 26-30 jazz port townsend, july 5 – 17 virtual double bass intensive, june 23 co-generate, june 8-12 isb convention, june 6 california jazz foundation, june 5 essentially ellington festival, may 20 and 23 john clayton and gerald clayton, apr 17 notre dame’s collegiate jazz festival, apr 16 cjf applause virtual concert, apr 12 with eric reed at athenaeum music & arts library, apr 8 sam first jazz club, apr 1 kuumbwa jazz with gerald clayton, jeff hamilton, mar 24 bach’s brandenburg concertos, mar 9 with tamir hendelman, jan 6-9 jen conference, dec 15 john clayton & tamir hendelman “and then i wrote”, nov 24 john clayton/tamir hendelman duo, nov 23 a birthday salute to johnny mandel, nov 19 centrum jazz voicings, nov 1 gerald clayton & john clayton, oct 29 centrum jazz voicings, oct 28 l.a. jazz society, oct 17 centrum’s online gala with diana krall, oct 8 centrum jazz voicings, sept 17 centrum jazz voicings, sept. 14 alternative venues for jazz, sept 12 jazz lunch @ bayside, sept 6 austin bass hang, sept 2 w/ tamir hendelman ~ duo: afro-israeli heritage, aug 29 jazz master class with john clayton, aug 27 centrum jazz – jazz voicings, august 26 the jazz cruise interview, with alonzo bodden, aug 22 virtual tri-c jazzfest, aug 17 – aug 21 virtual vail jazz workshop, aug 8 deep tones for peace, aug 2 jazz vespers with john & gerald clayton, july 7 -11 kansas city online bass workshop, july 10 john clayton bass workshop, july 9 detroit jazz workshop, july 5 jazzheaven.com live masterclass, june 29 dcjazzfest from home with gerald clayton, jun 24 – 28 international online bass summit, canceled: apr 19 chjo at sfjazz, canceled: apr 18 clayton bros. quintet at segerstrom center for the arts, canceled: apr 17 clayton bros. at longwood gardens, canceled: apr 16 clayton bros. at st. cecilia music center, canceled: apr 9 butler university jazz ensemble, postponed: apr 3-4 keystone korner baltimore, canceled: mar 25-26 jazz-south african roots summit, mar 11-14 new world revisited, mar 5-8 citymusic outreach program, feb 20 – 23 elmhurst college jazz festival, feb 12 oscar peterson’s africa, feb 1 – 8 the jazz cruise, jan 11 apap showcase, jan 7-10 jen conference, dec 20 – 21 bacchuslive, nov 29 feinstein’s at vitello’s, nov 21 blue whale, nov 16 clayton brothers, nov 7 nordkraft big band, nov 6 nordkraft big band, nov 1 -2 jazz st. louis, oct 17 the greatest jazz concert in the world, oct 11 csun jazz workshop, oct 6 john clayton’s bass monsters, oct 5 – l.a. jazz society tribute, sept 12 – 28 diana krall tour, sept 10 clayton-hamilton cologne reunion, aug 24 – sept 2 vail jazz workshop, aug 7 sunset jazz at newport, july 21-28 jazz port townsend, july 13 – montreux jazz festival, july 5 with u-m jazz ambassadors, june 28 chjo at tri-c jazzfest, june 3-8 isb convention, may 31 – catalina jazz club, may 16-18 isjac symposium, april 26 chjo @ unc/greeley jazz festival, apr 20 clayton brothers, apr 19 scc jazz orchestra, apr 18 clayton brothers, apr 15 with gerald clayton – tribute to mlk jr., apr 5 nordkraft big band & john clayton, apr 4 nordkraft big band & john clayton, mar 30 trijntje oosterhuis and metropole orchestra, mar 24 with gerald clayton, mar 23 oscar peterson tribute, mar 18 with tammy mccann, mar 17 jazz vespers, mar 12 big band masterclass, mar 5 koninklijk conservatorium brussel, feb 25-mar 1 w/ gerald clayton, feb 23 jazz at the lincoln center, feb 20 uncorked: improvising in jazz and wine, feb 14 – feb 17 newport beach jazz party, feb 5-10 clayton bros. at jazz standard, jan 19 – 26 jazz cruise, jan 13 with the metropole orchestra & cory henry , jan 12 better get hit festival, dec 19 holidays with chjo, dec 16 – 17 with gerald clayton at bacchus’ kitchen, dec 14 – 15 with sachal vasandani, dec 5 – new school studio orchestra, nov 27 jazz eclectic concert series, nov 18 with the nordkraft big band, nov 17 – with the nordkraft big band, nov 11 – chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant- dresden, germany, nov 10 – chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant- vienna, austria, nov 9 – chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant- stockholm, sweden, nov 7 – chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant- essen, germany, nov 5 – chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant – bologna, italy, nov 4 – chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant – pancevo, serbia, nov 3 – chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant- moscow, russia, nov 2 chjo tour – w/ cécile mclorin salvant – ludwigshafen, germany, nov 1 chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant – zurich, switzerland, oct 31 chjo tour w/ cécile mclorin salvant – bayonne, france, sept 29 chjo, kurt elling, sept 22 – monterey jazz festival, sept 20 – chjo at the hollywood bowl, sept 14 – with sarah mckenzie, aug 25 – sept 3 vail jazz, aug 11 – jazz in the pines, july 22 – 29 jazz port townsend, july 16 – with quincy jones, july 13 – umbria jazz, june 29 -30 rabbath institute workshop, june 30 w/ gerald­ clayton, june 9 – san francisco jazz fest, may 21 – jc jazz show in utah, may 15-19 clayton bros. @ bern jazz fest, event: apr 21 – 22 clayton bros. quintet @ izzy asper jazz, event: apr 13 – 14 nordkraft big band, event: apr 6 -7 slippery rock univ jazz festival, event: apr 5 – clayton-hamilton jazz orch at csun, event: mar 30 – conference for young bassists, event: mar 24 – temple jazz festival, event: mar 15 – 17 clayton bros. at duc des lombards, event: mar 14 – clayton bros. at lantarenvenster, event: mar 13 – clayton bros at jazzclub unterfahrt, event: mar 11 – clayton bros at birdland neuburg, event: mar 10 – jazz in marciac, event: mar 9 – clayton bros at jazz in march, event mar 2 – 3 loyola jazz festival, event: feb 24 – ray brown/oscar peterson tribute, event: feb 15-18 newport beach jazz party, event: feb 3-10 jazz cruise, event: jan 30 – lincoln center, event: jan 23 – cwu, event: jan 3-6 jen conference, event: dec 14 conservatorium van amsterdam, mike wofford: “some of my best friends are…”, event: nov 18 la jazz society, event: nov 13 usf monday night jazz, event: nov 11 @ the nash, event: nov 5 – double m jazz salon, event: oct 29 – nashville jazz workshop, event: oct 27 – memphis drum shop, event: oct 17 – butler university, event: oct 14 – jazz academy, event: oct 6 – 8 oregon coast jazz party, event: oct. 8 – oregon coast jazz party rap session, event: sept 29 – joy of jazz festival, event: sept 15-17 monterey jazz festival, event: sept 8-l.a. jazz treasure award, event: sept 6 – quincy jones: a&m years, event: aug 31-sept 4 vail jazz party, event: aug 11- clayton bros. at the domaine forget festival, event: aug 8 – domaine forget festival (masterclass), august 5-terell stafford quintet, event: july 23 – 30 jazz port townsend, event: july 28 – the haris house; beverly’s hall, port townsend, event: july 19 – sunset jazz at newport, event: july 10 – clayton bros. master class – mexico city, mx, event: july 9 – clayton bros. – cuernavaca, mx master class, event: july 9 – clayton bros. – cuernavaca, mx, event: july 8 – clayton bros. mexico city, mx, event: july 6 – clayton bros. mexico tour: guadalajara, mx, event: july 2 – jazz at the a-frame, event: june 27 – 28 disneyland all-american college band, event: june 24 tric jazz fest, event: june 19 -23 monterey jazz festival – artist in residence, event: jun 10 – chjo @ sf jazz, event: june 5-10 isb convention, event: june 1 muckenthaler jazz fest, event: apr 22 – indiana university, event: apr 11 – 15 bern jazz festival, event: apr 8 – north force big band, event: apr 7 – nordkraft big band, event: apr 4 – center for danish jazz history, event: mar 31-apr 2 next generation jazz festival, event: mar 31 – next generation jazz festival concert, event: mar 26 – ut bass day, event: mar 25th – ut jazz festival, event: mar 20 – clayton brothers @ scripps research institute, event: mar 18 – clayton-hamilton jazz orch at the irvine barclay theatre, event: mar 15 – laguna beach live, mar 1 – 4 jazz @ the bistro, feb. 25-26: clayton-hamilton jazz orch at the newport beach jazz party, feb. 15 – feb. 16 river city jazz masters – the clayton brothers, jan. 28 – feb. 4 the jazz cruise – clayton brothers, jan. 18 – jan. 21 blue note tokyo – the clayton brothers, event: 2017 jen conference, event: gerald clayton, event :g. clayton w/m. zenon, event: jingle jazz | clayton brothers, event:gerald clayton, event: g.clayton w/ c.loyd, event: la jazz society honors quincy, event: g.clayton w/c. loyd, event: gerald clayton w/charles loyd, event: tammy mccann quartet, diana krall, event: oct. 17 – monty alexander trio, john clayton/eric reed exploring negro spirituals feat. ernie andrews, event: sept. 16 monterey jazz festival – all-star tribute to quincy jones, aug. 27- september 9 – vail jazz workshop, event: aug. 25 & 26 – monty alexander trio feat. john clayton & jeff hamilton, event: aug 4 – aug 7 – jazz alley with monty alexander & jeff hamilton, event: july 24-31 – centrum jazz workshop, event: july 10 w/ monty alexander and jeff hamilton – hollywood, event: july 8 – 9 w/ monty alexander and jeff hamilton, event: july 7 w/ monty alexander and jeff hamilton, event: july 6 w/ monty alexander and jeff hamilton, event: jun 24 – 26 jazz standard w/ clayton bros., event: jun 23 – tri-c jazz fest w/ chjo, event: jun 12 – 19 milt hinton bass institute, event: apr 22 – greeley jazz festival w/ chjo, event: apr 21 – berklee concert jazz orchestra, event: apr 16 – wdr big band, event: apr 1 – concerts @ museum of making music, event: mar 1 – clayton-hamilton jazz orch. @ azusa pacific, event: feb 24 to 27 – lionel hampton jazz festival, event: feb 21 flint, michigan benefit concert in beverly hills, ca, event: feb 20 lakeshore music with monty alexander, jeff hamilton, event: feb 15 – ray brown tribute – bacchus’ kitchen, event: feb 11-14 – newport beach jazz party, event: jan 17 – 24 – the jazz cruise, event: jan 16 – apap nyc, event: jan 14 -15 jazz connect conference, event: jen conference jan. 6-9, event: dec 20 & 21 – w/ gerald clayton at bacchus’ kitchen – pasadena, ca, event: nov. 28 – nocturne jazz & supper club, event: nov. 27 the nash with the holly hofmann quartet, event: nov. 8 – jazz at the “a” frame, event: nov. 7 – l.a. jazz society tribute awards & concert, event: nov. 4 – m.a.m. big band ft. john clayton, event: nov. 1 – jazzart orchestra meets john clayton, event: berklee school of music – oct. 19 – 23, event: oct. 16 – jazz legends live, event: oct. 10 – the ray brown tribute trio in bigfork, montana, event: oct. 9 – ray brown tribute concert at whitefish pac, mt, event: oct. 8 – a night of ray brown, event: oct. 2- 4: oregon coast jazz party, event: sept. 24-27 at jazz alley, event: sept. 23 – yoshi’s with monty alexander and jeff hamilton, event: sept. 18-20 monterey jazz festival, event: sept. 1-7 vail jazz party, event: aug. 29 -31 – vail jazz workshop, event: aug. 19 – sunset jazz at newport, event: aug. 14-15 idyllwild jazz in the pines, event: aug. 7-8 disneyland, event: aug. 3-6 jazz education network board meeting, event: aug. 1 clayton-hamilton jazz orch. – jazz at the lesher center, event: july 31 – chjo at sfjazz center, event: july 19 – 26 jazz port townsend, event: july 13 – 15 berklee college of music, event: july 9 -11 the 36th annual tri-c jazzfest cleveland, event: july 9 – chjo at tri-c jazzfest cleveland with take 6, event: june 30 – catalina jazz club, event: june 18 – 21 clayton bros. at the jazz standard, event: june 13 – clayton bros. quintet, event: june 10 – catalina jazz club, event: june 7 – friends of jazz: ralph ehrenpreis tribute, event: june 2 – 6 isb convention, event june 6: chjo – all that jazz: a night on bourbon street, event: kennedy center spring gala – may 3, event: berklee college of music – apr 20 – 24, event: john & gerald clayton duo – apr 18, event: john & gerald clayton duo – apr. 17, event: with ellis and delfeayo marsalis, event: amsterdam conservatory workshops – apr. 5 – apr. 11, event: berklee college of music mar. 30- apr. 3, event: mar 19-21 greater st. louis jazz festival (chjo), event: mar 12-15 john & gerald clayton with the columbus jazz orchestra, event: mar. 7 john & gerald clayton at nighttown restaurant & jazz club, event: john & gerald clayton 3/4-3/6/2015, event: john & gerald clayton duo 3/1-3/2/2015, event: lionel hampton jazz festival 2/25/15-2/28/15, newport beach jazz party – feb. 12-15, 2015, tri c – cleveland – nighttown 3/7/2015, gerald/john & cjo 3/12-15/15, event: jazz cruise 1/25/15-2/02/15, event: sea of jazz fest 1/23 – 1/24/15, event: jen conference jan. 7-10, event: tri-c state university 3/7/15, event: columbus jazz orchestra, event: touhill performing arts center – 3/21/15, event: jazz masters 101 reunion-dec. 14, event: lionel hampton jazz workshops-dec. 9-10, event: bass summit at berklee-dec. 3, event: chjo at wiener konzerthausgesellschaft, event: chjo at blue note milan, event: chjo at théâtre de bayonne, event: jazz olympus, feat. chjo, event: czechoslovak jazz festival, feat. chjo, event: clayton-hamilton jazz orch., event: trijntje oosterhuis & the chjo, event: jazzy tiel: trijntje oosterhuis & the chjo, the jazz bakery, l.a. jazz society tribute to shelly and flip manne, sept. 30 – oct. 10: the signature jazz cruise, sept. 23-27: clayton bro’s quintet- residency/concert, event: w/ ellis marsalis, jr. & delfeayo marsalis, event: vail jazz party 8/28-9/1, event: blue whale with ben wendel/walter smith iii/mark ferber, event: clayton brothers-douglas beach house, event: clayton brothers: jazz at the lesher center, event: disneyland all-american college band 7/30 – 31, event: jazz port townsend 7/20 – 27, event: “to ella with love”- featuring the chjo, event: celebrating milt hinton: june 12 – 14, event: jazz for harmony benefit concert, event: father, son, godfather trio, event: jazz affair on the coast, cd release concert by the holly hofmann quintet, the clayton brothers at the jazz standard may 1-4, 2014, clayton brothers quintet @ regatta bar, the clayton brothers at bethesda blues & jazz supper club, the clayton brothers @ the art of cool festival, workshops w/ the disney all-american college band, jazz port townsend, playboy jazz festival, isb convention 2013, event: apr 2 – california jazz foundation’s annual gala.

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Trumpeter Till Brönner (left) performs with saxophonist Igor Butman and his large ensemble, the Moscow Jazz Orchestra, during the third annual Jazz Across Borders conference in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Local musicians met jazz promoters from around the globe and bridges were built at the third annual Jazz Across Borders conference in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The brainchild of tenor saxophonist, bandleader and Russian jazz entrepreneur Igor Butman, the event gave hundreds of local musicians hungry for exposure the chance to hobnob with, and play for, jazz festival producers, club owners, promoters, label managers and journalists from all over Europe and from as far away as North America.

The conference, part of the multifaceted 8th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum—which included theater, classical music, visual art and dance—was held Nov. 15–16 at Freedom Space, a palatial museum and exhibition hall in the city’s downtown area. Simultaneous translation into English and Russian was provided at workshops, panel discussions and master classes. In addition, showcases presented a dozen jazz groups selected by an international jury from several hundred applicants, eight from Russia and one each from Armenia, Switzerland, France and Estonia.

Butman, who is Russia’s best-known jazz musician, has a long resume: In addition to leading the Moscow Jazz Orchestra, he owns two jazz clubs and a record label, and he produces the annual festival known as The Triumph of Jazz, which attracts top U.S. and international players. His talent, combined with his high visibility and organizational skills, explains why he often is referred to as “the Wynton Marsalis of Russia.”

The use of the word “triumph” in Butman’s own festival is not accidental: Jazz in Russia has had a difficult history, according to longtime DownBeat contributor Cyril Moshkow, a jazz scholar and editor of jazz.ru . “[Jazz] went from an underground movement to a cultural reservation,” Moshkow said, explaining that jazz gradually was accepted in the country in the 1960s. In 1926–’27, two African-American jazz bands, Benny Payton’s Jazz Kings (featuring Sidney Bechet on clarinet) and the Sam Wooding Orchestra, toured the country, playing before large, enthusiastic crowds. But in the 1930s, the Communists clamped down.

“Jazz was frowned upon by the authorities, if not outright prohibited,” Moshkow said. “It was considered an artifact of American capitalist culture.” Things began to loosen up in the 1950s. Then, in 1962, a remarkable thaw ensued when the Benny Goodman Orchestra became the first American jazz group to tour Russia since the 1920s.

“By the end of the Soviet era, jazz was accepted by the government, which allowed jazz programs in 29 Soviet colleges,” he said. After the fall of the USSR in 1991, as state financial support for the arts began to disappear, “we started to get out of the ‘reservation,’” he said. Today, it is not gone completely: The JAB conference is partly state-funded, with the remainder of the budget coming via private sources, thanks to Butman’s fundraising.

Among the dozen or so panel discussions, “Why Is Your Music Not On The Radio Yet?” featured Evgeny Petrushansky of Rainy Days Records (a new private Russian jazz label); two representatives from state-sponsored Russian radio stations; and, for a Western perspective, WBGO radio host and author Sheila Anderson, who offered practical advice on how Russian musicians might crack American radio. Anderson emphasized making connections with “the people at the station who actually choose the music” and “the importance of having a story” (i.e. something for the DJ to talk about other than the track credits).

A panel on “The Festival As Institution” featured Montreal International Jazz Festival co-founder André Ménard; Norwegian jazz presenter Jan-Ole Otnæs, managing director of Nasjonal jazzscene and president of the European Jazz Network; and Mikhail Green, founder of the Moscow International Jazz Festival.

A highlight of the weekend was the Saturday night gala concert in The Grand Hall of St. Petersburg Philharmonia, an ornate, 1,500-seat venue, featuring Butman leading the Moscow Jazz Orchestra with guest trumpeter Till Brönner, the biggest-selling German jazz musician of all time. After opening sets by the modern, acoustic Euro-jazz LRK Trio and a fusion-oriented electric quintet led by trombonist Sergey Dolzhenkov, Butman’s 17-piece big band took the stage, wearing their distinctive red-white-and-blue-striped ties.

The program alternated between the Butman band’s post-bop charts, in a pocket reminiscent of the Woody Herman and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestras, and selections from Brönner’s repertoire, including a medley from his 2002 album, Blue Eyed Soul . The musicians were well matched, Brönner’s sensitive trumpet and flugelhorn playing functioning as a mellow foil to Butman’s fiery tenor playing. Although often compared to Marsalis in his importance to Russian jazz, the saxophonist is closer in style to Gato Barbieri, which is meant as high praise. The orchestra’s pianist/singer Oleg Akkuratov, a blind prodigy, nearly stole the show with a soulful, Stevie-influenced Latin-jazz version of “Nature Boy,” rendered in perfect English.

The most unbuttoned, joyous music of the weekend, however, was heard at two late-night parties. One took place at La Cucina, a local Italian restaurant, featuring Butman and stellar Russian players like altoist Alexander Dovgopoly, guitarist Gasan Bagirov, pianist Andrei Kondakov, and the Sinatra-inspired vocalist Dmitry Noskov. The other was a post-gala jam at the White Night jazz club, featuring a rotating rhythm section, notably including a piano whiz named Konstantin Khazanovich. The vodka, JAB’s own house-labeled “Jazz Standart,” flowed freely as talented singers took turns testing their mettle with the band, while Russian, European and American attendees forged new friendships through the common language of jazz. DB

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