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| The Open World Jazz Ensemble with special guests |
FEATURING:
Special Guests:
Clark Terry, trumpet
Jimmy Heath, sax
Kenny Barron, piano
Thelonious Monk Institute Sextet:
James Alsanders, drums
Alan Hampton, bass
Arpad Olah, piano
Gilad Ronen, sax
James Westfall, vibraphone
Dontae Winslow, trumpet
Open World Jazz Ensemble from Russia:
Andrey Basov, trumpet
Aleksandr Mashin, drums
Dmitriy Mospan, sax
Vladimir Nesterenko, piano
Makar Novikov, bass
Ivan Rakhmanov, guitar
Andrey Saltanov, trombone
Yevgeniy Sokolovskiy, alto sax. |
The Open World Jazz Ensemble from Russia featuring the Thelonious Monk Institute Sextet with special guests trumpeter Clark Terry, saxophonist Jimmy Heath and pianist Kenny Barron bring together a world of culture and music at the legendary Blue Note for one night only – but no doubt the music and the mission will be a lifetime memory for these ambassadors of jazz.
Through the Library of Congress Open World Russia Cultural Leaders Program, the Thelonious Monk Institute is sponsoring eight Russian jazz musicians, ages 22 – 34, for a two-week program that includes private and ensemble instruction; master classes conducted by noted musicians; visits to jazz clubs; meetings with record label and festival production executives; and the performance at the Blue Note. The musicians, who were chosen through auditions held across Russia and former Soviet states, will be hosted in New York by the Jazz & Contemporary Music Program of the New School University from March 10- 25.
Not only will the sextet and Ensemble have the opportunity of a lifetime to perform on the world-famous Blue Note stage, they also are privileged to play with some of the jazz world’s living legends – Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath and Kenny Barron. Born in St. Louis, MO, in 1920, Clark Terry made a name for himself while performing with Charlie Barnet, Charlie Ventura and Eddie Vinson in the 40s and with Count Basie’s big band and small groups from 1948 -1951. Then he landed one of his greatest affiliations – a stint with Duke Ellington that lasted from 1951-1959. He performed on many of Ellington’s renowned suites and gained a reputation almost as much for his contagious good humor as for his musical proficiency and diversity. An educator as well as a jazz innovator, he has reaped numerous accolades and awards while recording and performing on trumpet and flugelhorn for enthusiastic audiences around the world.
Jimmy Heath is also a brilliant musician, composer and arranger. The middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers, he has performed with nearly all of the jazz greats of the last 50 years from Howard McGhee to Miles Davis to Wynton Marsalis. He has performed on more than 100 records and has written more than 140 compositions, which have become jazz standards and have been recorded by other artists including Cannonball Adderley, Clark Terry, James Moody, Ahmad Jamal, Dexter Gordon and Ray Charles. An educator as well, he taught for more than a decade at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and recently led a Blue Note master class, titled after a Dizzy Gillespie quote, “If you know Jimmy Heath, you know Bop.”
One of the undisputed masters of jazz piano, Kenny Barron was born in Philadelphia in 1943. He started playing professionally as a teenager, and at age 19, he moved to New York and was soon hired to play with saxophonist James Moody. He joined Dizzy Gillespie’s band in 1962, where he developed a taste for Latin and Caribbean rhythms. He went on to perform with Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Milt Jackson, Buddy Rich, Yusef Lateef and other jazz greats. His own recordings have earned him multiple Grammy nominations as well as numerous awards and recognition around the world.
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (www.monkinstitute.org) was established in 1986 with a mission to preserve America’s legacy of jazz through performance and education. The Institute offers the world’s most promising young musicians college level training by America’s jazz masters and presents public-school based jazz education programs for young people around the world. In addition, the Institute provides scholarships, performance opportunities and worldwide recognition to gifted young musicians through its many other jazz education programs.
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