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Jazz Aspen Snowmass has announced the remainder of
their summer season including line-ups for both the JAS June Experience and the
JAS Café Summer Series.
Taking place once again at the Benedict Music Tent and JAS
Café in Aspen, CO the JAS June Experience will kick-off on Thursday, June 22 at
JAS Café Upstairs at the Aspen Art Museum, featuring the internationally
acclaimed Japanese piano sensation Hiromi in duets with Colombian harpist Edmar
Castaneda presented by Prada. On Friday, June 23 JAS hosts a double bill
featuring five-time Grammy® winner Michael McDonald plus the funky New Orleans
based pianist and Late Show with Stephen Colbert bandleader, Jon Batiste and
Stay Human.
On Saturday, June 24, Earth, Wind & Fire will bring
their blend of funk, soul, gospel, blues, jazz, rock and dance music to the
Benedict stage for the first time, followed by another double bill on Sunday,
June 25 including the timeless sounds of the legendary R&B powerhouse horn
driven Tower of Power plus former Rolling Stones backup singer (and JAS Café winter
hit) Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton. All five headlining Artists at JAS June are
making their JAS June performance debuts at Benedict.
Prior to the Friday through Sunday concerts, JAS will once
again provide a Free Lawn Party on the grounds featuring two stages with live
music, food, drinks and more. "The Free Lawn Party has become a staple for
the community," says Jim Horowitz, JAS President, "with free, vibrant
music and a colorful array of booths, the scene has become an integral part of
the JAS June Experience."
The final show at Benedict Music Tent, a collaboration
between JAS and the Aspen Music Festival & School will take place on
Saturday, July 1. Billed Ella @ 100: Direct from the Apollo, the show
celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the birth of the beloved American jazz and
pop singer Ella Fitzgerald. Performers will include the Count Basie Orchestra,
alongside three generations of vocalists including Patti Austin (Grammy®
nominated for her 2002 album, For Ella), Lizz Wright (JAS performances in 2007
& 2015) and Andra Day (breakout singer of the hit song "Rise" and
recently featured on the live Grammy® Awards 2017). Additionally, comedian
David Alan Grier, will act as a Co-Master of Ceremonies as attendees take a
trip through Ella's life in song after hit song and classic video imagery.
Tickets for the June Experience went on-sale Tuesday,
February 21. For the June 23-25 shows tickets can be purchased at
jazzaspensnowmass.org, 866-JAS-TIXX (527-8499) or at the Belly Up Box Office in
Aspen. Tickets for the July 1st performance are available now through the AMFS
box office, aspenmusicfestival.com or 970-925-9042. Patron (VIP) 3-day passes
(June 23-25) are available now at jasstore.org
JAS Aspen's summer season starts with a special JAS Café
performance upstairs at the Aspen Art Museum on June 22, Hiromi Duet: featuring
Edmar Castaneda presented by Prada. This combo of Japanese pianist Hiromi and
Columbian born jazz harpist Castaneda, both brilliant and inventive, should
make for an exciting start to a packed summer of music. From there the Café
continues with 11 more artists performing in three venues: Upstairs at the
Aspen Art Museum (AAM) and Downstairs at both the Cooking School of Aspen (CSA)
and The Little Nell (TLN).
June 29-30: Jamison Ross - Gifted drummer, composer &
bandleader who plays and sings from his drum-set with a smooth tenor equally at
home in soul, blues, R&B or jazz. Born into a musical family and steeped in
church music, Jamison is a first rate entertainer as well, who knows how to
connect with his audience. Winner of the 2012 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Drum Competition. (TLN).
July 7-8: Dr. Lonnie Smith - Evolution - 2017 NEA Jazz
Master and Hammond B-3 organ living legend celebrates his 75th birthday with
the jazz, funk and groove sounds of the "Evolution" band, his newest
group, recorded on Blue Note Records in 2016. Doc has recorded 70+ lifetime
albums recorded with the giants of jazz, blues & R&B! (CSA)
July 14: Butler Bernstein & the Hot 9 - Horn driven
celebration led by virtuoso New Orleans bred pianist-vocalist Henry Butler and
retro-trumpeter Steve Bernstein and their rollicking high energy small big band
that takes early New Orleans jazz on an amazing trip with both dazzling
virtuosity and humor. (AAM)
July 15: Clint Holmes & the H2 Big Band: From Sinatra to
Ray Charles - Longtime Vegas mainstay vocalist Clint Holmes, backed by a
15-piece Big Band, in a bluesy, brassy celebration of the great American
songbook from Sinatra to Ray Charles.
(AAM)
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July 29-30: Ella & Louis: Together Again feat. Byron
Stripling & Carmen Bradford - Re-creation of one of the top selling
jazz/pop albums in history which brought together Ella Fitzgerald and the
legendary trumpeter/vocalist Louis Armstrong. (CSA)
Aug. 10: Cyrille Aimée - Playful and inventive French jazz
vocalist, now Brooklyn based, celebrates her roots with her new French band of
gypsy musicians. "Astonishingly creative, brilliant, and fresh ...honors
tradition without being shackled to the past..." Wall Street Journal (AAM)
Aug. 11: Cubanismo - 11-piece Cuban band taking listeners
through the classic repertoire of the greatest Cuban rhythms: salsa, son,
guajira (the blues) and more, all drenched in jazz sensibility while
celebrating the danceable rhythms which has made the Cuban big band sound
beloved worldwide. (AAM)
Aug. 12: Take 6 - Ten-time Grammy® Award winners return to
the JAS Café to dazzle audiences with their rhythmic wizardry, pioneered using
the voice as a virtual band of instruments while drawing material from a wide
range of American musical genres. (AAM)
Aug. 18: Eliane Elias: 100 Years of Samba - Multiple Grammy®
Award winning Brazilian pianist and vocalist and her band celebrate the
intoxicating high energy Brazilian rhythm "samba," along with
Brazilian jazz and bossa nova. Eliane won the 2016 Grammy® for Best Latin Jazz
performance. (AAM)
Aug. 19: Nnenna Freelon - Singer, composer, producer,
arranger and budding actress, known for her "exquisite musicality," -
LA Times, and "impeccably tuned voice and percolating funk based backing
band." - Daily Variety. (AAM)
Aug. 20: Jacob Collier -19-year old British pianist/vocalist
and multi-instrumentalist who exploded internationally behind the 2016 release
In My Room, on which Collier recorded, played and sang every voice and
instrument on the recording. Now signed
to the influential Quincy Jones Music, Collier is an astonishing talent who is
dropping jaws around the globe and coast to coast. (AAM)
"From multiple Grammy® winners to legendary icons,
across genres from traditional jazz vocals to sizzling rhythms from across the
globe, from barrelhouse New Orleans sounds to eye and ear opening
collaborations, this may be the strongest and most diverse line-up of world
class artists in a single JAS Café season to date," says Horowitz.
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| Michael McDonald |
JAS Café Summer Series tickets are on sale now. Individual
show tickets will be available along with a summer series pass that includes
$50 off the five shows of your choice. Dinner options will also be available
for all early shows at both the Aspen Art Museum and the Cooking School of Aspen.
Tickets are sold at jazzaspensnowmass.org or 970.920.4996.
On July 21 JAS will hold their summer benefit at the Belly
Up in Aspen, raising funds for music education and programming. Guests will
enjoy music from The Family Stone, celebrating 50 years of funk and the music
Sly and the Family Stone. Tickets for the benefit will go on-sale at a later
date.
Rounding out the summer, the 2017 Labor Day Experience
line-up announced earlier this year includes Maroon 5, Keith Urban, Daryl Hall
and John Oates, The Roots, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lake
Street Dive and St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Tickets for these shows are
available now.
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