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Calling all jazz fans in and around Los Angeles! I’ve got two tickets to see ECM recording artist Marcin Wasilewski and his trio this Monday, November 3, at the Jazz Bakery in L.A. (You can hear Marcin and his music on this week’s episode of The Jazz Session.)
To win, send an e-mail to contest@thejazzsession.com with “tickets” in the subject line. First one to contact me wins!
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Today is saxophonist Joel Frahm’s birthday. Happy birthday, Joel!
Let’s all celebrate by checking out Joel’s appearance on The Jazz Session, recorded in August 2007 when Joel released his CD We Used To Dance.
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The opening and closing themes of The Jazz Session were written and performed by The Respect Sextet, a wonderful band that started in Rochester, NY, and is now based in NYC. Here’s a video of the band playing pianist/keyboardist/electro-wizard Red Wierenga’s tune “Illegal Use of a Baguette” at the Brooklyn Lyceum on 10.26.08 with guest bassist Eivind Opsvik:
And here they are playing trombonist James Hirschfeld’s “Fitty Billion” at the same gig:
Please check out their music (and buy some CDs) at respectsextet.com. Thanks!
Posted under Pianists & Podcast
Jason Crane interviews Polish pianist and composer Marcin Wasilewski. His new recording, January (ECM, 2008), features his own compositions alongside those of Gary Peacock, Carla Bley, Ennio Moricone and … Prince. Wasilewski’s trio is very much a part of the new European piano trio renaissance, featuring inventive material played democratically.
CONTEST! The Marcin Wasilewski Trio starts a U.S. tour on November 1 in Seattle, with stops in San Francisco, LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Columbus. I’ve got two tickets to Marcin’s show at the Jazz Bakery in LA on Monday, November 3. To win, be the first person to send an e-mail to contest@thejazzsession.com with “Marcin” in the subject line. Listeners who have won in the past 30 days need to sit this one out. Everyone else — good luck!
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A hearty congratulations to the latest batch of CD winners. (The CDs went out today.)
As you can see, people listen to The Jazz Session all over the country … and all over the world!
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Jason Crane interviews pianist and composer Satoko Fujii. Fujii has released four new recordings in 2008, her 50th birthday year. These records find her with her New York trio; on accordion in the avant-folk-jazz group of her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura; in a quartet with some of Japan’s most talented improvising musicians; and in a second trio with both American and Japanese musicians. Far from slowing down in her middle years, Fujii seems to be pushing herself even more relentlessly, searching for new and exciting ways of expressing her musical ideas. Find out more at Satoko Fujii’s Web site.
