Pablo Ziegler Quartet with Regina Carter in “Tango Meets Jazz” SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16 2013 /8 pm
A unique and powerful performance combining the “ferocious sweep of her voice” (Boston Globe) with visual art inspired by traditional Mexican votive paintings.
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Pablo Ziegler Quartet with Regina Carter in “Tango Meets Jazz” Sat Feb 16 | 2013 at 8pm
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Pablo Ziegler Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Latin GRAMMY winning pianist Pablo Ziegler artfully blends classic tango rhythms with jazz improvisations, adding a new voice to the tango lexicon. Howard Reich of The Chicago Times writes, “There’s no question that Ziegler takes the tango to levels of sophistication and refinement probably undreamed of by Piazzolla”, and Eric Salzman of Stereo Review, writing of Ziegler’s CD, Tango Romance, affirms that the CD “solidifies his [Ziegler’s] claim to be the outstanding representative of the nuevo tango in his generation.” In addition to this critical acclaim, Ziegler’s 2005 release Bajo Cero won the 2005 Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango album of the year and in 2008, his album Buenos Aires Report made the final list of nominees for the same honor. In 1978, Mr. Ziegler was invited to join Ástor Piazzolla’s New Tango Quintet, and, over the next ten years, he performed with this group throughout Europe, Japan and North America, at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Nice Jazz Festival, Sapporo Jazz Festival, Central Park SummerStage, and the Istanbul Festival, among many others. Pablo Ziegler formed his own quartet for New Tango in 1990 and has been touring extensively throughout the world with his trio, quartet and quintet. Performances in recent seasons have included Carnegie Hall as part of the JVC Jazz Festival with guest artists Paquito D’Rivera, Joe Lovano and Gary Burton. For 11 years Ziegler’s quintet also performed annually at the Jazz Standard in NYC in the Tango Meets Jazz series produced by Pat Philips and Ettore Strata, with guest artists including Randy Brecker, Regina Carter, Paquito D’Rivera, Kenny Garrett, Stefon Harris, Joe Locke, Branford Marsalis, David Sanchez and Nestor Torres. This summer will be their second season at Birdland. A new program, Beyond Tango, was created by Pablo Ziegler for the Miami International Piano Festival in 2009. The evening includes works for two pianos progressing up to a large chamber ensemble playing Ziegler’s compositions with some of his own arrangements of Piazzolla, including the 2-piano pieces which he had recorded with Emanuel Ax for Sony Classical. Recently, the Pablo Ziegler Quartet performed Ettore Stratta’s Symphonic Tango Project with the Presidential Orchestra of Turkey. Mr. Ziegler served as music director on a Sony Music recording for bass-baritone Erwin Schrott. He was also the artist in residence at the Latin American Music Center of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and while there, performed during the Tango Festival. His trio continues to tour extensively throughout the US and abroad. In November 2011, Pablo Ziegler and Paquito D’Rivera celebrated The Music of Ástor Piazzolla at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Music of the Masters series. February, 2012 saw the New York premiere of Pablo Ziegler and Maya Beiser’s Canyengue at Le Poisson Rouge.
Regina Carter Regina Carter is a virtuoso jazz violinist who draws from a diverse well of influences that include classical, jazz, Motown swing, funk, world music and too many other styles to mention. Born in Detroit, Carter began studying piano at age two and later took up the violin. Her earliest training was in European classical music, but an interest in jazz eventually led her to study with Doc Marvin Holladay, Marcus Belgrave and Lyman Woodard at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. In 1987, she joined the all-female pop-jazz quintet Straight Ahead and appeared on their first three albums before leaving the band in 1991 and moving to New York, where she picked up session work with a variety of high-profile jazz and pop artists, including Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Billy Joel, Dolly Parton, Max Roach and Oliver Lake. She released her self-titled solo album on Atlantic in 1995, followed by Something for Grace, an album dedicated to her mother and released in 1997. Carter also toured with Wynton Marsalis that same year, then switched to the Verve label where she released Rhythms of the Heart in 1999. Motor City Moments, a tribute to her hometown, followed in 2000. In December 2001, she traveled to Genoa, Italy, and made musical history by being the first jazz musician and first African American to play the legendary Guarneri Del Gesu violin, made in 1743 and owned by classical music virtuoso and composer Niccolo Paganini. This performance inspired her 2003 album, Paganini: After a Dream, which featured works by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Italian film composer Ennio Morricone. She recorded I’ll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey in 2006 as a tribute to her late mother. That same year Carter was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, an award given to 20 to 40 U.S. citizens or residents who “show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work.” Reverse Thread, released in May 2010, was a celebration of traditional African music via a contemporary perspective. In addition to her existing jazz rhythm section, Carter enlisted a virtuoso of the kora, the West African harp traditionally played by village storytellers. Carter also took her pioneering spirit on the road in the late summer and fall of 2012 for a two-month world tour with rock icon Joe Jackson’s stellar ensemble in support of his most recent release The Duke, a collection of unique interpretations of Duke Ellington’s work that includes several guest appearances by Carter. SFJAZZ recently appointed Carter as a resident Artistic Director for their inaugural 2013 and 2014 seasons along with two other MacArthur “Genius“ Fellows – pianist Jason Moran and saxophonist Miguel Zenón along with Grammy-winning guitarist and Artist Rasmuson Fellow Bill Frisell and Five-time Grammy-nominated percussionist John Santos. The program gives individual directors the opportunity to program, curate, perform, and participate in outreach and educational activities. Carter will premiere her new program, Southern Comfort, at the SFJAZZ CENTER in May 2013. Southern Comfort, to be released Spring 2014, is a musical journey tracing her father’s ancestry in the southern United States.
Claudio Ragazzi Guitar Composer and guitarist Claudio Ragazzi has been writing award winning music for film and television, scoring hundreds of projects and performing with some of today’s most respected musicians at renowned concert halls in the world. Claudio attended Berklee College of Music where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was the recipient of the prestigious Duke Ellington Master’s Award, and also received the Boston Music Awards that same year. In 1998 he scored Brad Anderson’s hit film Next Stop Wonderland produced by Miramax Films, and featuring Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto. The CD reached Billboard’s top ten chart for more than twelve consecutive weeks. Claudio’s work can also be heard in Something’s Gotta Give starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves. Claudio has scored hundreds of TV productions for the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, Telemundo, Univision and PBS. Claudio’s live performances include Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, The Blue Note, Lincoln Center and theatres.
Héctor Del Curto Bandoneón Praised by the New York Times as a “splendid player”, Argentinean bandoneónist Héctor Del Curto has captivated audiences around the world as a soloist and chamber musician, sharing the stage with world–renowned tango legends Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Pugliese, pianist Pablo Ziegler, clarinetist Paquito D´Rivera, and numerous Symphony Orchestras among many others. At the age of 17 Mr. Del Curto won the title of “Best Bandoneón Player under 25”. The same year he joined the legendary orchestra of Osvaldo Pugliese, becoming the youngest player in the history of the orchestra. As conductor, he directed the spectacular show “Forever Tango” on Broadway and founded the “Eternal Tango Orchestra”, a ten piece ensemble. Héctor Del Curto released a critically acclaimed album, Eternal Tango and is soon to release his new record Eternal Piazzolla. Mr. Del Curto has participated throughout his career in more than 50 recordings which include performances with Osvaldo Pugliese, Ástor Piazzolla, Pablo Ziegler, Paquito D’Rivera, for labels such us BMG, Sony, Nonesuch and many others.
Pedro Giraudo Bass Originally from Córdoba, Argentina, Pedro Giraudo moved to New York City in 1996. He has become an in-demand artist performing in a wide variety of musical projects, both with his own award winning ensembles and as a member of several prominent ensembles ranging from tango to jazz. Pedro Giraudo has collaborated with 9 time Grammy award winner Paquito D’Rivera, and Latin American icon Ruben Blades, among many others. He has also conducted the world renowned WDR Big Band and Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. He is also the principal bassist of the Hudson Symphony Orchestra and the Música de Cámara String Ensemble.
CHAN CENTRE CONNECTS: CONNECTING WITH TANGO PASSION There is no shortage of passion in the world of tango – a fact that became apparent when we started to plan the Chan Centre’s outreach connected with this evening’s performance. Combine this passion with existing dynamics between new and traditional tango and the music and dance elements of this art form - and the task of programming outreach became, shall we say, somewhat daunting. Our first outreach event, a film screening of 12 Tangos: Adios Buenos Aires held last week in partnership with The Cinémathèque, sold out and was enthusiastically received. We had selected this 2005 documentary about tango artists during Argentina’s recent economic collapse, because it connected with themes on which we wanted to focus. First, that tango music is of equal importance to the dance, and second, the journey of tango music from its beginning on ‘the streets’ (as portrayed by the film) to performances in concert halls through the music of Ástor Piazzolla and Pablo Ziegler (as experienced tonight.) Yesterday, Pablo Ziegler spoke eloquently about his career and his jazz influences on Nuevo Tango, as well as of working with the grand maestro Piazzolla, in a free artist talk moderated by Linda Lee Thomas at the UBC School of Music. It was a unique treat to hear such a legend speak of his life in tango. In addition to moderating yesterday’s talk, celebrated tango pianist Linda Lee Thomas also contributed a blog post discussing why she loves tango, which can be viewed at www.chancentre.com/blog. We hope that you will leave our hall tonight entranced by the magic of this passion-filled, iconic art form as expressed by the Pablo Ziegler Quartet with special guest Regina Carter. The Chan Centre Connects series features panel discussions, talks, film screenings and master classes, programmed in conjunction with the Chan Centre’s concert season. The purpose of this series is to engage the community in global issues and intercultural experiences through the lens of the arts.
Fanfares In The Lobby Prior to each of our main stage concerts, the Chan Centre commissions a UBC composition student to write a new fanfare to be performed by UBC music students in our lobby. This unique partnership with the UBC School of Music has been in place for the last year and a half and has delighted thousands of audience members so far. Tonight’s fanfare, Fantango, for trombone quartet was composed, as the title implies, with the goal of wedding the musical styles of tango and fanfare. To this end, the bass trombone drives steadily forward with a tango-esque bass line amidst flourishes of repeated notes. Adam Hill, a composer and bassist originally from Cleveland, Ohio, currently lives in Vancouver, BC where he is pursuing a DMA in music composition at the University of British Columbia. A recipient of awards and grants by SCI/ASCAP, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, and the Wildacres Retreat, he has been commissioned by the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, the Central Oregon Symphony, and the Singers Club of Cleveland. Performers: Kevin Lin, Brian Weingartner, Cameron Golinsky, Sam Kaplan
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Our journey into the world of tango has been inspiring and intriguing and the Chan Centre would like to thank the following people and partners for their support: Linda Lee Thomas UBC School of Music, including Dr. Terence Dawson, Chair, Keyboard Division Laurie Townsend, Concerts & Communications Manager, Dr. Richard Kurth, Director and Dr. John Roeder, Acting Director The Cinematheque and of course, the Pablo Ziegler Quartet and Regina Carter
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