SUN FEB 15 2015
Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project and Cécile McLorin Salvant CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORM ING A RT S AT U B C 1
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PHOTO: TRACY LOVE
“The Mosaic Project is a beautiful gathering of great female artists, yet the beauty is also in the fact that you don’t hear gender. You hear many strong musical ideas based in jazz, performed on the highest of levels…These are my friends, mostly old friends, and some new friends ... and this is a mosaic of colors, shapes and textures, making a picture that I hope is informative and enjoyable to our fans.” - Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project and Cécile McLorin Salvant
Presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Pre-Concert Talk with Terri Lyne Carrington 6:15pm, Royal Bank Cinema
Featuring Terri Lyne Carrington in conversation with Margaret Gallagher, host of CBC Radio One’s Hot Air.
Concert
7:00pm, Chan Shun Concert Hall
Cécile McLorin Salvant and The Aaron Diehl Trio Cécile McLorin Salvant vocals Aaron Diehl piano Paul Sikivie bass Peter Van Nostrand drums 20 minute intermission
Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project Terri Lyne Carrington drums/percussion Tia Fuller saxophone Josh Hari bass Ingrid Jenson trumpet Matthew Stevens guitar Helen Sung piano Lizz Wright vocals
Set lists will be announced from the stage.
Please remember to turn off your cell phones, and note that photography and recording is not permitted. Thank you!
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PHOTO: JOHN ABBOTT
Cécile McLorin Salvant When Cécile McLorin Salvant arrived at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC to compete in the finals of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, she was not only the youngest finalist, but also a mystery woman with the most unusual background of any of the participants. When she walked away with first place in the jazz world’s most prestigious contest, the buzz began immediately. “She has poise, elegance, soul, humor, sensuality, power, virtuosity, range, insight, intelligence, depth and grace,” Wynton Marsalis asserts. “I’ve never heard a singer of her generation who has such a command of styles,” remarks pianist Aaron Diehl. “She radiates authority,” critic Ben Ratliff wrote in The New York Times in response to one of her post-competition performances.
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At almost every step of the way, McLorin Salvant has followed a different path from her peers. Born in Miami to a French mother and Haitian father, her first language was French. She immersed herself in the classical music tradition, long before she turned to jazz—starting on piano at age five and joining the Miami Choral Society at age eight. When it came time for college, she bypassed all the US conservatories and jazz schools, heading instead to Aix-en-Provence in France, where she continued to develop as a singer, but with an emphasis on classical and baroque vocal music as well as jazz. There, thousands of miles away from jazz’s land of origin, McLorin Salvant entered into a fruitful partnership with reed player and teacher Jean-François Bonnel, first as a student and soon as a performer. Before returning to the US, she gave concerts in Paris, recorded with Bonnel’s quintet, and immersed herself in the early jazz and blues vocal tradition. By the time she returned to her home country to take the stage in the Monk Competition, she had drawn on this unusual set of formative experiences in shaping a personal style of jazz singing, surprising and dramatic by turns, and very much in contrast to that of the other participants and her contemporaries. In the aftermath of her triumph at the Monk Competition, the jazz world eagerly awaited the winner’s first US recording. Answering that call with WomanChild, McLorin Salvant draws on songs spanning three centuries of American music. On the album, her repertoire ranges from the 19th century ballad “John Henry,” refreshed in a spirited up-to-date arrangement, to her own 21st century waltz “Le Front Caché Sur Tes Genoux”, which draws on a poem by Haitian writer Ida Salomon Faubert for its lyrics. The old and new rub shoulders throughout this album, but this singer’s attitude is neither beholden to the past nor trying to anticipate the trends of the future. Her captivating singing is immersed in the immediacy of the present moment. McLorin Salvant knows the sounds and styles of modern jazz but also possesses complete command of the classic blues and early American vocal tradition. However, she can’t be pinned down as a jazz traditionalist. She has recorded works by John Lennon/Yoko Ono and Erik Satie, and can sing in French, Spanish or English as the mood and situation warrant. She is also currently continuing her studies of the classical and baroque tradition. In short, Cécile McLorin Salvant is a seeker and a creative spirit who is determined to push ahead, even while she shows an extraordinary command of the tradition that has preceded her.
“I want to get as close to the centre of the song as I can. When I find something beautiful and touching I try to get close to it, and share it with the audience.” – Cécile McLorin Salvant
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PHOTO: TRACY LOVE
Terri Lyne Carrington GRAMMY Award-winning drummer, composer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington was born in 1965 in Medford, Massachusetts. After an extensive touring career of over 20 years with luminaries like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Al Jarreau, Stan Getz, David Sanborn, Joe Sample, Cassandra Wilson, Clark Terry, Dianne Reeves and more, she recently returned to her hometown where she was appointed professor at her alma mater, Berklee College of Music. Carrington also received an honorary doctorate from them in 2003. 6
After studying under full scholarship at Berklee, with the encouragement of her mentor, Jack DeJohnette, Carrington moved to New York in 1983. For five years she was a much in-demand musician, working with James Moody, Lester Bowie, Pharoah Sanders, and others. In the late ‘80s she relocated to Los Angeles, where she gained recognition on late night TV as the house drummer for the Arsenio Hall Show, then again in the late ‘90s as the drummer on the Quincy Jones late night TV show, VIBE, hosted by Sinbad. In 1989, Carrington released a GRAMMY-nominated debut album entitled Real Life Story, which featured Carlos Santana, Grover Washington Jr., Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, Patrice Rushen, Gerald Albright, John Scofield, Robert Irving III, Greg Osby, Don Alias and Hiram Bullock. Other solo albums include 2002’s Jazz is a Spirit, which features Herbie Hancock, Gary Thomas, Wallace Roney, Terence Blanchard, Kevin Eubanks, and Bob Hurst, and 2004’s Structure, a cooperative group which features Adam Rogers, Jimmy Haslip and Greg Osby. Carrington’s production and songwriting collaborations with artists such as Gino Vannelli, Peabo Bryson, Dianne Reeves, Siedah Garrett, and Marilyn Scott have produced notable works as well, including a special song commissioned by the Atlanta Committee for the 1996 Olympic Games, “Always Reach for Your Dreams,” (featuring Peabo Bryson), and her production of the Dianne Reeves GRAMMYnominated album, That Day, which hovered at the top of the music charts for many months. Carrington has performed on many recordings throughout her career. Notable examples of her work include Herbie Hancock’s Gershwin’s World, where she played alongside Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder. She has toured with each of Hancock’s musical configurations (from electric to acoustic) over the last ten years. After a hiatus from the U.S. recording scene as a solo recording artist, Carrington returned in 2008 with More To Say... (Real Life Story: NextGen). Joining her was an impressive all-star cast of jazz and contemporary jazz instrumentalists, with a special appearance by her dad, Sonny Carrington, on tenor. In addition, she collaborated with esteemed vocalist Nancy Wilson for the song, “Imagine This.” Carrington released The Mosaic Project in July 2011, the album for which this concert is in support of. In 2013, she released Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue, her much anticipated homage to Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of their iconic 1963 Money Jungle album. It received much critical acclaim, and was awarded the 2013 GRAMMY for “Best Jazz Instrumental Album”. Her new recording features Gerald Clayton and Christian McBride, with guests Clark Terry, Lizz Wright, Herbie Hancock and others.
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The Mosaic Project The Mosaic Project album was released in July of 2011 and features an all-female band selected and led by Terri Lyne Carrington. This album solidified her reputation for assembling artists of varying styles and perspectives to create music that adheres to the traditions of jazz yet speaks to a much broader and more diverse audience. The album received much critical acclaim and won the GRAMMY Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. “Everything about this recording is about making a larger picture out of many various elements,” says Carrington, who produced the 14-song set. “I assembled several friends – most of whom I’ve performed with in the past, and all of whom bring their own individual story – to help me create the big picture. For as talented as each of them are as individuals, when I put them all together, I have a much greater musical story – one that can be told in an interesting and compelling way.” Included on that list of friends that took part in the original recording are some of the most prominent female jazz artists of the last few decades: Esperanza Spalding, Dianne Reeves, Helen Sung, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sheila E., Nona Hendryx, Ingrid Jensen, Cassandra Wilson, Geri Allen and several others. Carrington says the emergence of so many great female jazz artists is what finally made an album like The Mosaic Project possible, more so than in decades past. “If I had tried to do something like this in the past – like when I started playing 25 years ago – I might have felt limited by the pool of available musicians,” says Carrington. “But now there are so many talented women whom I’ve been playing with anyway – not just because they’re women but because I love the way they play. So it has become easier to do a special project that celebrates the artistry and the musicality of these women.” The Mosaic Project defies expectation. With so many individual voices and perspectives in the mix, the results are often eye-opening and ear-opening. “There’s one part of me that’s kind of a jazz head who likes complex, thought provoking melodies and harmonies,” Carrington says. “And then there’s another part of me that really likes funk and pop and things that are accessible. This record is another chance for me to assemble all of these great musicians to help me combine those different aspects of myself – those different pieces – and create something special in the process.”
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Tia Fuller Tia Fuller is a dynamic saxophonist, composer and educator. It’s no mistake that artists such as Ralph Peterson Jr., Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Beyoncé include Tia Fuller’s instrumental voice and vision in their work. The Colorado native is a sought-after soloist, band leader, and musical director for some of the industry’s top jazz and pop musicians, and tours regularly. Fuller has even performed for President Obama at the White House. In her newest solo recording, titled Angelic Warrior, she surfaces clearly, rising to the top of her generation of musicians. When not touring, Fuller teaches in institutions across the US and is a full-time professor at the Berklee College of Music.
Josh Hari Josh Hari is a bassist and producer from Oakland, California and Guadalajara, Mexico. Influenced heavily by the rich musical tradition of the San Francisco Bay area, his deep groove and stylistic versatility have made him an in-demand sideman and musical director. His original musical projects have received acclaim from Rolling Stone and Bass Player magazines. He has worked with a diverse list of artists that stylistically run the gamut of contemporary American music, including Herbie Hancock, Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest), Dianne Reeves, Michael Kiwanuka and many more. Since his teens, Josh has toured extensively, performing at esteemed venues across five continents. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Ingrid Jensen
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Born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, BC, Ingrid headed east after receiving a number of scholarships to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since graduating in 1989, her life has contained a whirlwind of musical activities. From her early days playing in the subways of New York, to establishing herself as a leader and soloist in a wide array of musical genres, Ingrid has made her mark. Her latest album, At Sea, won her nominations for multiple Canadian Juno Awards. Her performances as a leader and as a featured soloist have taken her around the world.
Matthew Stevens Matthew Stevens is a versatile composer and musician. He has recorded with some of contemporary music’s finest musicians, and been applauded in numerous publications worldwide. He has toured extensively, having performed at most major jazz festivals across the globe. This past February, the NEXT Collective, in which Stevens is a leader, released its debut album Cover Art. Stevens is a member of the adjunct faculty at the New School and has taught at the Maryland Summer Jazz Workshop and Berklee College of Music Guitar Week (his alma mater). He is from Toronto, Canada, and currently resides in New York City.
Helen Sung A prize-winning classical pianist before jazz intervened “in the form of a Tommy Flanagan solo,” pianist/composer Helen Sung graduated from the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance and went on to win the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition. Captivating listeners everywhere with an imaginative, modern artistry that seamlessly integrates the jazz and classical worlds, Sung released her debut album in 2013, titled Helenistique. She has also started a collaboration with elite Chinese designer Vivienne Tam, who outfits Sung for her concerts and appearances.
Lizz Wright Singer-songwriter Lizz Wright graciously takes her place among an esteemed lineage of timeless, enchanting vocalists. Wright is blessed with an extraodinarily rich voice, an effortless magnetic presence, and undeniable artistic talent – compared to the likes of Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin. Wright has been the recipient of non-stop critical acclaim and ever-increasing audiences since her album debut, Salt, in 2003. Her genre-defying vocal stylings were praised by critics on her 2010 release, Fellowship, a nod to her roots in gospel on one hand and her eclecticism on the other.
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UBC School of Music Fanfares The fanfare performed in the lobby prior to this concert (6:30pm and 6:45pm) was commissioned by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts as part of an ongoing partnership with the UBC School of Music and their composition students and performers. Pupil’s Eye
“This piece has a character that has developed out of my jazz and funk influences. It begins as a ballad-like feeling, with the ensemble blending in a chordal texture, and later in the tune, frees up into a more rhythmic and energetic groove with the trumpet featured. I am so humbled to have it played in the same night as a performance by some of my favorite jazz artists!” – Jeff Grosh, composer Theresa Lei horn Kevin Lin trombone Jon Yenta tuba
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