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PARADISE 2021-2022 SEASON
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ORCHESTRA HALL SERIE S
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TERENCE BLANCHARD FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE WITH TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021 AT 8PM IN ORCHESTRA HALL Erb Jazz Chair, Two-time Oscar® nominee, trumpeter, and composer Terence Blanchard performs the music of Wayne Shorter and new original music alongside his internationally acclaimed band The E-Collective and the double-GRAMMY®winning Turtle Island Quartet.
DIANNE REEVES: CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021 AT 8PM IN ORCHESTRA HALL Dianne Reeves is one of the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world today. Dianne Reeves rings in the holiday season with music from her celebrated album, Christmas Time Is Here. Reeves melds her timeless grace, elegance, and charisma into unforgettable jazz renditions of holiday favorites and more.
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PAT METHENY SIDE-EYE WITH JAMES FRANCIES & JOE DYSON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2021 AT 7PM AT ORCHESTRA HALL
PARADISE THEATRE
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Terence Blanchard, Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair
PARADISE JAZZ SERIES Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 7 p.m. at Orchestra Hall
PAT METHENY SIDE-EYE
with James Francies & Joe Dyson Pat Metheny, guitar James Francies, piano and keyboards Joe Dyson, drums
Program to be announced from the stage.
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PAT METHENY
JAMES FRANCIES
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at Metheny was born into a musical family in Kansas City on August 12, 1954. Starting on trumpet at the age of eight, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By age 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-tobecome trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility—a way of playing and improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues. With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life (1975), he reinvented the traditional “jazz guitar” sound for a new generation of players. Throughout his career, Metheny has continued to redefine the genre by utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument. Over the years, he has performed with diverse artists including Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Jim Hall, Milton Nascimento, and David Bowie. Metheny’s body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces, with settings ranging from modern jazz to rock to classical. Visit patmetheny.com for more.
lenty of young musicians show promise, but very few enjoy the sort of meteoric rise that pianist, keyboardist, producer, and composer James Francies has experienced. Since his debut album Flight entranced listeners in 2018, Francies has expanded personal explorations of sound bending and orchestral approaches to the music. Collaborations across stylistic realms— including those with Childish Gambino, Pat Metheny, Mark Ronson, The Roots, YEBBA, Chris Potter, Common, Eric Harland, Marcus Miller, DJ Dahi, and Ms. Lauryn Hill—have enhanced his development and refined his sound. Visit jamesfranciesmusic.com for more.
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ew Orleans native Joe Dyson has certainly been one to watch. He started playing music in his family’s church at just two years old. After being noticed for his peculiar talent, Dyson was placed in the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp where he was shadowed by the late, great clarinetist Alvin Batiste, and his longtime bandleader and mentor, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison. He went on to graduate from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and earned a Presidential Scholarship to his alma mater, Berklee College of Music. Dyson has shared the stage with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ellis Marsalis, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Jon Batiste, Leo Nocentelli, Sullivan Fortner, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Paquito D’Rivera, Grammy Award winners Nicholas Payton and Esperanza Spalding, and others. Visit joedyson.com for more.