SFJAZZ Collective: The Music of Stevie Wonder

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Thursday, March 24, 2011, 8:00 pm
Bass Concert Hall
$34/$24

The Music of Stevie Wonder

Avishai Cohen, trumpet
Matt Penman, bass
Robin Eubanks, trombone
Edward Simon, piano
Eric Harland, drums
Mark Turner, tenor saxophone
Stefon Harris, vibraphone
Miguel Zenón, alto saxophone

Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music

Share an evening with a jazz band unlike any touring the world today. The SFJAZZ Collective is the future of jazz – a constantly evolving, ever-relevant and quintessentially modern art form. The group brings their colossal sound to the Bass Concert Hall stage in a performance that explores the compositions of the incomparable Stevie Wonder.

With members from Puerto Rico, Venezuela, New York, Philadelphia, New Zealand, and Israel, the Collective’s multi-cultural lineup mirrors the jazz talent that is exploding all over the world. These visionary musicians possess multiple Grammy Awards and Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships. Each musician provides a crucial contribution to jazz innovation.

Every year the Collective rearranges famous compositions from past jazz masters including Coltrane, Hancock, Coleman, Shorter, Monk, and Tyner, adding original compositions that have been informed by this rich history. This year SFJAZZ invites you to be blown away by an evening dedicated to the timeless works of the legendary Stevie Wonder!

“The best overall live jazz set this writer has heard in the new millennium.” ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM