BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T011657CEST-9031hEuVzb@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20120516T230557Z DESCRIPTION:For over 45 years\, GRAMMY®\; winner Jack DeJohnette&rsquo\; s wide-ranging style\, capable of playing in any idiom while maintaining a well-defined voice\, has kept him in demand as a drummer and as a bandlea der\, as well as a fan favorite. \; From Miles Davis&rsquo\; seminal j azz-rock album &lsquo\;Bitches Brew&rsquo\; to his 25-plus year tenure wit h Keith Jarrett and the Standards Trio\; from his avant-garde fusion group &lsquo\;Directions&rsquo\; (and later &lsquo\;New Directions&rsquo\;) and innovative free-jazz ensemble &lsquo\;Special Edition&rsquo\; to African\ , Brazilian\, electronic\, drum &\; bass\, and meditation music on his own imprint\, Golden Beams\, DeJohnette&rsquo\;s illustrious career has be en marked by fierce creativity\, multi-faceted musicality\, and singular a pproach to drumming.\n\nSparked by recent proliferation in writing\, DeJoh nette\, at 67\, is looking back and moving forward with a new project\, dr awing inspiration from his past work and new compositions. \; The resu lt is The Jack DeJohnette Group\, featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa on alto sa xophone\, David Fiuczynski on double-neck guitar\, George Colligan on keyb oards and piano\, and long-time associate Jerome Harris on electric and ac oustic bass guitars.\n\nA jazz master who often looks outside the borders of jazz when selecting a collaborator\, composing a piece or beginning a r ecording\, DeJohnette has assembled a diverse group of musicians who\, lik e its leader\, effortlessly weave tradition with modern sounds and rhythms \, combining jazz with funk\, rock\, r &\; b\, and Afro-Iberian element s. \; Middle Eastern&hellip\;\n\n2009 winner of Jazz Journalist Associ ation&rsquo\;s Alto Saxophonist of the Year and DownBeat International Cri tics&rsquo\; \; &ldquo\;Rising Star-Jazz Artist&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Ri sing Star-Alto&rdquo\; category\, Guggenheim fellow Rudresh Mahanthappa&rs quo\;s &ldquo\;fire-breathing attack&rdquo\; (Jim Macnie\, Village Voice)\ , fused with the culture of his Indian ancestry and myriad other influence s\, bring his inventive improvisation to The Group. \; Born in the US and raised in Germany\, prolific jazz-rock guitarist David Fiuczynski&rsqu o\;s melange of funk-rock jazz\, ambient textural improvisations\, world-m usic elements\, metal\, reggae\, house\, dub\, drum &\; bass and other new grooves\, who is &ldquo\;very comfortable taking chances&rdquo\; was e xactly what DeJohnette was looking for. \; Pianist and award-winning c omposer George Colligan\, who is also an organist\, drummer\, trumpeter\, teacher\, and bandleader\, can &ldquo\;knit together a sci-fi\, retro-futu rist approach on synths&rdquo\; (David Adler\, All About Jazz NY) and inco rporate everything from show tunes to funk\, from free improvisation to 20 th century classical music. \; Multi-instrumentalist\, singer\, musica l director and published author\, a frequent collaborator of DeJohnette (T he Jack DeJohnette Quartet\, The Latin Project\, Oneness) is international ly known for his versatile and penetrating style on guitar and bass guitar . \; He plays and &ldquo\;makes his ideas rise from below\, nudging th e music to change and evolve&rdquo\; (New York Times). \n\nThe Group culls its repertoire from DeJohnette&rsquo\;s classic groups and albums: Specia l Edition (&lsquo\;Special Edition\,&rsquo\; &lsquo\;Audio-Visualscapes\,& rsquo\; &lsquo\;Earthwalk\,&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;Irresistible Forces&rsquo\ ;)\, &lsquo\;Parallel Realities\,&rsquo\; Directions (&lsquo\;New Rags&rsq uo\;)\, &lsquo\;New Directions\,&rsquo\; &lsquo\;Music for the Fifth World \,&rsquo\; &lsquo\;Album\, Album\,&rsquo\; and Gateway\; as well as tunes from the 2009 release on Golden Beams with Danilo Perez and John Patitucci &lsquo\;Music We Are&rsquo\; (&ldquo\;Tango Africain&rdquo\; and &ldquo\; Soulful Ballad&rdquo\;) and new compositions\, such as &ldquo\;Six into Fo ur&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Spanish 7&rdquo\; (aka &ldquo\;Spanish Moorish&rdqu o\;). \n\nThe Jack DeJohnette Group debuted in January 2010 at Birdland in New York City.\n\n&ldquo\;Jack DeJohnette [is] one of the most important musicians in the last 40 years of jazz.&rdquo\; \n&ndash\; NEW YORK TIMES  \;\n\n\n \; DTSTART:20100611T000000 DTEND:20100613T000000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:The Jack DeJohnette Group feat. Rudresh Mahanthappa\, David Fiuczyn ski\, George Colligan & Jerome Harris END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR