THE HURRICANE TRIO
In 2023 the Detroit Jazz Festival Global-Connect International All-Star Initiative explores the fusion of Detroit and Italian jazz artistry embodied in a multi-generational quartet featuring the lauded Milan, Italy based Hurricane Trio: Roberto Mattei-Bass, Lorenzo Blardone- Piano and Massimiliano Salina-Drums – and, the award-winning saxophonist from Detroit, Chris Collins; internationally recognized for his singular role in the global jazz scene. This powerhouse quartet serves as the gravity- center for uniting artists and legacies from both cultures. Known individually for their unique creative and technical prowess, collectively, the ensemble creates highly refined, dynamic, communicative, unified and thoroughly modern jazz performances. The band presents original compositions and sophisticated improvisation born from cross-cultural fertilization and study of each other’s jazz traditions. Built on infectious grooves to complex metric environments, powerful lyricism to inventive angularity and fresh harmonic dimensions, the music captures the emotion, artistry, intellect, and legacy that defines great jazz art while displaying the wonders that come from true cultural collaboration.In 2023, the Detroit Jazz Festival Global-Connect International All- Stars will present music from their new CD “Turning Point” with concert tours in Japan, Europe and the USA culminating with a feature appearance at the 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival September 1-4, 2023 in Downtown Detroit.
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RANDY NAPOLEAN QUARTET
Known as a forward-thinking musician with a passion for the jazz tradition, guitarist Randy Napoleon is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University. He is currently touring as a leader after twenty years of road apprenticeship with some of the most celebrated musicians and groups of our time.
Napoleon cut his teeth touring with pianist Benny Green, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Michael Buble, and a thirteen year tenure with Freddy Cole. He has also performed with artists across the jazz spectrum such as Bill Charlap, Natalie Cole, Monty Alexander, Rodney Whitaker and John Pizzarelli.
Napoleon has performed or arranged on over seventy records. He arranged as well as performed on Freddy Cole’s seven most recent records including the Grammy-nominated releases, Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B and My Mood Is You. He performed on The Clayton Hamilton Orchestra: Live at MCG. Napoleon is featured on Buble’s Grammy-nominated CD/DVD Caught in the Act.
Napoleon has played on The Tonight Show, Late Night With David Letterman, The View, The Today Show, and The Ellen DeGeneres show as well as TV shows in South America, Europe and Asia. He has performed across the globe at notable venues including Royal Albert Hall, The Sydney Opera House, The Hollywood Bowl, and Lincoln Center.
THE BAND:
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Requisites
Two Loves is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded on November 25th and December 2, 1973, at Sound Track in Copenhagen, Denmark. My Old Flame, Wait And See, and I’ll Remember April was recorded during the December session. The album was released the following year in 1974 on the Danish label, SteepleChase.
The producer was Nils Winther, the engineer was Ole Hansen, the liner notes were written by Roland Baggenæs and the photography, design, and cover was taken and created by Lissa Winther.
A bebopper of the first generation, this album is evidence of Jordan’s gentle touch, his simply constructed chords, and his preference for medium tempos.
Track List | 40:55 ~ 62:27 with CD Bonus Tracks-
- Subway Inn – 8:11
- My Old Flame (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 8:45
- Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) – 5:14
- Two Loves – 3:05
- Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:15
- Wait And See – 2:44
- I’ll Remember April (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 5:34
- Lady Dingbat – 4:08
- Jordu – 5:19
- Duke Jordan – piano
- Mads Vinding – bass
- Ed Thigpen – drums
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Lemuel Charles Johnson was born August 6, 1909 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He played clarinet in local ensembles in the 1920s, however, he picked up saxophone in 1928, playing with Walter Page’s Blue Devils.
Early in the 1930s he played in the band of Grant Moore from 1931 to 1935 in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. Then he went to work with Eli Rice and Earl Hines. By 1937 he was moving to New York City where he played with Fess Williams, Luis Russell and Louis Jordan, before joining Skeets Tolbert’s band in 1939. In Tolbert’s group Johnson sang in addition to playing saxophone.
Lem recorded with Buster Harding, Eddie Durham, Edgar Hayes, Sidney Bechet, Claude Hopkins, St. Louis Jimmy, Sam “The Man” Taylor and Sammy Price. He also recorded with Johnny Long and his Orchestra on Coral Records. He cut several sessions as a leader, which have subsequently been released on compact disc.
After the 1940s he went into semi-retirement and occasionally played into the Sixties. Tenor and soprano saxophonist Lem Johnson transitioned in New York City on April 1, 1989.
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KENNY GARRETT
NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Kenny Garrett returns! With his illustrious career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as a heralded career as a solo artist that began more than 30 years ago, he is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters. And with the marvelous Sounds From The Ancestors, the GRAMMY® Award-winning saxophonist shows no signs of resting on his laurels.
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