The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is back once more on a flight to the nation’s capital to the Big Apple. I’ll be giving my regards to Broadway before heading up a few blocks to 10 Columbus Circle 10019 where the Appel Room is located within Jazz At Lincoln Center. It will be a night of Brazilian music and romance with vocalist Rosa Passos.
Based on the design of a Greek amphitheater, The Appel Room merges luxuriant splendor with functional accessibility. One glance at the dramatic 50′ × 83′ wall of glass confirms that The Appel Room possesses one of New York City’s greatest backdrops—Central Park and the Manhattan skyline. Several mechanical tiers make up the fluid inner structure of the amphitheater, offering a strikingly adaptable layout. This ingenious design allows for a smooth transformation from supper-club or event mode to theater mode. For additional capability, The Appel Room features a removable stage on its bottom level.
Vocalist Rosa Passos reunites with NEA Jazz Masters Kenny Barron and Ron Carter in the Appel Room for the first time together. While Passos has been called the female João Gilberto, she is a prolific and distinct vocalist and guitarist with a playful yet sophisticated style, marked by perfect pitch and spacious elegance. Enhancing this meeting of these three masters is first-call Brazilian drummer, Rafael Barata.
The Appel Room is located at 10 Columbus Circle, New York City 10019. For more info 212~258-9800 or visit https://2023.jazz.org/rosa-passos-with-kenny-barron-and-ron-carter
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LIZZIE THOMAS
New York-based vocalist Lizzie Thomas presents her career-defining fifth album, DUO Encounters. The inventive jazz singer – gifted with an inviting voice and a swinging style – teams up with a dozen of her favorite artists to perform a set of intimate and adventurous duets. Over the course of twelve tracks, Thomas digs deep into the lyrics, and uplifts each song with her individualistic approach. Turning away from the conventional, these interpretations of carefully curated tunes are fun and adventurous. The result is a memorable set of superbly sung, and often surprising music and it’s Lizzie Thomas’ most rewarding recording to date.
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AARON LESSARD GROUP
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SUPERBLUE: KURT ELLING & CHARLIE HUNTER WITH SPECIAL GUEST SCOTT MULVAHILL
Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, two-time GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. The New York Times proclaimed Elling, “the standout male vocalist of our time”. Over a twenty-five year career of touring and recording, Elling has won three Prix du Jazz Vocal (France), two German Echo Awards, two Dutch Edison Awards, and has been nominated for a GRAMMY award fifteen times. He has had a 14-year run atop the DownBeat Critics and Readers polls, and has won twelve Jazz Journalists Awards for “Male Vocalist of the Year”.
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KAMASI WASHINGTON FEATURING AMI TAF RA
He is a founding member of the jazz collective West Coast Get Down. Washington joined the Gerald Wilson Orchestra for its 2005 album In My Time. He played saxophone on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly. His debut solo recording, The Epic, was released in May 2015. The mini-album/EP Harmony of Difference followed in September 2017. His second full-length studio album, Heaven and Earth, was released in June 2018, with a companion EP titled The Choice released a week later.
Washington has played along with a diverse group of musicians including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Horace Tapscott, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg, George Duke, Chaka Khan, Flying Lotus, Mike Muir, Francisco Aguabella, St. Vincent, the Pan Afrikaan People’s Orchestra, Run the Jewels and Raphael Saadiq.
Ami Taf Ra | Moroccan~Dutch Artist
Growing up in the Netherlands, Arabic music was always present in her home. From Middle East Icons such as: Um Khaltoum,Warda, Asmahan to name a few. At the age of 14 her mother gave her the album of the legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz as a birthday present. She fell in love with Fairuz’s sound. Especially the sound of the fusion compositions with Jazz.This is when Ami Taf Ra knew that she doesn’t have to choose for one music style. but can combine her both backgrounds, the western music that she grew up with in Europe and her background with the Arabic music in the East. Ami Taf Ra enrolled at the Music School of Amsterdam. There, she was a member of the Gospel world choir and member of local bands that she performed with. At the age of 18, she went to the Hollywood center of Arabic music in Cairo, Egypt. She recorded her first Arabic song (in Egyptian dialect). The song was recorded in the same studio where the Egyptian legend Abdelhalim Hafez recorded some of his songs (studio Sout El Hob). Since then, Ami Taf Ra has been performing in different countries around the world. From Denmark to Turkey, Morocco,Belgium,Israel, Cairo, Lebanon, Jordan to name a few. Ami taf Ra recorded her debut album EastWest in Amsterdam in 2018. She collaborated with musicians from the Netherlands, Bulgaria,Spain,Slovenia and Turkey. On the album there are 6 original compositions by Ami Taf Ra and 3 covers. https://amitafra.com/bio
Showtimes ~ 6:30pm | 9:30pm
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