Oakland-based keyboardist-composer Steve McQuarry brings his Mandala Orchestra and Nonet to perform “A Tribute to Gil Evans” at SF JAZZ Center's Miner Auditorium on September 30, 2017 at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at http://bit.ly/smp-gilevans-09-30-17-sfjazz .
This concert marks the West Coast premiere of newly discovered scores by Gil Evans performing:
"The Troubadour," "Dancing on a Great Big Rainbow," , "Blues for Pablo" , "The Maids of Cadiz", and "Greensleeves" as well as "St. Louis Blues," "La Nevada Blues," "Punjab," and "Eleven." The Nonet will play "Budo," "Israel," and "Boplicity" from Birth of the Cool. The musicians will play from original Evans scores – some written in pencil by the composer himself.
Gil’s distinctive style greatly influenced that of the Miles Davis Nonet in sessions that became known as Birth of the Cool. He recorded with Miles Davis on albums: Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain, and Quiet Nights.
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ABOUT STEVE MCQUARRY
Steve McQuarry, an Oakland resident for the past decade, has performed as a pianist at Yoshi's San Francisco with his own trio and with flutist Gerald Beckett's quartet. McQuarry has broadcast with his chamber octet Resonance over KPFA in Berkeley and KKUP in Cupertino. He currently records for his own label, Mandala Records, with his piano jazz trio and the jazz ensembles Resonance; Steve McQuarry Organ Trio; Art-Jazz-Rock group, Echelon; Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz band, Tribu; the electronica group Synsor; and the new age group Agharta.
PERFORMERS
The Mandala Orchestra members are trumpeters Justin Smith and John Worley; trombonist Ken Yee; French hornist Winston Macaraeg; tuba player Portia Njoku; saxophonists Ruben Salcido, Corey Wright, Georgianna Krieger, and Hermann Lara; oboe and English horn player Glenda Bates; bassoonist Wendell Hanna; cellist Nancy Bien; guitarist Mason Razavi; bassist Ted Burik; drummer, Greg German; and tabla player Jim Santi Owen. Conductor: Omid Zoufonoun.
Cost: $25.00