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“jazz in the present tense” February 5-7, 2015 (San Francisco, CA, December 12, 2014) – Yerba Buena Center for The Arts completes its Festival lineup for New Frequencies Fest: Jazz@YBCA running February 5-7, 2015. Guggenheim Fellow Multiple Grammy-winner Other major highlights of the festival include Also appearing on a double bill are Other acclaimed female instrumentalists being highlighted include a spontaneous on-the-spot improvisation between celebrated pianist There will be an entire day of activities on Saturday, February 7, as New Frequencies: Jazz@YBCA takes over the building with a variety of offerings. Start your day with dance classes at the In addition, Jazz@YBCA has engaged a wonderful group of community partner organizations that all contribute to the growth and vitality of Jazz in the Bay Area. They are the California Jazz Conservatory, Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, and Jazz in the Neighborhood. Tickets now on sale for Angélique Kidjo and Henry Threadgill Double-Up. The rest of the festival goes on sale on Tuesday, December 16, 2014. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit http://ybca.org/new-frequencies-fest-jazz. For further exploration into each of the artists and a detailed festival schedule, please visit: https://ybcajazz.wordpress.com Thursday, February 5, 8PM, YBCA Theater Friday, February 6, 8PM, YBCA Theater Friday, February 6, 10PM, YBCA Forum 11AM – 3PM 50 Cent Tabernacle: Jazz@YBCA edition 3 PM Roger Kim’s Elliott Smith Hour & Karl Evangelista’s Grex, Youth Arts Lounge 4 PM Jenny Scheinman: Solo Fiddle For Growing Boys & Girls, Screening Room 5 PM Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch: avantNOIR, YBCA Forum 8 PM Angélique Kidjo, YBCA Theater 10 PM Myra Melford, Joëlle Léandre & Nicole Mitchell Trio, YBCA Forum 11 PM Festival Closing Night Party with Ben Goldberg’s Orphic Machine, YBCA Forum 3:00-4:00PM/Youth Arts Lounge A recent graduate of UC Berkeley and former student of Myra Melford and Brian Pardo, Roger Kim describes his music as swinging and contemplative, an expressive music that likes to “ask questions, take journeys, and describe sentiments.” The Filipino American guitarist Karl Evangelista, former student of Myra Melford and graduate of the MA program at Mills College, is a fresh new voice in the Bay Area jazz scene, exploring an improvisational aesthetic that blends jazz, rock, western art music, contemporary sound and “noise” based art, and Filipino folk melody into a unique amalgamation of sounds reflecting his own life experience. 4:00pm-5:00pm/Screening Room Jenny Scheinman is a violinist, singer, and writer of songs with and without words. She has toured and recorded with the likes of Bill Frissell, Ani Difranco, Nora Jones and Nels Cline, and has garnered numerous arranging credits with Lucinda Williams, Lou Reed, and Metallica to name a few. Scheinman debuts a newly penned cycle of twenty short violin pieces entitled Solo Fiddle For Growing Boys & Girls, which draw upon cyclical structures prevalent in American fiddle music. 5:00pm-6:00pm/YBCA Forum Talented bassist and bandleader Lisa Mezzacappa, known for her adventurous and diverse musical palette, presents her newest work avantNOIR, inspired by the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. 8:00pm-10:00pm/YBCA Theater The evocative and powerful singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo has been described as the “undisputed queen of African music” by the London Telegraph, and The Guardian named her as one of The Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World. She performs songs from her latest recording, Eve. 10:00pm-11:00pm/YBCA Forum Expect the unexpected when these three join for an on-the-spot improvisation with pianist Myra Melford, French double bassist Joëlle Léandre, and flautist Nicole Mitchell. Joëlle Léandre is a dominant figure in new European music, jazz, and improvisation with over 150 recordings to her credit. The intrepid musical adventurer, pianist Myra Melford, not only headlines throughout the weekend in different configurations, but also takes the limelight as YBCA’s Artist in Residence, jazz educator, and festival co-curator. Award-winning jazz flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell explores human experience through creative music and is inspired by nature. She also has single-handedly raised the stature of her instrument in jazz. 11:00pm-12:00am/YBCA Forum Virtuoso clarinetist Ben Goldberg, a staple of the San Francisco Bay Area’s improvisational scene, assembles an all-star band made up of some of the most important improvisers on the national scene to perform his seminal ten movement song cycle inspired by the poetry of Allen Grossman at the Festival’s closing night party. Bay Area bassist, composer, bandleader, and music producer Lisa Mezzacappa hosts a casual after-work guided listening session, focusing on innovative jazz and improvised music from the 1960s to the present. Listening to selections from Mezzacappa’s LP and CD collection, participants will learn how to identify different instruments and roles in an ensemble, listen for ways improvisers create structure and form in the moment, and learn to appreciate the sensual qualities of sound, timbre, and tone as important aspects of connecting with this music. Kick back after a long work week and start your weekend by filling your ears with some of the most visceral, individual, and joyful jazz to come out of New, York, Chicago, and the Bay Area in the past 50 years. We kick off New Frequencies Fest with a really killer party at Duende, the popular restaurant and music club of renowned chef Paul Canales in Downtown Oakland. The Scott Amendola band will be performing and features violinist Jenny Scheinman, guitarists Nels Cline and Jeff Parker, bassist John Shifflett, and Scott Amendola on drums and electronics. Tickets can be purchased directly through Duende’s website at www.duendeoakland.com. 11:00am-3:00pm /YBCA Forum/50 Cents A whole day of activities as New Frequencies: Jazz@YBCA spills out throughout the campus with a variety of offerings, starting with dance classes with live bands, including Thu-Fri: $30 in Advance / $35 at the Door Senior, Teacher, Student: $25 in Advance / $30 at the Door YBCA Member: $25; YBCA:You FREE Sat: $35 in Advance / $40 at the Door Senior, Teacher, Student: $30 in Advance / $35 at the Door YBCA Member: $25; YBCA:You FREE Group 10+ Thu-Fri: $25 / Senior, Teacher, Student: $20 Sat: $30 / Senior, Teacher, Student: $25 YBCA Member $20 (All Performances) Discount and Group rates available only through the Box Office, 415.978.2787 Purchasing a ticket to the following performances taking place in the YBCA THEATER gives you additional access to other same day events. PURCHASE A TICKET TO PURCHASE A TICKET TO PATRONS MUST SHOW THEATER TICKET AT THE DOOR IN ORDER TO GET FREE ENTRY (ON A SPACE AVAILABLE BASIS). General: $15 in Advance / $20 at Door Student, Senior, Teacher: $10 in Advance / $15 at Door YBCA Member: $10 (advance and door)/YBCA:You FREE Group Rates: General: $10 / Student, Senior: $5 Discount and Group rates available only through the Box Office, 415.978.2787 To purchase tickets: 415.978.ARTS (2787) or visit www.ybca.org. In person (no service charge): Tue–Wed:12:00 pm–6:00 pm Thu–Sat:12:00 pm–8:00 pm Sun:12:00 pm–6:00 pm Media sponsors: KQED and San Francisco Weekly. New Frequencies Fest: Jazz@YBCA is part of a two year artist’s residency with award winning pianist, composer, Guggenheim Fellow and 2013 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Performing Artist Award winner, Jazz@YBCA program: Mentoring Listeners; Nurturing the Jazz Legacy; Women in Jazz; and Curatorial Experimentations. YBCA embraces Melford’s artistic vision and programming direction for this year’s festival, and will prominently feature her in various bands. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), located in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena cultural district, is one of the nation’s leading multidisciplinary contemporary arts centers. With a belief that contemporary art is at the heart of community life, YBCA brings audiences and artists of all backgrounds together to express and experience creativity. The organization is known for nurturing emerging artists at the forefront of their fields and presenting works that blend art forms and explore the events and ideas of our time. As part of its commitment to the San Francisco Bay Area, YBCA supports the local arts community and reflects the region’s diversity of people and thought through its arts and public programming. YBCA presents programming year-round in the Forum, Screening Room, Galleries and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater. For tickets and information, call 415.978.ARTS (2787) or visit www.ybca.org. from http://ejazznews.com
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