The 20th Annual Caramoor Jazz Festival | July 26th-28th, 2013
Lionel Louke
The
Mingus Big Band in the Genius of Mingus 1963: 50th Anniversary Concert,
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet, Delfeayo Marsalis Presents the Uptown Jazz
Orchestra, Luciana Souza: The Book of Chet and Brazilian Duos, Elio
Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators, Vijay Iyer, James Carter Organ
Trio, Charles Tolliver Big Band, Lionel Loueke Trio, Adam Makowicz Trio,
And Introducing Luis Perdomo and Benito Gonzalez!
Caramoor
Center for Music and the Arts presents the 2013 Jazz Festival
celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Caramoor Jazz Festival. From
July 26 – 28, audiences can enjoy some of today’s most influential
artists in jazz on Caramoor’s distinguished 90-acre garden estate in
Katonah, N.Y. One of the most vital jazz events in the region each
summer, the annual Festival – organized by Jazz Producer Jim Luce – is
renowned for its star-studded lineup of jazz greats and new forces on
the scene.
Kicking off the celebratory weekend on July 26 is
emerging jazz pianist Luis Perdomo and his exciting blend of Latin and
jazz rhythms at 8:00PM. Grammy® award-winning singer and songwriter
Luciana Souza will headline the evening performing selections from her
most recent album, The Book of Chet and Brazilian Duos – an
interpretation of the music of trumpeter and singer Chet Baker.
The
July 27 sets capture the sheer breadth of global influences on the jazz
scene today. The day begins at 2:00PM with Polish pianist and composer
Adam Makowicz and his trio, performing a set rife with classical and
jazz influences. Next will be the sounds of the acclaimed Charles
Tolliver Big Band. Grammy nominee, pianist Vijay Iyer, blends music from
his native India with jazz, classical, rock, funk, soul, hip-hop, and
electronica. A high-energy celebration of world-rhythms and jazz
melodies by pianist Benito Gonzalez prepares the audience for the
evening’s headliner, the swingin’ Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz
Orchestra.
On July 28, Grammy-nominated Cuban pianist Elio
Villafranca returns to Caramoor with Elio Villafranca & The Jass
Syncopators, a group that challenges the boundaries of jazz by fusing it
with the syncopated nature of Afro-Caribbean music forms, using an
interpretive musical approach echoing Duke Ellington’s Colored
Syncopators. The Lionel Loueke Trio follows with an elegant mixture of
Afropop and jazz. The Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet makes its Caramoor
debut with bassist Will Goble, drummer David Potter and pianist Austin
Johnson. The James Carter Organ Trio – known for a repertoire that
includes jazz, swing, ballads, gospel and blues – warms up the crowd
before the Mingus Big Band takes the stage for a celebration of the
music of composer/bassist Charles Mingus in “The Genius of Mingus 1963:
50th Anniversary Concert.”