SummerStage/Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Showcase | Jan. 9th, 2014
SummerStage/Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Showcase
Featuring
The Revive Big Band, featuring special guests
Bilal and
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Celebrating Blue Note Records 75th Year Anniversary
January 9, 2014
Concert Tickets Available for $15 in Advance
January 2, 2014 – City Parks Foundation, in partnership with the Winter Jazzfest is pleased to announce the SummerStage/Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Showcase, a special event taking place at Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday, January 9, 2014. The Winter Jazzfest turns 10 years old in 2014 and in celebration of this milestone, Winter Jazzfest is expanding to five nights from January 7th through January 11th. As a part of this expansion, Le Poisson Rouge will host a preview of artists that will perform as part of the 2014 SummerStage/Charlie Parker Jazz Festival lineup. This evening will feature The Revive Big Band, featuring special guests Bilal, and Dr. Lonnie Smith.
The Revive Big Band
The musical styles, experience, and tastes of Revive’s members vary widely, but their collective mission is the same. “We’re carrying on, within the tradition of big bands, what would be relevant today,” bandleader Igmar Thomas says. “[We’re] modifying the message and making it translatable, accessible to the people, so that they have something relevant to grasp on to. It represents that little bridge.”
Revive’s repertoire is an authentic gumbo, featuring original compositions by Thomas, as well as epic orchestrations of selected productions from different producers and notable Hip-Hop songs combined with the original sampled jazz record, all re-imagined and arranged into original works for a big band. “Our voice is one that has a foot deeply placed in the jazz roots and the tradition of that, à la Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie – but also, another foot deeply invested in 2013, and so on. That’s the direction: Dizzy, Dilla, and us,” declares Thomas.
Website: “>www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/wjf10-summerstage-showcase-january-9th-2013/
2014 Winter Jazzfest Ticketing Option:
The $95 Full Festival Pass includes:
Admission to the Jan 7th WJF Kickoff show at LPR w/ Bobby Previte’s TERMINALS feat. John Medeski, Nels Cline and guests
Orchestra seat/ticket for Jan 8th Blue Note 75th Anniv show at Town Hall w/ Jason Moran, Robert Glasper and guests
Admission to the Jan 9th SummerStage/Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Showcase
A 2-Day WJF Marathon Pass featuring over 80 groups at 8 different venues
Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) Delegate Discounted Admission:
(RSVP Required for verification and discount codes)
If you are a 2014 registered APAP delegate you have the opportunity to attend the 2014 NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon at a reduced price, please [email protected] for more details.
About SummerStage
SummerStage, a program of City Parks Foundation, is New York’s largest free performing arts festival. SummerStage annually presents over 100 performances in eighteen parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin and world music to dance, spoken word and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City’s summer arts festival landscape. Since its inception twenty-eight years ago, more than six million people from New York City and around the world have enjoyed SummerStage.
Website: www.summerstage.org
Twitter: @SummerStage
Facebook: “>www.winterjazzfest.com
About City Parks Foundation
City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization to offer park programs throughout the five boroughs of New York City. CPF works in over 750 parks citywide, presenting a broad range of free arts, sports, and education programs that empower citizens to support their parks on a local level. CPF’s programs and community building initiatives reach more than 600,000 people each year, contributing to the revitalization of neighborhoods throughout New York City.
Website: www.CityParksFoundation.org
Twitter: @CPFNYC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityParksFoundation