Rebecca Kilgore Trio
Swings With The Best!
The Rebecca Kilgore Trio features 2018 Grammy nominee, Randy Porter, on piano, plus popular bassist, Tom Wakeling. Rebecca sings Great American Songbook standards along with a few 21st century gems. Her repertoire is vast and she’s been a longtime student of the popular swing/jazz canon, having recorded tribute CDs to Fats Waller, Maxine Sullivan, Billie Holiday, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Loesser, and Jerome Kern.
Joanna Różewska
Piedmont Piano Company is pleased to present
Joanna Różewska
solo piano
Polish pianist Joanna Różewska returns to the piano store for a solo recital. Her repertoire features Chopin alongside lesser known composers. Her great passion is discovering the folk music influences in classical music. She will perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, and Michał Kleofas Ogiński.
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Donations welcome
Joanna Różewska is a Polish pianist, currently living in Warsaw.. Her repertoire features Chopin alongside lesser known composers. Her great passion is discovering the folk music influences in the classical music.
As a solo pianist she performed in USA, China, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Italy, Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. She also gave special concerts in Chopin’s Museum in Warsaw for President of Poland, the Queen of Norway, the Prince of Wales, the Prime Minister of China.
Joanna Różewska is highly successful in many international competitions, for example:
Silver prize at the Manhattan International Music Competition, USA (2017)
2nd prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Hartford, CT (2017)
1st prize at the COOP Music Awards - Prize Antonio Bertolini in Milan (Italy, 2014)
2nd prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Mariánské Lázně (Czech Republic, 2013) >/li>
prizes at the International Piano Competition Münchner Klavierpodium der Jugend: Media-prize, Audience-prize, Award Virtuoso 2013, Award for the Fine piano tone, Prize for best rendition of a romantic piece and for poetic interpretation (Germany, 2013)
She worked with many outstanding pianists such as: N. Demidenko, L. Fleisher, A. Gavrilov, T. Koch, O. Maisenberg, G. Ohlsson, M. Raekallio, J. Rouvier, J. Swann or M. Voskresensky.
Joanna Różewska holds M.M from the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and Professional Studies Diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Ian Ethan Case
PORTALS featuring The Photon Symphony
Boston-based acoustic double-neck guitarist and composer Ian Ethan Case is quickly becoming recognized as "one of the most creative and engaging fingerstyle guitarists in the world" (International Center for Creativity.) Brand new for Fall 2018, his latest live project PORTALS expands on that creativity in the form of his "Photon Symphony"; an intricate system of synchronized projections which enable a large cast of musicians to virtually join him on stage in a unique blend of virtual reality and live performance.
JaZzLine Institute
Piedmont Piano Company is pleased to present
JaZzLine INSTITUTE:
A Celebratory Party
The JaZzLine INSTITUTE, a California, tax-exempt organization, presents Bay Area Jazz and Blues Artists at Piedmont Piano Company: Vocalist Kim Nalley, Keyboardist Tammy Hall, Bassist Ruth Davies and Drummer Ruth Price.
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RSVP recommended
Donations welcome
Awarded "Most Influential African American in the Bay Area" in 2005 and "Best Jazz Group" in 2013, vocalist Kim Nalley is already being called "legendary" and "San Francisco institution."No trip to San Francisco is complete without seeing Kim Nalley perform. With an international reputation as one of world's best jazz & blues vocalists, she has graced concert halls from Moscow to Lincoln Center. Instrumentation: Vocals. https://www.kimnalley.com.
Tammy Lynne Hall-Hawkins has traveled and performed extensively in Japan, Europe and Mexico, including a 30-city tour with Queen Esther Marrow and the Harlem Gospel Singers throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Other venues and festivals of note include Kennedy Center (Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival), Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, Sala Filharmonica (Trento, ITALY), Herbst Theatre, Monterey Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, SFJazz Center, Yoshi's Oakland and San Francisco and Kuumbwa Jazz in Santa Cruz, CA. Instrumentation: Piano, Vocals and Hammond B3 Organ. https://www.tammyhall.com.
Ruth Davies believes in teaching and in bringing music to the public schools. She has been on the faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop for 17 years and has had a very successful "Ruth Davies Blues Night" series at the Stanford Jazz Festival. The San Francisco Symphony’s "Adventures in Music" program and the "Just Say Jazz" project deliver music education to the classroom. By any conservative estimate, Ruth has presented music programs to over two thousand school groups. That's a serious commitment. Instrumentation: Bass. https://www.ruthdavies.com.
As a rambunctious child with a precocious feel for rhythm, Ruth Price saw any available surface as a potential piece of percussion. Now the Oakland-raised Price is one of the region’s premiere drummers, a player sought out by singer/songwriters, jazz ensembles, R&B combos and various genre-blending permutations thereof. Instrumentation: Drums and Percussion.
Chase Jackson Sextet
The Chase Jackson Quartet focuses on original compositions that weave contemporary styles with modern jazz, striking a delicate balance between group improvisation and tightly executed moments. Joined by The Amaranth String Quartet, this unique performance combines jazz and classical through intricately composed pieces that encompass a rich harmonic world with rhythmically varied textures. This double quartet collaboration is featured on Chase Jackson's debut album Lay Of The Land.
Darlene Coleman
Songstress Darlene Coleman makes her Piedmont Piano debut with a concert showcasing her diverse musical taste and styles, featuring unique renditions of both familiar and some not so familiar classics. Accompanying will be Norman Landsberg on piano, Jeff Massanari on guitar, Atemu Aton on bass, and Deszon Claiborne on drums.
Where To Now CD Release Party
CD Release Party
Spend your Friday night in the company of fantastic young musical talent! Party with the up-and-coming folk-fusion string ensemble Where To Now as they release their eponymous debut EP. Playing their quintessentially Bay Area style of string fusion music (oft described as “neo-Celtic with a jazz twist”), Raphaella Hero, Tuki Walker, Aerie Walker, and Allie Marten will perform a selection of celtic standards and original tunes, followed by light refreshments and a CD signing. Don’t miss it!
Violin Summit
Mads Tolling & Eric Golub
with the Larry Vuckovich Powerhouse Trio
Larry Vuckovich presents a premier jazz violin summit with Mads Tolling, two-time Grammy winner, and Eric Golub, veteran jazz violinist who played with the great Bobby Hutcherson on Larry landmark recording, Blue Balkan. These two violinists will bring their mutual experiences together to offer fresh stimulating improvisation of wide ranging jazz ideas. Propelled by Larry's Powerhouse Trio of Jeff Chambers on bass and Jason Lewis on drums, the music will produce some fireworks. Don't miss it!
2nd Annual SF International Piano Festival
Love and Loss
The penultimate concert features special guest mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich with artistic director Jeffrey LaDeur at the piano in a program of Beethoven, Schumann, and Chopin. After intermission, LaDeur shares two imposing masterworks by Chopin: the Sonata in B-flat Minor op.35 (known for its funeral march) and the great F Minor Fantasy op.49.
Amilton Godoy, Léa Freire, & Harvey Wainapel
Performing original compositions of Amilton Godoy and Léa Freire, this trio combines the best of Jazz, Brazilian rhythms, and chamber music. Léa will also take advantage of the great instruments available at Piedmont Piano Company to play some 2-piano arrangements with Amilton!
2nd Annual SF International Piano Festival
The Festival makes it Piedmont Piano Company debut with Paul Sanchez as composer and pianist, whose works were well received at last year's inaugural festival. Joined by the soprano Kayleen Sanchez, he will present his setting of six poems by Sappho, paired with Graham Lynch's setting of Sappho, followed by a world premiere of a work by David Gordon for one pianist playing a concert grand and upright in special tuning. Daria Rabotkina then performs works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff in anticipation of her solo recital the following evening in SF. Don't miss the only chance to hear Daria in the East Bay this season!
Peter Zak Trio
Former Bay Area pianist and now New York stalwart, Peter Zak joins forces with fellow New Yorkers, bassist Essiet Okon Essiet, and drummer Sylvia Cuenca (also a Bay Area transplant). They will be performing compositions and arrangements from Peter’s new album, “One Mind,” as well as material from his many acclaimed previous releases.Former Bay Area pianist and now New York stalwart, Peter Zak joins forces with fellow New Yorkers, bassist Essiet Okon Essiet, and drummer Sylvia Cuenca (also a Bay Area transplant). They will be performing compositions and arrangements from Peter’s new album, “One Mind,” as well as material from his many acclaimed previous releases.
Jemal Ramirez Group
The Jemal Ramirez Group is a high powered music ensemble that focuses on making music in the moment. The repretoire is original music laced with outstanding jazz covers. Downbeat magazine gave the Jemal Ramirez Group 4 stars in the June 2018 issue, reviewing their most recent release.
Emilio Solla & Seth Asarnow
"It takes two to jazz up tango!"
Classical trained Argentinean pianist and composer Emilio Solla blends the tango and folk of his homeland with the freedom of jazz and the architecture of European chamber music. He returns for a performance with bandoneonist Seth Asarnow, a key player in the SF tango scene, to present originals and versions of a few traditional Argentine tangos, for an evening that you certainly do not want to miss!
Rachel Breen & Adam Balogh
Juilliard graduate and Oakland native Rachel Breen and Hungary's Junior Prima Award-winner Ádám Balogh present a joint piano recital and talk. They will perform music by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, and Ravel. Light refreshments will follow the performance.
Edward Simon
Multi-award-winning Venezuelan pianist and composer Edward Simon plays an evening of music by Federico Mompou, Simón Díaz, and selections from his NAACP Image Ward-winning album Latin American Songbook. Considered one of the strongest pianists on the jazz scene, he is part of a new generation of "multilingual" musicians who have studied classical, jazz, and Latin-American music and garnered a unique voice both as composer and instrumentalist.
Mary Ellen Callahan
Piano and soprano duo Nate Ben-Horin and Mary Ellen Callahan are pleased to welcome their dear friend and very talented guest artist, tenor Jonathan Smucker, in a program of opera arias and duets from the finest, most moving, and dramatic operas in the repertoire! They will perform music by Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Massenet, Puccini, J. Strauss, and other exciting surprises!
Robert Schwartz
Acclaimed Bay Area pianist Robert Schwartz performs at Piedmont Piano Company for the first time. Known for creating programs of great variety and color, he will begin with the elegant and always surprising Sonata No. 49 in Eb Major by Joseph Haydn. The program moves from the 18th c. royal court to belle Époque France with four atmospheric Préludes of Debussy and the first half finishes with the driving and powerful Prokofiev Toccata Op. 11. The entire second half will consist of Franz Liszt's B Minor Sonata. This most epic and Wagnerian of Liszt's piano works portrays terrifying struggle alternating with passionate lyricism and, in the end, resolution and peace.
Akira Tana and Friends from Osaka
Drummer Akira Tana invites musicians from Osaka, Hammond B3 organist Atsuko Hashimoto, guitarist Yutaka Hashimoto, and tenor saxophonist Hideki Kawamura, to share the stage for an evening of swinging, unadulterated jazz organ music, in the spirit of jazz organ master Jimmy Smith. The group will celebrate the CD release of their October 2016 live performance in Kobe under the leadership of Mr. Kawamura. They will be joined by jazz vocalist virtuoso Kenny Washington.
Manny Moka and The Band On Fire
Manny Moka & The Band On Fire returns to Piedmont Piano Company with another all-star ensemble including Steffen Kuehn, Erik Jekabson, Charlie Keagle, and Wayne Wallace in the horn section, and David Frazier, Colin Douglas, & Dave Rokeach handling drums & percussion. Joel Landsberg is taking a moment from his busy touring schedule to come out here and play bass. As if that weren't enough, Nicolas Bearde will sing a few tunes and pianist Socorro de Castro (the Moka Loca) will play a few of her originals with the band as well. All in all, it sure sounds like music will happen.
Larry Vuckovich
Before the modern jazz piano/bass/drums trios of artists like Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, and Hank Jones, the original jazz piano trio consisted of piano, guitar, and bass. Pianist Larry Vuckovich is excited to showcase this swinging jazz trio concept, playing the music of Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Vince Guaraldi, & Jim Hall. He will be joined by Bay Area veteran Jeff Chambers on bass, and the young, new discovery on the guitar, Kai Lyons. Don’t miss this special concert!
Roberto Granados
You are invited to enjoy an evening of classical and flamenco guitar with the extraordinary young guitarist Roberto Granados. Joined by 13 year old percussionist Ernesto Granados, and a special guest flamenco singer. Roberto will be playing a variety of classical works, as well as flamenco music from his recently released album Soñador. Roberto describes his compositions as musical portraits meant to evoke certain memories, emotions, places, or people.
Jazz Camp Fest: Kid Beyond
Join pioneering vocalist KID BEYOND and his band, for a night of Future Blues — heavy, fiery, spooky blues/indie rock propelled by future-bass electronics. This soulful, shamanic journey will include brand-new original music; reimagined songs by Nine Inch Nails, James Blake, Candi Staton, and Sam Smith; some choice cuts of Kid B's vocal/beatbox live-looping; and an opening set of acoustic soul by Grammy-nominated singer Tossie Long.
Jazz Camp Fest: Nicolas Bearde
Jazz Vocalist Nicolas Bearde will be showcasing students from the 2018 Jazz Camp Vocal Intensive program, and performing songs from his vast repertoire of Originals and Jazz Standards.
Jazz Camp Fest: Elio Villafranca Trio
Elio Villafranca’s Trio “On Any Given Night In Havana": This project celebrates Cuba’s vibrant musical era of the 1950s and the legendary descargas lead by the group Los Amigos and the entire musical revolution generated by this ensemble. Elio’s ensemble pays tribute to Cuba’s most celebrated congero and member of Los Amigos Tata Güines, while bringing to life the musical genres of Son, Danzon, Cha-cha-cha, Boleros, and Guarachas, played at the famous Club Tropicana and harkening back to a Golden era of music, that made these nights an unforgettable experience in Havana.
Jazz Camp Fest: Camila Meza
Chilean triple-threat Camila Meza sings, plays guitar, and composes with an assured maturity that belies her brief tenure on the New York City jazz scene. Dark vocal undertones subvert an otherwise fluttering sweetness, while she performs her words as much as she sings them. On guitar, her improvised lines curl into the rhythm and surface with glimpses of virtuosity. With her quartet, Meza recently released her breakthrough record, Traces, which is picking up critical accolades. She will be joined by Nitai Hershkovitz (piano), Or Bareket (bass), and Allison Miller (drums).
Jazz Camp Fest: Allison Miller & Friends
In their latest endeavor PARLOUR GAME, violinist Jenny Scheinman and drummer Allison Miller dig into the rootsier elements of jazz along with the formidable pianist Carmen Staaf and bassist Tony Scherr. The repertoire explores swing, gogo, backbeats and ballads. Scheinman and Miller are both artists with eclectic backgrounds, having collaborated with such diverse musicians as Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Lucinda Williams, Natalie Merchant, and Rene Rosnes. In PARLOUR GAME they explore the classic format of the piano quartet and strive for excellence in simplicity - the perfect groove and a melody that sticks.