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New York vocalist Kendra Shank and Portland, Oregon guitarist John Stowell have been having musical conversations for over two decades, resulting in a deep synergy. Their highly personal and interactive sound infuses a mix of modern jazz originals, reimagined standards, bossa novas, folk songs, and free improvisations. Moods range from syncopated swing to mixed meter jaunts, intimate tender ballads, and the evocatively experimental. ...
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Doors, Bar & Restaurant open at 5:30pm. Music at 7:00pm.
Sunday Brunch 10:00am to 2:00pm
No Tickets. No Cover. Donations encouraged.
SUPPORT LIVING ARTISTS!
New York vocalist Kendra Shank and Portland, Oregon guitarist John Stowell have been having musical conversations for over two decades, resulting in a deep synergy. Their highly personal and interactive sound infuses a mix of modern jazz originals, reimagined standards, bossa novas, folk songs, and free improvisations. Moods range from syncopated swing to mixed meter jaunts, intimate tender ballads, and the evocatively experimental.
Stowell plays pianistic chords and rich unexpected harmonies on a colorful array of guitars: electric, steel string acoustic, nylon acoustic, and fretless. In addition to her compelling interpretations of lyrics, Shank employs electronic looping and effects to improvise multi-layered wordless collages in organic interplay with Stowell.
The duo stops at The Falcon on a tour celebrating their new album, New York Conversations, which sprang from an impromptu Manhattan recording session and captures the playful immediacy of music created in the moment.
Kendra Shank
www.kendrashank.com
"An assertive and open-minded jazz singer, Kendra Shank prizes group interplay..." -New York Times
"Breathtakingly original" -Boston Globe
Kendra Shank's 5 critically acclaimed CDs have won numerous “Best of the Year” awards and DownBeat poll recognition. Since her 1992 debut at the Village Vanguard (presented by Shirley Horn), Shank has become a prominent figure on New York's jazz scene and has toured in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Canada, and the USA. She has been featured on NPR's JazzSet and Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz and at jazz festivals including JVC, Saratoga, Port Townsend, Vienne, Marciac, Calgary, and Edmonton, among others.
In addition to leading her New York quartet of 14 years with Frank Kimbrough, Dean Johnson, and Tony Moreno, she has performed and/or recorded with Abbey Lincoln, Fred Hersch, Geoffrey Keezer, Jay Clayton, Gary Bartz, Victor Lewis, Matt Wilson, Ben Monder, and many more.
John Stowell
www.johnstowell.com
"Stowell plays his amplified guitar as if he were surrounded by fine crystal...the type of
slow burning, sustained energy that you hear in players that practice all the time." -DownBeat
John Stowell's 40-year career includes performances with Tom Harrell, Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, David Liebman, Larry Coryell, and a 7-year touring and recording association with bassist David Friesen which included 6 albums and performances in Europe, Canada, Australia, and the USA. A harmonically adventuresome player and talented composer, Stowell has released 9 critically-acclaimed CDs as a leader, with festival appearances at Monterey, Saratoga, Telluride, Berlin, Molde, Montreal, and more.
Chosen “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” by Downbeat's International Critic’s Poll, he is also an in-demand teacher and clinician of jazz guitar and has taught at the country's most prestigious schools of music, including numerous "Artist in Residence" series.
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