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SFJAZZ Collective at Williams Center for the Arts
Courtesy of Rusty Aceves | Posted on October 1, 2010
Where
Williams Center for the Arts
317 Hamilton Street
Easton, PA
Map
(610) 330-5009
When
Thu, October 14, 2010
8pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
SFJAZZ Collective
band / ensemble / orchestraMiguel Zenon
saxophone, altoMark Turner
saxophoneAmbrose Akinmusire
trumpetLuis Bonilla
tromboneStefon Harris
vibraphoneEdward Simon
pianoMatt Penman
bassEric Harland
drumsAbout
The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004 by SFJAZZ—the West Coast’s largest nonprofit jazz institution and the presenter of the annual San Francisco Jazz Festival—the Collective has quickly become one of the most exciting and acclaimed groups on the American and international jazz scenes. As The New York Times hailed the Collective upon its debut: “A serious jazz band rises in San Francisco.”
In addition to its outstanding line-up, the SFJAZZ Collective has been praised for its innovative approach to repertoire. Each year, the ensemble performs an entirely new list of compositions by a modern jazz master and new pieces by the Collective members (commissioned by SFJAZZ). Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring jazz’s recent history while championing the music’s up-to-the-minute directions, the Collective embodies SFJAZZ’s organizational commitment to jazz as a living, ever-relevant art form....