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Tim Warfield's All-Star Jazzy Christmas. at Jazz Showcase
Courtesy of Tim Warfield | Posted on December 4, 2019
Where
Jazz Showcase
Dearborn Station
Chicago, IL
Map
(312) 360-0234
When
Fri, December 20, 2019
8:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
Tim Warfield
saxophone, tenorTerell Stafford
trumpetStefon Harris
vibraphoneCyrus Chestnut
pianoRodney Whitaker
bassClarence Penn
drumsLucy Yeghiazaryan
vocalsAbout
Selected as one of the top 20 best holiday recordings in the New York Times Holiday Gift Guide for 2013, saxophonist Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas, vividly showcases a fun collection of traditional holiday songs, realized from an improvisational perspective. The musical programming for this performance, will host an All-Star veteran cast to perform familiar material such as "Joy to the World" and "Silent Night," but will also include a few obscure gems like Claude Thornhill's "Snowfall," and even one Hanukkah song, all in the spirit of the holidays. The arrangements are often quirky, but clearly unique, resourcing as jazz often does, from many other musical genres, while the musicans incorporate the use of rhythmic and harmonic devices as a means to collectively create rich melodic expressions. Parents are encouraged to bring their children to experience the Sunday matinee....