The celebrated Jazztopad Festival returns to Rizzoli Music Aperitivo with the world premiere of the Patricia Brennan-Maciej Obara Duo, a collaboration between two forward-looking and lyrical composers and improvisers.
PLEASE NOTE: Doors open at 4:15 pm / show starts at 4:30 pm. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served.
Tickets include a 15% store discount which can be used the day of the concert, and a complimentary glass of wine provided by Field Blend Selections.
Maciej Obara
Sax player and jazz composer, born in Jelenia Gรณra; leader of a Polish-Norwegian quartet. Since his study years at the Academy of Music in Katowice, he has consistently developed his own style, garnering favourable reviews. He collaborated with trumpeter Tomasz Staลko on the latterโs Tomasz Staลko Special Project and the New Balladyna Quartet. Later he gained experience as a jazzman in the United States, where he recorded and performed live with representatives of the New York jazz scene. His original musical language is becoming more and more recognisable. He has appeared at major European jazz festivals and released nine CDs; the last of which, Unloved (ECM 2017), is at the same time the first studio album by the Maciej Obara Quartet. After Tomasz Staลko and Marcin Wasilewski, he is the third Pole to have released an album under that legendary Munich-based label. In 2018 he won the Fryderyk Awards as 'Jazz Musician of the Year' and for the 'Jazz Album of the Year' (Unloved)....
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The celebrated Jazztopad Festival returns to Rizzoli Music Aperitivo with the world premiere of the Patricia Brennan-Maciej Obara Duo, a collaboration between two forward-looking and lyrical composers and improvisers.
PLEASE NOTE: Doors open at 4:15 pm / show starts at 4:30 pm. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served.
Tickets include a 15% store discount which can be used the day of the concert, and a complimentary glass of wine provided by Field Blend Selections.
Maciej Obara
Sax player and jazz composer, born in Jelenia Gรณra; leader of a Polish-Norwegian quartet. Since his study years at the Academy of Music in Katowice, he has consistently developed his own style, garnering favourable reviews. He collaborated with trumpeter Tomasz Staลko on the latterโs Tomasz Staลko Special Project and the New Balladyna Quartet. Later he gained experience as a jazzman in the United States, where he recorded and performed live with representatives of the New York jazz scene. His original musical language is becoming more and more recognisable. He has appeared at major European jazz festivals and released nine CDs; the last of which, Unloved (ECM 2017), is at the same time the first studio album by the Maciej Obara Quartet. After Tomasz Staลko and Marcin Wasilewski, he is the third Pole to have released an album under that legendary Munich-based label. In 2018 he won the Fryderyk Awards as 'Jazz Musician of the Year' and for the 'Jazz Album of the Year' (Unloved).
Patricia Brennan
Mexican born vibraphonist, marimbist, improviser and composer Patricia Brennan โhas been widely feted as one of the instrumentโs newer leaders.โ observed The New York City Jazz Record. Patricia has won the rising star vibraphonist award from Downbeat magazineโs 70th (2022) and 72nd (2024) Critics Poll and was listed #4 vibraphonist of the year on the 71st (2023) & 72nd (2024) Critics Poll.
Patricia inherited a deep love and appreciation for musical tradition from both parents, as well as being exposed to the musical richness of her native Port of Veracruz in Mexico. She started studying music at 4 years old, playing latin percussion along salsa records with her father and listening to Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin records with her mother. Also, around the same age, she started playing piano, influenced by her grandmother who was a concert pianist.
JAZZTOPAD FESTIVAL
For the past twenty years, Jazztopad Festival has commissioned music from major American and European artists including Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Joelle Leandre, Vincent Courtois, William Parker, Vijay Iyer and Terence Blanchard. Jazztopad's international creative partnerships have included such prestigious organizations as the Monterey Jazz Festival, Kennedy Center, London Jazz Festival and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Live recordings from the festival have been released by ECM and Blue Note Records.
The American edition of Jazztopad is first and foremost an opportunity to get to know the most important artists of the Polish contemporary jazz scene, which is a strongly recognized brand in the world both in terms of the quality of the festivals and the artistry of the featured musicians.
The project is organized by the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York.
โThe Jazztopad Festival, a leading event of its kind in Poland...โ
โ NATE CHINEN, THE NEW YORK TIMES
โ(โฆ) Jazztopad stands as an internationally renowned festival with a clearly defined ethos, one that combines a strong respect for the traditions and roots of the music with a progressive vision that provides a platform for the contemporary and innovative.โ
IAN PATTERSON| ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM
โA model for what a jazz festival can be, Jazztopad is fertile soil for commissioned works and adventure-minded programming.โ
JOSEF WOODARD| Downbeat
RIZZOLI MUSIC APERITIVO
From Francis Scott Fitzgerald to Jack Kerouac, from Toni Morrison to James Baldwin, from Philip Michael Ondaatje to Geoff Dyer, from Julio Cortazar to Boris Vian, from Amiri Baraka and Ishmael Reed to Jayne Cortez, the list of international writers and poets inspired or intrigued by jazz and other musical genres goes on. Since New York Cityโs Rizzoli Bookstore has a long tradition of building bridges between arts genres, international scenes, and creative people, we wanted to turn our gorgeous space in NoMad into an experimental living room where live jazz and other music can be enjoyed. The Rizzoli Music Aperitivo is sponsored by Field Blend Selections and is curated by Mondo Jazz, the weekly Radio Free Brooklyn show dedicated to international jazz
MONDO JAZZ
Mondo Jazz is a weekly program on Radio Free Brooklyn dedicated to the proposition that jazz is an international language. It is hosted every Wednesday night from 10 PM to midnight and Thursday morning from 8 to 10 AM, by Ludovico Granvassu, the founder and editor in chief of All About Jazz Italia.
FIELD BLEND SELECTIONS
Founded in January 2017, Field Blend Selections is a new wine importing and distribution company based in New York City, serving the New York and New Jersey markets.
In both name and practice, Field Blend Selections celebrates agricultural traditions and diversity. The name is an homage to the nineteenth-century immigrants who co-planted an assortment of grape varieties in vineyards throughout the United States, many of which survive today. Alongside their vines, they often co-planted other crops, including fruits, grains, and legumes. This approach of co-mingling various plantings to achieve balance in the vineyards is now referred to as polyculture, and it is widely recognized as one of the best methods for naturally enriching soils and reducing disease. Polyculture, by replicating natureโs diverse ecosystems, produces healthier fruit without the necessity of artificial herbicides or pesticides.
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