Miguel Zenón Quartet at Birdland Theater

This young musician and composer is at once reestablishing the artistic, cultural, and social tradition of jazz while creating an entirely new jazz language for the 21st century. MacArthur Foundation, 2008.Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenn represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between Jazz and his many musical influences.Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Zenn has built a distinguished career as a leader, releasing fifteen albums under his own name...

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This young musician and composer is at once reestablishing the artistic, cultural, and social tradition of jazz while creating an entirely new jazz language for the 21st century. MacArthur Foundation, 2008.Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenn represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between Jazz and his many musical influences.Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Zenn has built a distinguished career as a leader, releasing fifteen albums under his own name. In addition, he has honed his artistic identity by collaborating with both established jazz masters and the musics younger innovators, irrespective of style and genre. Zenn has toured and/or recorded with artists including The SFJAZZ Collective, Charlie Haden, Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, David Snchez, Danilo Perez, The Village Vanguard Orchestra, Kurt Elling, Guillermo Klein ez, Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band, The Mingus Big Band and Bobby Hutcherson.

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