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Tierney Sutton Band
Sunday, December 7
at Murry's
Shows at 3 p.m. & 6:45 p.m.
(Doors at 2:30 p.m. & 6 p.m.)
Please Note Date Change!
- Tierney Sutton, Vocals
Christian Jacob, Piano
Kevin Axt, Bass
Ray Brinker, Drums
The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series is always on the lookout for the lesser-known but well-respected and supremely talented artist. Vocalist Tierney Sutton, though quite well-traveled, is just such an artist – and we’re pleased to welcome her and her band who make their first area appearance as part of the 2008/2009 season.
Hardly newcomers Sutton and her group have been working together 14 years and counting. During its run the Tierney Sutton Band has received a Grammy Nomination for “Best Vocal Jazz Album,” a JazzWeek Award for “Vocalist of the Year,” consecutive nominations for Jazz Journalist Association awards and garnered critical praise throughout the world.
Comprised of Sutton and instrumental virtuosos guitarist Christian Jacob, bassist Kevin Axt and drummer Ray Brinker, the band has headlined in recent years at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl and Jazz at Lincoln Center as well as appearing at the an array of top-rung festivals such as those held in Monterey, Calif., Marciac, France; and Umbria, Italy. To date the group has recorded seven CDs with the most recent, On the Other Side, being hailed by BusinessWeek as “A Masterpiece…eloquent, honest and magnificently sung and played.” Still, the band’s greatest accomplishment is its continuing commitment to unity, excellence and creative collaboration.
A concert by the Tierney Sutton Band is an experience of rare and powerful harmony achieved by humble performers at the top of their game. Critics agree the reason this band endures can be found in it’s music using descriptive terms such as: “Phenomenal rapport”..., “the chemistry is palpable”..., “telepathic give and take”..., “a serious artist
who takes the whole enterprise to another level”..., “top-flight one and all”..., “total connection”..., “a seamless blend with superlative bandmates”...and “an uncanny display of spirit and unity.”
While this is Ms. Sutton and her band’s first Jazz Series appearance we’re equally sure that it’s not going to be her last.
Jazz Series Launches Annual Fund as dollar-for-dollar match for major NEA Jazz Masters Live
This is a special year for us. As recipients of a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts – the Jazz Masters Live Initiative we are required to match the award dollar for dollar. The goal: $30,000 – and we need do reach it by February 18, 2008 – the day commissioned composer and Kansas City native Bob Brookmeyer returns to Missouri to conduct the world premier of his new work performed by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. This season your tax-deductible donation to the Jazz Series goes twice as far.
Jazz Series Receives NEA Grant
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series snags prestigious NEA Jazz Masters Live grants…
Organization, one of only 12 presenters in the United States selected to receive $30,000 award paves the way for Missouri native and NEA Jazz Master Bob Brookmeyer to compose new work for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. New York-based, 16-piece orchestra arrives in Columbia to perform world premiere February 18, 2009, at the Missouri Theatre with Brookmeyer as guest conductor. Also on hand: Dan Morgenstern, fellow NEA Jazz Master and Director of Rutgers Jazz Institute. The world renowned historian will serve as guest emcee and host a pair of forums: a one-on-one interview with Brookmeyer and an in-depth look into the chronology of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, which has been holding court at jazz’s most famous basement – The Village Vanguard – since 1965. Much-anticipated events serve as centerpiece for MU’s Arts & Science Week.
Are you ready to get your 2008/2009 “Swing” on?
The 2008/2009 “We Always Swing” Jazz Series has arrived and tickets are on sale NOW!
On tap: a sumptuous mix of modern jazz – small groups, large ensembles, varied instrumentation and instrumentalists, vocalists, male and female artists, special events and educational activities all rolled into our 14th season.
We think we have put together a great season, one filled with 10 regularly scheduled concerts and a trio of fun-filled special-event performances that take place in a venues small and large – from the intimacy of Murry’s and the new Ragtag Cinema to the full-size feel of the newly restored Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts and mid-sized houses such as The Blue Note and Stephens College’s Windsor Auditorium and Lela Rainey Wood Ballroom.
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