Sunday Night Jazz: Jason Yeager Quintet

77 Daniel Street,Portsmouth NH 03801

03 October, 2021

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Sunday Night Jazz: Jason Yeager Quintet UNDER 16 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN Jason Yeager Quintet Talented New York composer performs work inspired by the late, great, Kurt Vonnegut Sunday Night Jazz: Jason Yeager Sunday, October 3rd Doors 5:30 / Show 6 $10 Jason Yeager Quartet Presents "Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite" New York City-based pianist/composer and Berklee piano professor Jason Yeager returns to the Press Room with his quartet, this time presenting his "Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite," a collection of spirited, evocative, and whimsical pieces inspired by Vonnegut's quirky characters, dark humor, and social criticism. Yeager creates music that is deeply expressive and multi-faceted, defying convention while reveling in the traditions of Black American Music, European classical music, and Latin American folk traditions. He most recently released New Songs of Resistance, a “musical reflection of troubled times and a search for affirmation nonetheless” (Boston Globe) that has been called “one of the best albums of 2019 in any style of music” (New York Music Daily). He plans to record the music from "Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite" later this year, for a 2022 release coinciding with Vonnegut's centennial. Yeager has worked with such noteworthy artists as Luciana Souza, Greg Osby, Ran Blake, George Garzone, Sean Jones, Ayn Inserto, Jason Anick, Randal Depommier, Fleur Seule, and Julie Benko, among others. Since 2012, he has taught piano at Berklee College of Music. Website: www.jasonyeager.com Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @jyeagermusic ---- “...[Jason] always impressed me with his talent, his curiosity and his desire to create his own music while really investigating the jazz piano tradition.” -Fred Hersch, Grammy-nominated pianist/composer and Doris Duke Fellow “An individualist with a high concept, [Jason Yeager’s] music contains grace and color and a great deal of depth.” -Greg Osby, renowned saxophonist/composer “An incredible composer and musician...[who] surprises you like a thunderbolt.” -Ran Blake, pianist/composer, MacArthur Fellow Jason Yeager Quintet Website: http://pressroomnh.com/organizer/the-press-room/