Monk and Coltrane Tribute - from the Classic Carnegie Hall Concert

10 West Lockwood Avenue,Webster Groves MO 63119

12 June, 2022

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PERFORMERS: Abbie Steiling, violin, Mike Parkinson, trumpet, Brett Stamps, trombone, Paul DeMarinis, Hugh Jones, Mike Karpowicz, Chris Hubbard & Zac Minor, saxophone, Steve Schenkel, guitar, Carol Schmidt, Carolbeth True & Kim Portnoy, piano, Willem von Hombracht & Ben Wheeler, bass, Kevin Gianino, Joe Meyer & Blake Nelson, drums. The INTERNATIONAL SUMMER JAZZ ACADEMY (ISJA) celebrates its 26th anniversary in Krakow, Poland, July 24-31, with 95 students expected to attend. From its inception in 1994, the ISJA has included faculty from the United States, Poland, and other nations, teaching over 2,000 students from across Europe and the US in an intense study of jazz (harmony, history, improvisation, master classes, ensembles, and jam sessions), culminating in two public gala concerts. Prominent ISJA alumni include Dominik Wania, ECM piano artist and 2021 Polish Jazz Artist, Pawel Kaczmarczyk, ACT pianist/composer, Tomasz Kudyk, trumpet/composer, Maciej Lakomy, trombone professor, Paderewski Music Academy/Poznan, Dawid Rudnicki, pianist/organist/theatre composer, Przemek Jarosz, drums/recording engineer, and DAGADANA, pop vocal group, The ISJA was founded in 1994 by Isidore Rudnick, Coordinator of Fine Arts for the Cincinnati Public Schools. Mike Parkinson, former Webster University music department chair was an original ISJA instructor and served as Artistic Director from 1995-2005, assisted by Webster colleagues and students, including Willem von Hombracht, the Artistic Director from 2008-2014. Willem and Mike have been invited to return for a second year by the ISJA Director Grzegorz Motyka, head of the Krakow School of Jazz & Contemporary Music, the ISJA presenter. TICKETS: $10 general admission, $5 students . All proceeds from the concert will be used to assist Willem von Hombracht, renowned St. Louis jazz bassist/educator, to help defray medical expenses from a recent serious accident. Individuals may also provide support for Ukrainian students to attend the 2022 International Summer Jazz Academy, July 24-31, Krakow, Poland ABOUT BLUE NOTE RECORDS: Founded in 1939 in New York by Francis Wolff and Alfred Lion, BLUE NOTE first released modern jazz records in 1947 by Thelonious Monk. BLUE NOTE became internationally known for the music and album cover designs by Reed Miles. THELONIOUS MONK & JOHN COLTRANE: In 1957 tenor saxophonist John Coltrane joined the Thelonious Monk Quartet for a brief but highly productive period. Coltrane developed into a fully assured saxophonist; navigating Monk’s highly challenging compositions with growing ease. The best recordings of the quartet are from a November 1957 concert at Carnegie Hall. With bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummer Shadow Wilson, Monk’s quartet sounded more intense and brilliant than ever. Coltrane’s rapid arpeggios were soon called “sheets of sound” by critic Ira Gitler, with Monk responding with fresh inventions of his own. The concert was issued by BLUE NOTE in 2006 as Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall. Works from the album to be performed include imaginative settings of Monk’s Evidence, Bye-Ya, Blue Monk, Monk’s Mood, Nutty, Crepuscule with Nellie, Epistrophy, and the standard Sweet and Lovely. The concert also includes Hi Lili, Hi Lo and Invitation by Bronislaw Kaper, the renowned Polish composer long admired by jazz artists. Music to be performed will be selected from the following: MONK: (mostly from the Blue Note album Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall) : “Evidence,” “Bye-Ya,” “Blue Monk,” “Monk’s Mood,” “Nutty,” “Epistrophy," ”Crepsescule with Nellie,” "Four In One," and "Round Midnight" (frm the MIles Davis 1956 album) STANDARDS: "Sweet & Lovely" BRONISLAW KAPER: "While My Lady Sleeps," "Invitation" and "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo". (probably not "On Green Dolphin Street." ORGANIZERS AND PATRONAGE Saint Louis Polonia, 11469 Olive Blvd #1115, Creve Coeur, MO 6314 https://stl-pl.org/ Nottelmann Music, 1590 Lemay Ferry Rd, St. Louis, MO 63125 https://nottelmannmusic.com/ First Congregational Church, 10 W Lockwood Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119 https://firstchurchwg.org/