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The Band SAT / JAN 18 / 7:30 PM

Stanley Clarke BASS Cameron Graves KEYBOARDS Evan Garr VIOLIN Salar Nader TABLAS Jeremiah Collier DRUMS

Lyris Quartet Alyssa Park VIOLIN Shalini Vijayan VIOLIN Luke Maurer VIOLA Timothy Loo CELLO

Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage.

There will be no intermission.

Jazz & Blues at The Broad Stage made possible by a generous gift from Richard & Lisa Kendall.

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Four-time GRAMMY® Award winner of , a Doctorate from Clarke Band: UP, garnered him a 2015 STANLEY CLARKE is undoubtedly one Philadelphia’s University of the Arts GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best of the most celebrated acoustic and and put his hands in cement as a Arrangement Instrumental or A electric bass players in the world. 1999 inductee into Hollywood’s “Rock Cappella for the song “Last Train to What’s more, he is equally gifted Walk.” In 2011 he honored with Sanity” and an NAACP Image Award as a recording artist, performer, the highly prestigious nomination for Best Jazz . composer, conductor, arranger, Award at the Montréal Jazz Festival Clarke’s CD, The Message, was producer and fi lm score composer. for his entire body of work. Clarke has released on Mack Avenue Records A true pioneer in jazz and jazz- won Downbeat magazine’s Reader’s in 2018. Clarke considers the new fusion, Clarke is particularly known and Critics Poll for Best Electric Bass album “funky, melodic, musical, for his ferocious bass dexterity Player for many years. In September contemporary and fresh with a rich and consummate musicality. 2016 he became a part of the multi-genre infl uence.” Including Unquestionably, he has attained permanent collection displayed at the compositions from his band members, “living legend” status during his Smithsonian’s new National Museum Beka Gochiashvili, Mike Mitchel and more than 45-year career as a bass of African American History and Cameron Graves, the album swells virtuoso. Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C. with an abundance of strength, soul Clarke’s creativity has been Clarke has 13 GRAMMY® Award and astounding musicianship. Guest recognized and rewarded in every nominations. He has won four times. artists, rapper/beatboxer Doug E. way imaginable: gold and platinum In 2011 he won a GRAMMY® Award Fresh, trumpeter Mark Isham and records, GRAMMY® Awards, Emmy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, saxophonist Doug Webb, as well as nominations, virtually every readers , with Ruslan Steve Blum and vocalists Skeyler Kole and critics poll in existence and Sirota and Ronald Bruner, Jr., and Trevor Wesley, also join Clarke more. He was ’s ver y featuring pianist Hiromi. He was also on the new album. Propelled by the fi rst Jazzman of the Year and nominated for the “” youthfulness of his bandmates, Clarke winner of Playboy’s Music Award for cut as Best Pop Instrumental reaches even deeper into his bag of ten straight years. Clarke was honored Performance. The same year Clarke tricks with the incredibly satisfying with Bass Player Magazine’s Lifetime won a Latin GRAMMY® for Best The Message. Achievement Award and is a member Instrumental Album with Return to Stanley Clarke was barely out of of ’s “Gallery Forever’s , along with group Player Magazine Forever his teens when he exploded into of Greats.” In 2004 he was featured members and Lenny the jazz world in 1971. Fresh out in magazine as one of the White. went on to win him Los Angeles Forever of the Philadelphia Academy of Top 50 Most Infl uential People. He the 2012 GRAMMY® Award for Best Music, he arrived in New York City was honored with the key to the city Instrumental Album. The Stanley and immediately landed jobs with

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famous bandleaders such as Horace instrumental voices. In addition to with keyboardist in 1981 Silver, , , their recent GRAMMY® Award-winning to form the Clarke/Duke Project. , Pharaoh Saunders, Forever CD, the band recorded eight Together, they scored a top 20 pop and , among , two of which were certifi ed hit with “Sweet Baby” and recorded others. As a young prodigy he was gold ( and the classic three albums. Over the last decade immediately recognized for his sense ). They also won a he toured with George Duke in 2006 of lyricism and melody, which he had GRAMMY® Award (No Mystery) and and the Clarke/Duke 4: Bring It distilled from his bass heroes Charles received numerous nominations while Tour in 2012 and 2013 until Duke’s Mingus, Scott LaFaro and others, as touring incessantly. In 2011 Clarke untimely death. Clarke’s involvement well as non-bass players like John reunited with founding members, in additional projects as leader or Coltrane. Chick Corea and , for active member include: the highly anticipated and extremely (world tours, 1979), ’ Clarke fi red the bass “shot heard successful Return To Forever 2-year, New Barbarians (world tour, 1980), round the world” that started the ‘70s 90-city world tour. Animal Logic (with , bass revolution and paved the way two albums and tours, 1989), the for all /soloists/bandleaders Always in search of new challenges, “Superband” (with , Billy to follow. In 1974, he released his Clarke turned his boundless creative Cobham, and Deron Johnson, eponymous Stanley Clarke album, energy to fi lm and television scoring 1993-1994), (with which featured the hit single “Lopsy in the mid-1980s. He has become one Jean-Luc Ponty and , Lu.” Two years later, he released of the elite in-demand composers 1995 and 2004) Vertu’ (with Lenny School Days, an album whose title in Hollywood. Starting on the small White, 1999) and “Trio!” (with Béla track is now a bona fi de bass anthem. screen with an Emmy-nominated Fleck and Jean Luc Ponty, 2005). In The song, “School Days,” has since score for Pee Wee’s Playhouse, he 2008 Clarke teamed up with fellow become a must-learn for nearly every transitioned to the silver screen bass titans and Victor up-and-coming bassist, regardless of and now has well over 65 fi lm and Wooten—collectively known as S.M.V. genre. television credits to his name. As —and released , their earth composer, orchestrator, conductor Thunder Leading the bass liberation shaking debut collaboration. In 2012 and performer he has scored such movement, Clarke envisioned he toured jazz festivals with Stewart blockbuster fi lms as Boyz ‘N the the bass as a viable, melodic solo Copeland (Police drummer) in Europe Hood, What’s Love Got To Do With instrument positioned at the front of in addition to a trio of dates with It?, The Transporter, Romeo Must Die, the stage rather than in a background Chick Corea and legendary drummer Passenger 57, Poetic Justice, Best Man role, and he was uniquely qualifi ed Jack DeJohnette. and , just to take it there. A pioneer at 25, he Holiday The Five Heartbeats to name a few. He even scored the Not one to rest on the laurels from became the fi rst jazz-fusion bassist video his various pursuits as a composer, in history to headline tours, sell out Remember , directed by John Singleton. performer and recording artist of shows worldwide and craft albums the Time Most recently he scored the lauded more than 40 albums and 65 fi lm that achieved gold status. He was also 2019 documentary . In 2014 he scores, Clarke launched his own the fi rst bassist in history to double Halston accepted an invitation to become a , Roxboro Entertainment on acoustic and electric bass with member of the exclusive Academy of Group. This business venture includes equal virtuosity, power and fi re. In Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. music publishing for his own and his ongoing efforts to push the bass other musicians’ work, as well as to new limits, he invented two new “Film has given me the opportunity the development of various projects instruments, the piccolo bass and the to write large orchestral scores and aimed at music education. So far tenor bass. The piccolo bass is tuned to compose music not normally Roxboro Entertainment has released one octave higher than the traditional associated with myself,” says Clarke. CDs from guitarist Lloyd Gregory, electric bass. The tenor bass is tuned “It’s given me the chance to conduct multi-instrumentalist Kennard one fourth higher than standard. Both orchestras and arrange music for Ramsey, keyboardist Sunnie Paxson, of these instruments have enabled various types of ensembles. It’s been Ukrainian-born pianist, arranger and Clarke to extend his melodic range to a diverse experience for me musically, keyboardist and young higher and more expressive registers. made me a more complete musician jazz prodigy Beka Gochiashvili and focused my skills completely.” One of Clarke’s musical visions from Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. His 1995 release, became a reality in the early Stanley Clarke at , is a testament to this Clarke passionately believes in when he met Chick Corea and the Movies heightened level of musicianship. giving back to help young musicians eventually formed the seminal hone their skills. He and his wife electric jazz/fusion band Return In addition to touring with his own Sofi a established The Stanley Clarke To Forever. RTF was a showcase for band, Clarke has always enjoyed the Foundation fourteen years ago as each of the quartet’s strong musical challenge of collaborating with other a charitable organization, which personalities, composing prowess and artists on tour. Clarke teamed up offers scholarships to talented

6 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE ABOUT THE ARTISTS young musicians each year. Clarke diverse range of ensembles including strongly feels that those who have GRAMMY®-nominated groups Absolute had success in realizing their own Ensemble, Southwest Chamber Music vision have a duty to help others in and Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, as their struggle to emerge. Early in 2007 well as solo and chamber appearances Clarke released a DVD entitled Night in various festivals such as Ravinia, School: An Evening with Stanley Clarke Brahms Festival in Madrid, Music and Friends, chronicling the third Academy of the West, Banff Centre annual Stanley Clarke Scholarship for the Arts, Czech SommerFest and Concert with proceeds going to the Oregon Festival of American Music, fund. The concert features diverse among others. This season, Lyris was group of musicians that include Stevie invited by the LA Phil to perform Wonder, , , in their Green Umbrella series and Sheila E., Stewart Copeland, Red Hot their tribute concert to composer Chili Peppers’ Flea, Wayman Tisdale, Steven Stucky. New projects include Marcus Miller and so many more. The innovative multimedia concerts with DVD has garnered outstanding reviews artists Andrew Burke and Ana Prvacki since its release. as well as opening for Kraftwerk and Stanley Clarke, to this day, remains Ben Harper. They also gave the West as passionate about music as that Coast premiere of David Lang’s “The young teen prodigy from Philly with Diffi culty of Crossing a Field.” This big dreams. Like the man himself, year will mark their fi fth season as the his biography is a continuous work in resident ensemble for the critically progress. Legend is a word that has acclaimed series Jacaranda: Music at been associated with Stanley since he the Edge. was 25, yet he remains unpretentious, The Lyris Quartet is the founding preferring simple pleasures in the resident ensemble of the Hear peaceful canyons where he resides in Now Music Festival, which focuses Los Angeles. on the music of living Los Angeles composers. As part of this series, they The LYRIS QUARTET, described as have collaborated with and premiered “radiant…exquisite... and powerfully works by Stephen Hartke, Don Davis, engaged” by Mark Swed of the LA Arturo Cardélus and Veronika Krausas, Times, was founded in 2008. Members among others. The Lyris Quartet has of the quartet have won top prizes recorded for Toccata Classics, ARS at the Tchaikovsky International and Naxos. Competition and Aspen Music Festival and have collaborated with renowned artists Natalia Gutman, David Geringas, Martha Argerich, Alban Gerhardt, Boris Pergamenschikov, Guillame Sutre, Myung-Whun Chung and . Lyris has collaborated closely with composers Krystof Penderecki, Andrew Norman, Oliver Knussen, Steven Mackey, John Adams, Bruce Broughton, Peter Knell, Kurt Rohde, Paquito D’Rivera, Wadada Leo Smith and Gerard Schurmann. They appeared alongside composer/pianist as part of the LA Phil’s Jazz and World music series at Disney Hall and with Steve Reich at LACMA’s Bing Hall. The quartet has appeared throughout North America, Europe and Asia in a

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