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Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack Dejohnette Cal Performances Presents About the Artists Saturday, March 14, 2009, 8pm eith jarrett and jack dejohnette first In October 1991, exactly two weeks after the Zellerbach Hall K played together from 1966–1968 as members death of Miles Davis, the trio went into New of the Charles Lloyd Quartet, then for one year in York’s Power Station studio and recorded Bye Bye 1970 with Miles Davis. All three musicians first Blackbird, their deeply felt tribute to the jazz giant Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & played together in 1977, when Messrs. Jarrett and that all three had played with in their early years. DeJohnette played on Gary Peacock’s first ECM The trio’s video releases include: Standards I Records recording, Tales of Another. (1985), Standards II (1986), Live at Open Theatre Jack DeJohnette They came together as a permanent trio in East (1993) and Tokyo Concert ’96 (1996)—all January 1983, when Mr. Jarrett invited the other featuring full concert performances. In fall 2008, two men to join him in New York for a recording ECM re-released all four concerts on two special session dedicated to playing “standards”—the rich two-DVD sets. body of American popular songs from the 1930s, In the past 25 years, the trio has been nominat- ’40s and ’50s. At the time, it was considered passé ed for many international awards, including five for top players to concentrate on playing standards American Grammy Award nominations, plus doz- rather than original material, but Keith Jarrett ens of Record of the Year and Critics Prize awards thought it was important to show that, “Music from the U.S., European and Japanese music press, wasn’t about material, but what the player brings including the Gold Disc Award (2000, 2003) from to the material.” Swing Journal (Japan) and the Choc des Chocs The January 1983 sessions produced the trio’s Award (2000, 2001, 2003) from Jazzman magazine first three ECM releases: Standards Vol. 1 and 2, (France) for Best Jazz Album of the Year. In 1991, and Changes. These recordings from the original their Tribute recording was awarded the Prix du New York trio session were re-released by ECM as President de la Republique from the Charles Cros a special three-CD box-set in January 2008 in cel- Academy, France’s award for the Best Recording ebration of the trio’s 25th anniversary. of the Year. The trio was voted Best Acoustic Jazz Fourteen “live” concert recordings have fol- Group in the Down Beat Readers’ Polls (1998, lowed on ECM, each recorded in a different inter- 1999), Down Beat Critics’ Poll (2008) and Jazz national city: Standards Live (Paris, 1985), Still Live Times Readers’ Poll (2009). (Munich, 1986), Changeless (United States, 1987), Tribute (Cologne, 1989), Standards in Norway Over the past 40+ years, Keith Jarrett has come Rose Anne Jarrett (Oslo, 1989), The Cure (New York, 1990), Keith to be recognized as one of the most creative and Jarrett at the Blue Note: The Complete Recordings uncompromising musicians of our time—univer- Keith Jarrett (New York, 1994; six-CD box-set), Tokyo ’96 sally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed piano (Tokyo, 1996), Whisper Not (Paris, 1999), The genius; a master of jazz piano; a classical pianist Out-of-Towners (Munich, 2001), Up for It (Juan- of great depth; and a composer who has written les-Pins, France, 2002) and My Foolish Heart: Live hundreds of pieces for his various jazz groups, Gary Peacock in Montreux (Switzerland, 2001). Other live ECM plus extended works for orchestra, soloist and bass trio releases include Inside Out (London, 2000) chamber ensemble. and Always Let Me Go (Tokyo, 2001), which fea- Born in May 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, ture the trio performing totally improvised music, he began playing piano at age three and classical Jack DeJohnette instead of standards. studies at age seven, then undertook formal com- drums In January, ECM released Yesterdays, record- position studies at age 15. In the early 1960s, while ed live in concert in Tokyo in April 2001 on the still a teenager, he began playing jazz, and was soon same tour that produced Always Let Me Go. The touring with Art Blakey, then for three years with Two sets with one intermission. CD features such jazz songs and standards as Charles Lloyd, and finally with Miles Davis. By the Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie classic “Shaw the late 1960s, he was leading his own trio with This performance is made possible, in part, by Patron Sponsors Ivan, Maris and Harry Meyerson. ’Nuff,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” and “Stella bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian by Starlight.” (soon to be a quartet with saxophonist Dewey Cal Performances’ 2008–2009 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank. 24 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 25 About the Artists About the Artists Redman) and recording as a leader for the Atlantic, Gary Peacock has served as an inspiration for Miles Davis in 1968 to record the quintessential Columbia and Impulse labels. several generations of jazz bass players not content jazz-rock fusion record, Bitches Brew, with John In 1971, he began an exclusive recording collab- with the traditional bassist’s role of simple time- McLaughlin, Chick Corea and Dave Holland. oration with ECM Records, the visionary German keeping and harmonic accompaniment. His ability After a few years with Davis, Mr. DeJohnette label headed by producer Manfred Eicher. This to bring melodic and rhythmic freedom to any mu- moved on and began recording with many of the collaboration has produced a catalogue of nearly sical setting has been his trademark for 45 years. finest players in jazz, as well as leading his own 60 recordings to date, unparalleled in their diver- Born in 1935 in Idaho, Mr. Peacock first played groups. In the 1970s, he formed New Directions, sity and scope, including 17 trio recordings (on 26 in Los Angeles in the late 1950s with Bud Shank, featuring John Abercrombie, Eddie Gomez and CDs) with Peacock and DeJohnette; nine classical Barney Kessel, Hampton Hawes and Paul Bley. Lester Bowie, followed by Special Edition and recordings of music by Bach, Handel, Mozart and By the early 1960s, he was in New York playing then the Gateway Trio with Messrs. Holland and Shostakovich; and Mr. Jarrett’s groundbreaking with Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Albert Ayler, Archie Abercrombie, which is still active today. solo piano recordings, such as The Köln Concert and Shepp, Sonny Rollins and many others. He moved Mr. DeJohnette has also been featured in La Scala, which have helped to redefine the piano to Japan for several years in the late 1960s to past years on high-profile CD releases by Herbie in contemporary music. His most recent solo re- study Oriental philosophy and medicine, before Hancock, Betty Carter, Sonny Rollins, Joe leases include Radiance, featuring improvised solo returning to the United States in the early 1970s Henderson, Milton Nascimento, John Scofield performances recorded live in concert in Japan in to resume active music-making and to teach at the and Michael Brecker, as well as on sessions with 2002, and The Carnegie Hall Concert, recorded in Cornish Institute in Seattle. Over the years, he has young emerging players that he feels are deserving New York in 2005. also worked with Sarah Vaughan, Chick Corea, of greater attention. The Melody at Night, with You, an intimate stu- Joe Henderson, Helen Merrill, Michel Petrucciani, In 1972, he began a 35+ year recording collabo- dio solo-piano recording of songs released in 1999, Don Pullen, Bill Frisell and Ralph Towner, to ration with ECM Records, where he has played on has become one of the best-selling jazz CDs of the name a few. over 40 recordings with varied groups as a leader, past decade, winning many awards worldwide, in- In recent years, Mr. Peacock’s other major col- as sideman, as well in the trio with Messrs. Jarrett cluding Best of the Year awards in Japan, France laborations besides the trio with Messrs. Jarrett and Peacock. and the United States. and DeJohnette have included dates and record- Current touring projects include Trio Beyond Mr. Jarrett has garnered many other awards, ings with pianists Paul Bley, Marc Copland and with guitarist John Scofield and organist Larry including eight Grammy Award nominations, sev- Marilyn Crispell, in either duo settings or in trio Goldings, a new trio with pianist Danilo Pérez and eral French Grand Prix du Disque and Deutsche with drummers Paul Motian and Bill Stewart. bassist John Patitucci, ongoing duo and group col- Schallplattenpreis awards. In 1989, the French In the past 30 years, Mr. Peacock has played on laborations with British saxophonist John Surman, Ministry of Culture elected him an Officer of over 25 ECM recordings. and the Jack Johnson Project, a concert re- the Order of Arts and Letters, one of the high- creation of the music featured on the classic Miles est honors the French nation can bestow upon an Jack DeJohnette is one of the finest drummers Davis fusion recording Jack Johnson, on which artist. In 1996, he was elected a member of the in jazz. His approach to the drums is that of a Mr. DeJohnette originally performed. Royal Swedish Academy of Music, joining Duke complete musician, exploring the varied colors Mr. DeJohnette has garnered many awards, Ellington as only the second foreign jazz artist to and timbres of his varied percussion instruments, including France’s prestigious Grand Prix du be so honored. He has been voted Pianist of the rather than simple time-keeping. Disque (1979), Album of the Year awards in the Year in the Down Beat Readers’ Polls (1994, 1996, Born in 1942 in Chicago, Mr.
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