The John Hanrahan Quartet
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The John Hanrahan Quartet A veteran of the Chicago music scene, Santa Cruz based drummer/singer John Hanrahan has made a strong and versatile impression in jam bands throughout the country as well as the project with his quartet performing and releasing in 2016, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center. Currently the John Hanrahan Quartet has been performing a variety of tributes around the Bay Area to great jazz musicians of the 60’s, including John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and Miles Davis projects. You can also find Hanrahan performing throughout the Bay Area with Freestone Peaches, Stu Allen and Mars Hotel, Matt Hartle and Colorado’s own Shakedown Street. https://www.johnhanrahandrums.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jhanrahanquartet/ Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gnGr7kXoCg&t=322s Listen to tunes: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jhanrahanquartet High-Res Images at: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtH_rIPE0zLg5440EHI0j6xixc8xw?e=68nOLW JHQ Performs Wayne Shorter's JuJu The John Hanrahan Quartet featuring Andrew Dixon, performs Wayne Shorter's JuJu album in its entirety, the adventurous music immortalized in the 1965 Blue Note masterpiece. The John Hanrahan Quartet has been playing together in Chicago and around the globe for over 20 years. Many Central Coast jazz fans will recognize the John Hanrahan Quartet from their breakout performance at the 2014 Monterey Jazz Festival, where they paid tribute to John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme', widely considered one of the greatest jazz recordings of all time. Now the quartet turns it gaze towards another one of the greatest years of contemporary popular music: Wayne Shorter’s JuJu Album. Blue Note Records released JuJu, the fifth album by popular jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter, in July 1965. The record was Shorter’s second for Blue Note, following Night Dreamer. Also featured on Juju is Hanrahan’s muse and mentor Elvin Jones, the drummer who contributed to making the album the classic treasure that it is. The Chicago Tribune wrote of the tribute that "the Hanrahan Quartet embrace, honor, and nurture a masterpiece." If any group is suited for paying homage to such iconic artists and moments, it's this Quartet, which brings enthusiasm and sensitivity to the music. Featuring John Hanrahan on drums; Andrew Dixon on Sax; Dahveed Behroozi on Piano; and Giulio Javier Cetto on Bass, this encore performance of Juju will be an evening not to be missed, when SFJAZZ fans will be elated with the recreation of this stylistic album, like only the John Hanrahan Quartet can achieve. JHQ Performs A Love Supreme Electric John Hanrahan’s Love Supreme Quartet has been performing together in Chicago and around the globe for over 20 years. This accomplished ensemble performs A Love Supreme in an effort to share Coltrane’s passion for jazz, spirit, and the love of live performance. Considered to be the defining jazz recording of all time, John Coltrane and his equally innovative quartet (McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) recorded the album A Love Supreme in 1964 on Impulse Records. Hanrahan’s quartet performs the full suite in celebration of Coltrane’s significant landmark recording. Listen to A Love Supreme Electric with Henry Kaiser, Steve Kimock, Bob Bralove, Larry Ochs, and Reed Mathis, John Hanrahan at Sweetwater, Mill Valley on February 3rd 2018: https://archive.org/details/JohnHanrahanElectric LoveSupreme "No one in the region has done more to make the full [Love Supreme] suite an active part of the repertoire than Santa Cruz drummer John Hanrahan. He’s been performing the suite around the country in recent years, including a memorable set at the 2014 Monterey Jazz Festival, but the band he brings to Michael’s On Main on Saturday approaches A Love Supreme from an entirely different angle." Good Times - Santa Cruz, CA http://goodtimes.sc/santa-cruz-arts-entertainment/santa-cruz-music/love-supreme-tribute/ John Hanrahan Contact Information Publicty Info: HopeInsite Publicity 650-279-0881 408-309-4567 or email [email protected] [email protected] (This information not for print) .