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Date(s) - 10/11/2024
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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SFJAZZ Center
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A far-ranging pianist and arranger who’s worked with Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Queen Latifah and Steely Dan, John Beasley returns on Thelonious Monk’s birthday with his big band that captures the spirit of Monk’s singular music – the off-beat melodies and humor, strange beauty, and unbounded swing – in fresh arrangements flavored with hip-hop, Afro-Cuban rhythms and atmospheric colors.
In his review for the International Review of Music, renowned jazz critic Don Heckman described MONK’estra’s arrangements as “some of the most mesmerizing big band music of recent memory.”
- Fridays Live Premiere: FRI, OCT 11 at 7:30 PM PT (10:30 PM ET)
- Saturday Encore: SAT, OCT 12 at 11 AM PT (2 PM ET)
- Available On-Demand: FRI, OCT 18
Presented by SFJAZZ
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