Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/13/2014 - 03/16/2014
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center
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Concerts on March 13 to 15 at 7:30pm and March 16 at 7pm
“Hiromi is well on the way to creating a cohesive group approach in which no instrument is confined to its traditional role.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“One of jazz piano’s most brazenly virtuosic players.” — JazzTimes
- Hiromi Uehara – piano
- Anthony Jackson – electric bass
- Simon Phillips – drums
Piano superstar Hiromi’s powerful Trio Project returns to the SFJAZZ Center following their triumphant run of sold-out shows last season. An utterly original improviser and composer, the Japanese-born pianist creates kinetic soundscapes in which through-composed passages segue seamlessly into open-ended improvisation. What’s most impressive isn’t her commanding technique. It’s her cohesive group approach in which no instrument is confined to its traditional role. She introduced this hi-octane ensemble on 2011’s Voice and its 2013 follow-up, Move, featuring electric bass master Anthony Jackson and British drummer Simon Phillips, whose gaudy resume includes stints with Brian Eno, Jeff Beck, Stanley Clarke, and The Who. “I want to treat the three instruments as three pieces of an orchestra, and extend the sound,” says Hiromi, 34. She worked with Jackson on her first two albums and had long thought about bringing him into the studio again. After playing several shows as a trio, she knew Phillips was the right man for her latest power trio. “He has an amazing understanding of all kinds of music, the same as Anthony, and that’s what I was looking for.” Without doubt, these shows will be some of the most exciting of Season 2.
Tickets
– Buy Online – March 13
– Buy Online – March 14
– Buy Online – March 15
– Buy Online – March 16
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