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Wed, Oct 15, 2008
Three jazz shows are on tap at the Wexner Center this fall: Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen and his quintet; Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski and his trio; and Israeli singer Ayelet Rose Gottlieb (performing a multimedia show with a group of singers and musicians). All three will be presented cabaret-style in the Performance Space, with table seating and a cash bar.
Supported by Israel@60 programs in Columbus, the first and third programs are inspired by Biblical themes: Cohen’s music is inspired by the Biblical flood and how it resonates in our modern times, while Gottlieb’s is drawn from love poetry in the Song of Solomon.
Tickets for all three shows are available now at the Wexner Center Ticket Office (614 292-3535) and Ticketmaster.com. More information is available at www.wexarts.org/pa.
Avishai Cohen After the Big Rain Sat, Oct 18 | 8 pm Wexner Center Performance Space Cabaret-style seating with cash bar $16 general public $13 members and students "An assertive and accomplished trumpeter...with a taste for groove-inflected modernism."—New York Times Israeli jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen, from Tel Aviv (not to be confused with the bassist of the same name), has established himself as a major player on the New York scene with his infectious grooves and "Miles-ahead" vibe. He leads several strong lineups to satisfy his far-ranging musical appetites, but After the Big Rain has captured a strong share of interest for its incorporation of spicy Afro-Caribbean elements into Cohen’s post-bop approach. This quintet regularly features Cohen sidekick Omer Avital on bass and pianist Jason Lindner, who led his own band here last fall. After the Big Rain—a CD title, as well as the band's name—is the third part of a trilogy Avishai Cohen is exploring on poetic themes relating to the apocalyptic atmosphere of our times. For him, contemporary events like tsunamis and Hurricane Katrina are resonant of the biblical Flood, summoning powerful images of the need for a wake-up call for mankind. The alternately meditative and joyous music of After the Big Rain showers you with a sense of rebirth and regeneration that Cohen’s superb ensemble celebrates with a rainbow spectrum of sound. Read and listen at http://www.avishaicohenmusic.com/, http://www.myspace.com/avishaicohen and http://www.thebigrain.com/live/ . Presented in conjunction with Israel@60 programs in Columbus.
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Mon, Nov 10 | 8 pm Wexner Center Performance Space Cabaret-style seating with cash bar $16 general public [Photo by Kamila Czerniawska] $13 members and students "The most important piano trio debut of the new millennium to date...subtle, suspenseful, rich and mature."—Stereophile Jazz fans who were knocked out by our concert with Polish jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko in 2006 also took note of the dynamic role played in that band by Marcin Wasilewski, its standout pianist. He returns this time as the leader of a trio that features the expertly responsive rhythm section of bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz, the same pair that backed Stanko. Live, as on January, the trio’s most recent ECM release, you’ll hear the pianist’s own finely wrought originals as well as brilliant interpretations of composers ranging from Stanko to Carla Bley to Prince. Wasilewski displays his cinematic approach, deep emotional resonance, and strongly lyrical playing throughout. Sample the trio’s music at http://www.myspace.com/marcinwasilewskitrio.
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
Mayim Rabim / Great Waters Mon, Nov 17 | 8 pm Wexner Center Performance Space Cabaret-style seating with cash bar $16 general public $13 members and students "Gottlieb soars vocally…powerfully straddles jazz, cantorial music and the avant garde."—All About Jazz Rolling Stone calls Ayelet Rose Gottlieb an "Israeli jazz seductress." In this concert, she performs Mayim Rabim, the captivating song cycle she recorded for the Radical Jewish Culture series on John Zorn’s Tzadik label. In this piece, based on erotic love poetry drawn from the scriptural texts of the "Song of Solomon" or "Song of Songs," she expands on the sensuous thrust of her lyrics about the struggles of a woman in love with a multimedia experience combining movement and a rich tapestry of projected video imagery. Supported by three other singers and a unique lineup of clarinet, piano, cello, and drums, Gottlieb will entrance you with her stunning voice—and the sensitive framing and remarkable jazz chops this outstanding band provides. Read more at http://www.ayeletrose.com/live/ and http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=22812.
Presented in conjunction with Israel@60 programs in Columbus.
Support:
Major support for the Wexner Center’s 2008–09 performing arts season is generously provided by Huntington Bank and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Accommodations are provided by The Blackwell Inn.
All performing arts programs and events also receive support from the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation and Wexner Center members, as well as from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, The Columbus Foundation, Nationwide Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council.
