G Livelab, Puutarhakatu 1, 33100 Tampere
Amerikkalainen jazzpianisti Gerald Clayton esiintyy G Livelab Tampereella all stars -kokoonpanollaan maaliskuussa! Hollantilaissyntyinen kuusinkertainen Grammy-ehdokas pureutuu White Cities: A Musical Tribute to Charles White -erikoiskonsertissaan rotuun liittyviin jännitteisiin. White Cities -teos on saanut inspiraationsa kuvataiteilija Charles Whiten (1918–1979) kantaa ottavasta muraalisarjasta Five Great American Negroes (1939–1940). Clayton matkaa teoksessa Chicagoon, New Yorkiin ja Los Angelesiin – kolmeen valkoiseen kaupunkiin, joissa White eläessään asui. Teoksen jokainen sävellys reflektoi yhtä Whiten vaikuttavan muraalin viidestä osasta.
Claytonin kanssa G Livelabissa esiintyvät vibrafonisti Joel Ross, trumpetisti Marquis Hill, saksofonisti Logan Richardson sekä kitaristi Jeff Parker.
Gerald Clayton on hienolla urallaan esiintynyt tai levyttänyt mm. Diana Krallin, Roy Hargroven, Ambrose Akinmusiren ja John Scofieldin kanssa. Hänen hehkutettu uusin albuminsa Bells On Sand ilmestyi 2022.
Konsertin kokoonpano:
Gerald Clayton – Piano, Organ, Fender Rhodes
Joel Ross – Vibraphone
Marquis Hill – Trumpet
Immanuel Wilkins – Saxophone (substituting for Logan Richardson)
Jeff Parker – Guitar
Clayton kuvailee konserttinsa inspiraatiota näin:
"I chose the title as a bold statement that puts race right at the forefront of the music, as White did with his art. I want people to consider the whiteness of all the cities as a reminder of the overarching oppression pervading each place where White lived — and that his expression, birthed as the blues, is a testifying of the black experience in a white world.
The title also refers to the artist himself. It is my intention to musically represent the evolution of Charles White’s heart and mind— not just the subjects and messages of his works, but an accompanying examination of the person who created the works. Essentially a dedication to the man, his work, and the source of inspiration behind his works.
Each composition reflects one of five sections of White's 5 Great American Negroes mural. I composed a different melody for each figure, and chose to intercut their melodic themes throughout the piece as a way to represent the dual experience of sight-reading and close-reading the mural in its entirety. I used the characteristics of the three cities and White’s world outlook as the broad outline for the music. I then imposed that outline across the 5 Great American Negroes mural. So the piece begins in Chicago with two melodies inspired by Sojourner Truth and Booker T Washington. Then we move to the center of the mural and hear a New York inspired piece in dedication to Frederick Douglass. Finally, we land in Los Angeles, as the music points to the right side of the mural— a treatment of Marian Anderson’s “Hear Da Lambs A-Cryin”, followed by a sort of scientific exploration of that piece as a nod to George Washington Carver.
While the 5 compositions may exist as individual pieces, together as White Cities they represent movements of a single suite reflective of moving across White's mural from left to right. I drew inspiration from different aspects of White's work that include the figures themselves, their contributions, their immortalized expressions through White's artistic lens, and the spectrum of my emotional reactions to each section and the mural as a whole."
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“Welcome to pianist Gerald Clayton’s best recording to date, and that’s saying something.”
- DownBeat, 2022
"An expansive, oceanic quality gives this album a timeless feel"
- The Times, 2022
Bells On Sand:
All Music 4,5/5
DownBeat 4,5/5
The Times 4/5
Jazz Trail 4/5
All About Jazz 4/5
Mikäli tapahtuma ei ole loppuunmyyty, keikalle myydään opiskelijalippuja ovelta ennen konsertin alkua hintaan 25 € / kpl. Opiskelijalippuihin vaaditaan opiskelijakortti tai muu opiskelutodistus. Konsertti on ikärajaton. Kouluikäiselle alle 18-vuotiaalle lapselle voi hankkia myös opiskelijalipun ovelta, mikäli konsertti ei ole ennakkoon loppuunmyyty. Alle kouluikäiset pääsevät keikoille maksutta.
Osaan G Livelab Tampereen keikoista voi varata istumapaikan etukäteen ennakkotilauksella. Lue lisää ennakkotilauksista täältä:
glivelab.fi/tampere/events/63b6e34e90be0df4fb1b29ee/
G LIVELAB TAMPERE - TURVALLISUUSOHJE:
www.glivelab.fi/tampere/turvallisuus
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American jazz pianist Gerald Clayton performs at G Livelab with his all-stars group. Dutch-born six time Grammy nominee is joined on stage by Joel Ross (vibraphone), Marquis Hill (trumpet), Immanuel Wilkins (saxophone, substituting for Logan Richardson) and Jeff Parker (guitar).
This special concert is a musical tribute to artist-painter Charles White (Inspired by LACMA’s Charles White Exhibit). It presents us a single life spread across three vibrant American cities: Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.
Gerald chose the title as a way to immediately bring race and racial tensions to the front of the listener’s mind. He wants people to consider the whiteness of all three cities as a reminder of the overarching oppression pervading each place where White lived – and that his expression, birthed as the blues, is a testifying of the black experience in a white world.
The title also refers to the artist himself. It is Gerald's intention to represent musically the evolution of White’s heart and mind – not just the subjects and messages of his works, but an accompanying examination of the person who created the works.
Each composition reflects one of five sections of White’s 5 Great American Negroes mural. Gerald composed a different melody for each figure, and chose to intercut their melodic and harmonic themes throughout the piece as a way to represent the dual experience of sight-reading and close-reading the mural in its entirety. He drew inspiration from different aspects of White's work that include the figures themselves, their contributions, their immortalized expressions through White’s unique artistic lens, and the spectrum of Gerald’s emotional reactions to each section and the mural as a whole.
Gerald Clayton's latest album Bells On Sand was released in 2022 by Blue Note.
Concert line up:
Gerald Clayton – Piano, Organ, Fender Rhodes
Joel Ross – Vibraphone
Marquis Hill – Trumpet
Immanuel Wilkins – Saxophone (substituting for Logan Richardson)
Jeff Parker – Guitar
Bells On Sand reviews:
“Welcome to pianist Gerald Clayton’s best recording to date, and that’s saying something.”
- DownBeat, 2022
"An expansive, oceanic quality gives this album a timeless feel"
- The Times, 2022
Bells On Sand:
All Music 4,5/5
DownBeat 4,5/5
The Times 4/5
Jazz Trail 4/5
All About Jazz 4/5
If the event is not sold out, there will be student tickets available at the door for 25 € each (student tickets not sold online) before the show starts. Please show your student card when purchasing student tickets. The concert has no age limit. Children under school age can enter gigs free of charge.
G LIVELAB TAMPERE - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS:
www.glivelab.fi/tampere/turvallisuus
Gerald Clayton (US), 3.3.2023
3.3.
Fri
21:00
Gerald Clayton (US)
Doors: 20:00
Showtime: 21:00
Amerikkalainen jazzpianisti Gerald Clayton esiintyy G Livelab Tampereella all stars -kokoonpanollaan maaliskuussa! Hollantilaissyntyinen kuusinkertainen Grammy-ehdokas pureutuu White Cities: A Musical Tribute to Charles White -erikoiskonsertissaan rotuun liittyviin jännitteisiin. White Cities -teos on saanut inspiraationsa kuvataiteilija Charles Whiten (1918–1979) kantaa ottavasta muraalisarjasta Five Great American Negroes (1939–1940). Clayton matkaa teoksessa Chicagoon, New Yorkiin ja Los Angelesiin – kolmeen valkoiseen kaupunkiin, joissa White eläessään asui. Teoksen jokainen sävellys reflektoi yhtä Whiten vaikuttavan muraalin viidestä osasta.
Claytonin kanssa G Livelabissa esiintyvät vibrafonisti Joel Ross, trumpetisti Marquis Hill, saksofonisti Logan Richardson sekä kitaristi Jeff Parker.
Gerald Clayton on hienolla urallaan esiintynyt tai levyttänyt mm. Diana Krallin, Roy Hargroven, Ambrose Akinmusiren ja John Scofieldin kanssa. Hänen hehkutettu uusin albuminsa Bells On Sand ilmestyi 2022.
Konsertin kokoonpano:
Gerald Clayton – Piano, Organ, Fender Rhodes
Joel Ross – Vibraphone
Marquis Hill – Trumpet
Immanuel Wilkins – Saxophone (substituting for Logan Richardson)
Jeff Parker – Guitar
Clayton kuvailee konserttinsa inspiraatiota näin:
"I chose the title as a bold statement that puts race right at the forefront of the music, as White did with his art. I want people to consider the whiteness of all the cities as a reminder of the overarching oppression pervading each place where White lived — and that his expression, birthed as the blues, is a testifying of the black experience in a white world.
The title also refers to the artist himself. It is my intention to musically represent the evolution of Charles White’s heart and mind— not just the subjects and messages of his works, but an accompanying examination of the person who created the works. Essentially a dedication to the man, his work, and the source of inspiration behind his works.
Each composition reflects one of five sections of White's 5 Great American Negroes mural. I composed a different melody for each figure, and chose to intercut their melodic themes throughout the piece as a way to represent the dual experience of sight-reading and close-reading the mural in its entirety. I used the characteristics of the three cities and White’s world outlook as the broad outline for the music. I then imposed that outline across the 5 Great American Negroes mural. So the piece begins in Chicago with two melodies inspired by Sojourner Truth and Booker T Washington. Then we move to the center of the mural and hear a New York inspired piece in dedication to Frederick Douglass. Finally, we land in Los Angeles, as the music points to the right side of the mural— a treatment of Marian Anderson’s “Hear Da Lambs A-Cryin”, followed by a sort of scientific exploration of that piece as a nod to George Washington Carver.
While the 5 compositions may exist as individual pieces, together as White Cities they represent movements of a single suite reflective of moving across White's mural from left to right. I drew inspiration from different aspects of White's work that include the figures themselves, their contributions, their immortalized expressions through White's artistic lens, and the spectrum of my emotional reactions to each section and the mural as a whole."
--
“Welcome to pianist Gerald Clayton’s best recording to date, and that’s saying something.”
- DownBeat, 2022
"An expansive, oceanic quality gives this album a timeless feel"
- The Times, 2022
Bells On Sand:
All Music 4,5/5
DownBeat 4,5/5
The Times 4/5
Jazz Trail 4/5
All About Jazz 4/5
Mikäli tapahtuma ei ole loppuunmyyty, keikalle myydään opiskelijalippuja ovelta ennen konsertin alkua hintaan 25 € / kpl. Opiskelijalippuihin vaaditaan opiskelijakortti tai muu opiskelutodistus. Konsertti on ikärajaton. Kouluikäiselle alle 18-vuotiaalle lapselle voi hankkia myös opiskelijalipun ovelta, mikäli konsertti ei ole ennakkoon loppuunmyyty. Alle kouluikäiset pääsevät keikoille maksutta.
Osaan G Livelab Tampereen keikoista voi varata istumapaikan etukäteen ennakkotilauksella. Lue lisää ennakkotilauksista täältä:
glivelab.fi/tampere/events/63b6e34e90be0df4fb1b29ee/
G LIVELAB TAMPERE - TURVALLISUUSOHJE:
www.glivelab.fi/tampere/turvallisuus
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American jazz pianist Gerald Clayton performs at G Livelab with his all-stars group. Dutch-born six time Grammy nominee is joined on stage by Joel Ross (vibraphone), Marquis Hill (trumpet), Immanuel Wilkins (saxophone, substituting for Logan Richardson) and Jeff Parker (guitar).
This special concert is a musical tribute to artist-painter Charles White (Inspired by LACMA’s Charles White Exhibit). It presents us a single life spread across three vibrant American cities: Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.
Gerald chose the title as a way to immediately bring race and racial tensions to the front of the listener’s mind. He wants people to consider the whiteness of all three cities as a reminder of the overarching oppression pervading each place where White lived – and that his expression, birthed as the blues, is a testifying of the black experience in a white world.
The title also refers to the artist himself. It is Gerald's intention to represent musically the evolution of White’s heart and mind – not just the subjects and messages of his works, but an accompanying examination of the person who created the works.
Each composition reflects one of five sections of White’s 5 Great American Negroes mural. Gerald composed a different melody for each figure, and chose to intercut their melodic and harmonic themes throughout the piece as a way to represent the dual experience of sight-reading and close-reading the mural in its entirety. He drew inspiration from different aspects of White's work that include the figures themselves, their contributions, their immortalized expressions through White’s unique artistic lens, and the spectrum of Gerald’s emotional reactions to each section and the mural as a whole.
Gerald Clayton's latest album Bells On Sand was released in 2022 by Blue Note.
Concert line up:
Gerald Clayton – Piano, Organ, Fender Rhodes
Joel Ross – Vibraphone
Marquis Hill – Trumpet
Immanuel Wilkins – Saxophone (substituting for Logan Richardson)
Jeff Parker – Guitar
Bells On Sand reviews:
“Welcome to pianist Gerald Clayton’s best recording to date, and that’s saying something.”
- DownBeat, 2022
"An expansive, oceanic quality gives this album a timeless feel"
- The Times, 2022
Bells On Sand:
All Music 4,5/5
DownBeat 4,5/5
The Times 4/5
Jazz Trail 4/5
All About Jazz 4/5
If the event is not sold out, there will be student tickets available at the door for 25 € each (student tickets not sold online) before the show starts. Please show your student card when purchasing student tickets. The concert has no age limit. Children under school age can enter gigs free of charge.
G LIVELAB TAMPERE - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS:
www.glivelab.fi/tampere/turvallisuus