CABARET EVENTS FOR N.Y. STATE, NEW ENGLAND & CANADA FOR THIS DATE FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
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BOSTON: JAPAN'S TOP ALTO SAX PLAYER SADAO WATANABE AT THE REGATTABAR
Sadao Watanabe, considered one of Japan's greatest jazz musicians, will perform at THE REGATTABAR at the Charles Hotel (1 Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA - 617-395-7757) on Thursday, June 26th at 7:30 pm. By 1958, Watanabe had established himself as a world-class saxophonist, having performed with leading musicians and quartets. He moved to Boston in 1962 to study at Berklee College of Music In 1962, moved to Boston to study at Berklee representing as a top Japanese musician. His work encompasses a large range of styles, and he has collaborated with musicians from all over the world. As an Executive Producer of the Japanese Government Exhibition Project for the 2005 in Japan, advocates the message "World Peace" through music. Joined by an ensemble of talented American musicians, he gives a rare Boston appearance at the Regattabar. There is a $30 cover.
TORONTO: TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL: NORMA WINSTONE TRIO
The Norma Winstone Trio (Norma Winstone - Vocals, Glauco Venier - Piano, Klaus Gesing - Bass Clarinet & Soprano Sax) will perform atTHE JAZZ BISTRO (251 Victoria Street, Toronto, ONT, CA - 416-363-5299) on Thursday, June 26th at 8:00 pm as part of the Toronto Jazz Festival. An English singer, a German reedman, an Italian pianist. Sometimes called Distances (they prefer this), sometimes the Norma Winstone Trio or Norma Winstone's Chamber Music, by any name a remarkable group whose intimate performances encompass a great arc of music. Three adventurous musicians united by a profound feeling for song. The stark instrumentation - voice, piano, bass clarinet/soprano sax - seems never to limit their repertoire, but to encourage the players to explore widely, and to make musical use of the available space. Jazz ballads, old and new, •nd their place alongside - for instance - adaptations of Friulian folk songs, and 'chamber' pieces influenced by classical or contemporary composition. Textures, colours and rhythms may be drawn from scattered, surprising sources: a sudden bright flash of calypso, perhaps, or the hypnotic lulling of an Armenian cradle song. Winstone, Gesing and Venier have played songs from Cole Porter to Komitas, borrowed melodies from Satie and Coltrane, culled lyrics from James Joyce poems and Christina Rosetti nursery rhymes. What they take they make their own, much of the material they compose themselves, and most of the words are Norma's. As both singer and lyricist she has few contemporary peers: her words seem to float up from the music's expressive core.copyright 2014 - See cabaret listings from all over the world at CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
