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Barron, Carter, Elling & Malone Headline Monterey Jazz Fest on Tour Feb. 16
UNIVERSITY PARK (Wednesday, Jan. 27)—When the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour brings its six stellar musicians to Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium Feb. 16, one of those stars will be shining brighter than ever. Pianist Kenny Barron recently garnered the highest honor the United States bestows on jazz musicians when he became a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in a ceremony at New York City’s Lincoln Center.
The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour celebrates one of the longest-running and most important jazz festivals. In addition to Barron, the sextet features violinist Regina Carter, singer Kurt Elling and guitarist Russell Malone. Bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake round out the ensemble, which performed as an all-star band at California’s 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival in September.
Tickets for the Center for the Performing Arts presentation are $43 for an adult, $20 for a University Park student and $36 for a person 18 and younger. Buy tickets online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at 814-863-0255. Outside the local calling area, dial 1-800-ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Tickets Downtown in the Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). A grant from the University Park Allocation Committee makes Penn State student prices possible.
A Jazz Weekly critic calls Barron “the most lyrical piano player of our time.” Barron made a name for himself as part of the Dizzy Gillespie Quartet from 1961 to 1966. His first album as a leader came in 1967. Today, he fronts his own trio and Canta Brasil, a Brazilian jazz ensemble.
Carter, a Time writer insists, “creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring.”
Elling, whose baritone spans four octaves, has attained elite status with six straight years at the top of the Down Beat Critics’ and JazzTimes Readers’ polls. A San Francisco Chronicle critic calls him “the most flamboyantly creative jazz singer to emerge in the last decade.” Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman was nominated for a 2010 Grammy for best jazz vocal album.
Malone has performed with many musicians, but it’s his work on recordings and international tours with Diana Krall that’s earned him widespread critical and audience acclaim. Malone, who was featured in Robert Altman’s movie Kansas City, has recorded or toured with Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis, Roy Hargrove and other leading musicians. Corvette America underwrites jazz presentations at the Center for the Performing Arts. WTAJ Your News Leader and Jazz Spectrum on THE LION 90.7 FM are the concert media sponsors. Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring a visiting artist, is offered in Eisenhower Auditorium one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity. Seating is available on a first-arrival basis.
The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour celebrates one of the longest-running and most important jazz festivals. In addition to Barron, the sextet features violinist Regina Carter, singer Kurt Elling and guitarist Russell Malone. Bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake round out the ensemble, which performed as an all-star band at California’s 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival in September.
Tickets for the Center for the Performing Arts presentation are $43 for an adult, $20 for a University Park student and $36 for a person 18 and younger. Buy tickets online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at 814-863-0255. Outside the local calling area, dial 1-800-ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Tickets Downtown in the Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). A grant from the University Park Allocation Committee makes Penn State student prices possible.
A Jazz Weekly critic calls Barron “the most lyrical piano player of our time.” Barron made a name for himself as part of the Dizzy Gillespie Quartet from 1961 to 1966. His first album as a leader came in 1967. Today, he fronts his own trio and Canta Brasil, a Brazilian jazz ensemble.
Carter, a Time writer insists, “creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring.”
Elling, whose baritone spans four octaves, has attained elite status with six straight years at the top of the Down Beat Critics’ and JazzTimes Readers’ polls. A San Francisco Chronicle critic calls him “the most flamboyantly creative jazz singer to emerge in the last decade.” Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman was nominated for a 2010 Grammy for best jazz vocal album.
Malone has performed with many musicians, but it’s his work on recordings and international tours with Diana Krall that’s earned him widespread critical and audience acclaim. Malone, who was featured in Robert Altman’s movie Kansas City, has recorded or toured with Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis, Roy Hargrove and other leading musicians. Corvette America underwrites jazz presentations at the Center for the Performing Arts. WTAJ Your News Leader and Jazz Spectrum on THE LION 90.7 FM are the concert media sponsors. Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring a visiting artist, is offered in Eisenhower Auditorium one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity. Seating is available on a first-arrival basis.
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