Directions in Music: Our Times with Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove and Micheal Breaker at the Cerritos Center
by jazzcat on Feb.02, 2005, under News
REVISED SHOW TITLE AND LINE-UP
HERBIE HANCOCK, MICHAEL BRECKER, ROY HARGROVE, SCOTT COLLEY & TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON CELEBRATE
DIRECTIONS IN
MUSIC: OUR
TIMES
AT THE CERRITOS
CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 8:00 PM
CERRITOS, CA – In 2001, pianist Herbie Hancock,
tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, and trumpeter Roy Hargrove collaborated to
celebrate the 75th anniversary of the births of Miles Davis and John
Coltrane. Their project received two
Grammy Awards and their tour, including dates at the Cerritos Center
for the Performing Arts, were sold out events.
Now they return to Southern California, with bassist Scott Colley and
drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, to continue the celebration of Directions in Music: Our Times at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on
Wednesday, February 9, 8:00 PM. Tickets are now on sale at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Ticket
Office, by calling (800) 300-4345 or online at www.cerritoscenter.com. Ticket prices range from $50-$25.
HERBIE HANCOCK is
the senior member of the all-star frontline, and like the title of his 1973
funk anthem Chameleon, he has proved an original force in a variety of
styles throughout his long career. He is
a successful composer (Watermelon Man,
Maiden Voyage and Canteloupe Island are
just some of his hit-producing tunes); an accomplished and influential pianist
(as star sideman in Miles Davis' legendary quintet with saxophonist Wayne
Shorter, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams); and a producer of
timeless dancehall grooves (1983's Rockit),
and award-winning film soundtracks, including Blow Up and Around Midnight.
A major
figure in contemporary instrumental music, tenor saxophonist and composer MICHAEL BRECKER is a seven-time Grammy
award-winner, and the first to win “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance” and
“Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” two years in a row. Before recording his first solo album in 1987, Brecker was best-known as one of the
most in-demand sessions players in the '70s and '80s. He helped shape an entire generation of Jazz
and R&B horn players, performing on over 600 albums with the likes of Chick
Corea, McCoy Tyner and Charles Mingus, as well as Rock heavyweights Paul Simon, James Taylor
and Joni Mitchell. Most recently, Brecker has released his
first large ensemble record, Wide Angles, which features the 15-piece
Michael Brecker Quindectet.
The album
appeared on dozens of “Best Jazz Record of the Year” list and won the
Grammy for “Large Jazz Ensemble Album”
in 2004
Discovered while still in high school
by Wynton Marsalis, ROY HARGROVE has
followed a more worldly path than most straight-ahead Jazz soloists. He has been recording as a soloist for more
than a decade, issuing four CDs on Novus before signing with Verve in
1993. To date he has released a
catalogue of ten critically-acclaimed albums.
He has recorded with veterans and younger Jazz players alike, formed and
recorded with his Latin ensemble Crisol and even appeared on Voodoo,
R&B star D'Angelo's chart-topping album.
Tickets are now on sale for Directions in Music at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday,
February 9, 8:00 PM. For tickets or more information, call (800)
300-4345 or go online to www.cerritoscenter.com.
Event:
Directions in Music: Our Times
Featuring
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove with
Scott Colley and Terri Lyne Carrington
Theater:
Cerritos Center
for the Performing Arts
12700 Center
Court Drive,
Cerritos
Date:
Wednesday, February 9, 8:00 PM
Ticket Prices: $50/$40/$25
Ticket Information: Tickets
available only at the Cerritos
Center for the Performing
Arts Ticket Office, at www.cerritoscenter.com or by calling (800)
300-4345.