LOS ANGELES—In 2005/06, UCLA

Live presents a mix of top-quality jazz events featuring such acknowledged

masters as the intriguing pianist Alice Coltrane, widow of John and a

star in her own right, performing the world premiere of live music from her first album in 26 years,

with L.A.

favorite the Dwight Trible Quintet opening. Other jazz legends to appear in concert are

pioneer pianist Ahmad Jamal and Grammy-winning bassist Marcus Miller performing

with versatile R&B songstress Lalah Hathaway. Also in the series is a

multi-media tribute concert to Lady Day, Billie Holiday, with an

all-star cast of women including Dianne Reeves, Fontella Bass, Rokia Traoré and Terri Lyne Carrington.

In addition, UCLA Live’s exemplary jazz concerts feature some of today’s

foremost innovators including the Omar Sosa Quartet with special guest

actor/rapper Will Power in a live reprise of their

groundbreaking recordings fusing Afro-Cuban and hip-hop elements.

 

Purchasers

of Series tickets receive priority seating until July 15, 2005, as well as a

substantial discount. To buy tickets and to get additional information, call 310-825-2101

or visit www.UCLALive.org. Single event tickets and Choose

Your Own Subscriptions go on sale July 18, and at that time will also be available

at Ticketmaster.

 

UCLA

Live’s 05/06 Jazz Calendar

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Saturday, Oct. 22: The

Omar Sosa Quartet highlights the sophisticated Latin-urban jazz of Cuban

pianist Sosa reunited with the hip-hop esthetic of special guest Will Power

in a “Roots Trilogy Reunion Concert” celebrating their earlier recordings.

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Tuesday, Oct. 25: Grammy-award-winning bassist Marcus Miller, who has played with such greats as Miles Davis, George Benson and

Chaka Khan, makes his UCLA Live debut

in a double bill with the beguiling R&B songstress Lalah

Hathaway.

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Friday, Oct. 28: In “Billie & Me” with Dianne

Reeves, Fontella Bass, Rokia Traoré,

Terri Lyne Carrington, Joan

Osborne and Nancy Wilson (narration) an

extraordinary lineup of women celebrates 20^th century icon Billie

Holiday with live music, film and audio footage.

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Sunday, Nov. 20: Pioneering pianist Ahmad

Jamal’s tightly focused rhythmic and

harmonic innovations have influenced musicians from Miles Davis to Keith

Jarrett.

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Saturday, Feb. 18: Alice Coltrane, in a bill with L.A.’s own Dwight Trible Quintet opening,

returns to the stage in the live world premiere of songs from her new album.

 

UCLA Live’s 05/06 Jazz Lineup—Additional

Information

 

Omar Sosa Quartet with special guest Will Power

“Roots Trilogy Reunion

Concert”

Saturday,

Oct. 22 at 8 p.m.; Royce Hall

Drawing from a musical gene pool of global

styles—from world beat rhythms and Latin jazz to bebop and urban hip-hop—the

sophisticated and thrilling music of Cuban pianist Omar Sosa is truly the

future sound of jazz. Eight years ago Sosa collaborated with Will Power, the

dynamic young actor, rapper and modern-day griot, in a trilogy of

groundbreaking recordings that fused Afro-Cuban elements with Latin jazz and

hip-hop. In this very unique event, Power and Sosa reunite in celebration of

those early recordings.

 

 

Marcus Miller

Lalah Hathaway

Tuesday,

Oct. 25 at 8 p.m., Royce Hall

With his “supercharged, volcanic and mind

blowing” bass-playing [NPR], Marcus Miller has earned great acclaim for

his solo albums and as a standout session player with the likes of Miles Davis,

David Sanborn, George Benson, Chaka Khan and many others. Following the success

of his 2001 Grammy-winning album “M²” and his recent release “Silver

Rain,” Miller makes his UCLA Live debut in a double bill with the beguiling and

versatile R&B songstress Lalah Hathaway. Daughter of the great Donny

Hathaway, Lalah’s talent, poise and confidence have been commanding

attention since her debut recording in 1990.

 

Billie

& Me:

Dianne Reeves, Fontella

Bass, Rokia Traoré, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joan Osborne and Nancy Wilson

(narration)

Friday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m., Royce Hall

This extraordinary lineup of women musicians

celebrates Billie Holiday, one of the most influential figures in music and a

20^th century icon. Live performances, readings and interpretations

of Lady Day’s repertoire combine with a tapestry of stories told through film

and audio footage, taking audiences on a journey from her humble beginnings to

life on the road and as a solo artist.

 

Ahmad

Jamal

Sunday,

Nov. 20 at 8 p.m., Royce Hall

A bona fide legend whose rhythmic innovations,

gorgeous harmonies and groundbreaking use of space and silence, tension

and release, have inspired instrumentalists from Miles Davis to

Keith Jarrett, pianist Ahmad Jamal remains a powerful creative force in jazz

music and one of the most exciting keyboard artists alive.

 

Alice Coltrane

Dwight Trible Quintet

Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m., Royce Hall

Lauded

as a great instrumentalist and bandleader in her own right, the pianist and widow

of the late jazz master John Coltrane recently released her first album in 26

years. Continuing her husband’s investigations of Eastern and Indian music, the

“Translinear Light” recording showcases the “undiminished brio that Coltrane

brings to the keyboard” particularly her ethereal Wurlitzer organ and

synthesizer playing. A truly unexpected album” [The New Yorker].  Coltrane makes her much anticipated return to

the stage at UCLA Live with the world premiere of songs from her new album.

Local vocal talent Dwight Trible and his group will open.

 

Tickets for UCLA Live’s Jazz

and other Series may be purchased in person at the UCLA Central Ticket

Office at the southwest corner of the James West Alumni Center,

by calling 310-825-2101, or online at www.UCLALive.org. Purchasers of

Series tickets receive priority seating until July 15, 2005, as well as a

substantial discount. Single event tickets and Choose Your Own Subscriptions

will go on sale July 18, 2005, and at

that time are also available at Ticketmaster. UCLA students may also

purchase discounted tickets in advance. Student rush tickets at the same price,

subject to availability, are offered to all students with a valid i.d. one hour

prior to show time.

 

Press images are available at http://files.performingarts.ucla.edu/0506images/

 

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Live

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producer and presenter of music, dance, theater and spoken word, bringing

hundreds of outstanding and provocative artists to Los Angeles each year. From the ancient to

the modern, the local to the global, and the underground to the world-renowned,

UCLA Live is committed to supporting the development of new and existing work

by both major and emerging artists. Lectures, residencies, and extensive

outreach programs expand the impact of its unparalleled performances.

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