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    2009 Stanford Jazz Festival - 1959 Revisited

    2009 Stanford Jazz Festival - 1959 Revisited

    Stanford Jazz Workshop

    July 29, 2009

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    1959 was a watershed year in jazz history. Ella Fitzgerald recorded the sublime George and Ira Gershwin Songbook. John Coltrane’s Giant Steps expanded jazz’s harmonic universe into realms of unprecedented complexity, while Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue went the opposite direction, presenting each chord as a discrete entity of abstract beauty. Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz to Come revealed new frontiers of expression by subverting convention, Charles Mingus’s Mingus Ah Um put an avant-garde spin on the sanctified roots of jazz, and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out attracted a new audience with its coolly sophisticated rhythmic grooves. It was an amazingly fertile era when innovation blossomed and jazz was near the peak of its national popularity. 50 years later, the same creative energy and spirit of originality still motivate jazz musicians, and echoes of 1959 can be heard all over. With pianist/violinist Victor Lin as emcee, the outstanding faculty of the Stanford Jazz Workshop will revisit this magical era in jazz to celebrate its sounds and trace the developments of its many styles.

    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: $10-$20

      Info Phone: 650-725-ARTS

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    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      July 29, 2009

      Times:
      7:30pm

    • Venue Info

      Campbell Recital Hall - Stanford University

      541 Lasuen Mall Stanford, CA 94305

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    • Parking Info

      Parking is available in the Tresidder parking lot, along Mayfield Avenue, which includes permit, metered, short-term, and disabled parking. Disabled parking stalls are located on the side of the lot right in front of Braun, adjacent to Dinkelspiel Auditorium.

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