Ben Sidran Quartet
8.6.24
KL
18.00
English below
Som pianist, producer, sanger og komponist har han indspillet mere end tredive soloalbum, inklusive den Grammy-nominerede koncert for Garcia Lorca, og produceret optagelser for så kendte kunstnere som Van Morrison, Diana Ross, Michael Franks, Rickie Lee Jones, Mose Allison og Steve Miller.
Ben Sidran er bredt anerkendt som vært for National Public Radios skelsættende jazzserie "Jazz Alive", der modtog en Peabody Award, og som vært for VH-1 tv's "New Visions"-serie, der modtog Ace Award for bedste musikserie.
Som pianist, producer, sanger og komponist har han indspillet mere end tredive soloalbum, inklusive den Grammy-nominerede koncert for Garcia Lorca, og produceret optagelser for så kendte kunstnere som Van Morrison, Diana Ross, Michael Franks, Rickie Lee Jones, Mose Allison og Steve Miller (som han skrev hitsangen "Space Cowboy" sammen med).
Han er komponist af soundtracket til den anerkendte film Hoop Dreams og scorede dokumentaren Vietnam: Long Time Coming, som vandt både Aspen Film Festival-publikumsprisen og en Emmy.
Sidran har forfattet to bøger om emnet jazz, Black Talk, musikkens kulturhistorie, og Talking Jazz, en række samtaler med inspirerende musikere. Han har en ph.d. i amerikanske studier fra Sussex University, Brighton, England, men har flittigt undgået det akademiske liv og foretrækker i stedet at bruge sin tid på at optræde, producere og skrive.
Hans seneste værker omfatter erindringsbogen, A Life in the Music, den banebrydende tekst There Was a Fire: Jews, Music and the American Dream og The Ballad Of Tommy LiPuma sammen med optagelserne Picture Him Happy og Swing State.
English:
Ben Sidran is widely recognized as the host of National Public Radio’s landmark jazz series “Jazz Alive”, which received a Peabody Award, and as the host of VH-1 television’s “New Visions” series, which received the Ace Award for best music series.
A pianist, producer, singer and composer, he has recorded more than thirty solo albums, including the Grammy nominated Concert for Garcia Lorca, and produced recordings for such noted artists as Van Morrison, Diana Ross, Michael Franks, Rickie Lee Jones, Mose Allison and Steve Miller (with whom he co-wrote the hit song “Space Cowboy”).
He is the composer of the soundtrack for the acclaimed film Hoop Dreams, and scored the documentary Vietnam: Long Time Coming, which won both the Aspen Film Festival audience award and an Emmy. Sidran has authored two books on the subject of jazz, Black Talk, a cultural history of the music, and Talking Jazz, a series of conversations with inspirational musicians.
He holds a PhD. in American Studies from Sussex University, Brighton, England, but has studiously avoided the academic life, preferring instead to spend his time performing, producing and writing.
His latest works include the memoir, A Life in the Music, the groundbreaking text There Was a Fire: Jews, Music and the American Dream, and The Ballad Of Tommy LiPuma, along with the recordings Picture Him Happy and Swing State.
Dato
8. juni 2024
Tidspunkt
18.00
Dørene åbner
18.00
Pris
330 (stud 50% i dør)
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