JAZZ ROOTS – A Larry Rosen Jazz Series: A TWIST OF JOBIM – A TRIBUTE TO ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
Lee Ritenour, Daniel Jobim, Luiza Jobim, Dave Grusin and special guest Joao Bosco
April 11, 2014 at 8 p.m.
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month in April, the grand finale concert of the JAZZ ROOTS 2013-14 season will celebrate the phenomenal artistry of ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM – the prolific Brazilian composer/musician who introduced bossa nova to the world with “The Girl from Ipanema.” One of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, JOBIM’s bossa nova style influenced and inspired his contemporaries as well as musicians today. Miami will be transformed into Rio when two generations of JOBIM’s family, including his daughter/singer LUIZA JOBIM and grandson/pianist DANIEL JOBIM, along with Brazilian vocal star JOAO BOSCO perform extraordinary renditions of time-honored tunes from the JOBIM songbook such as “Desafinado,” “Corcovado,” “Dindi,” “Waters of March,” and “Chega de Suadade,” many of which have been recorded by the international royalty of popular music. Also featured on this historic concert will be the multi-Platinum guitar master LEE RITENOUR, who started his professional career with Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes, plus Academy Award-winning composer/arranger and pianist DAVE GRUSIN. Longtime artistic collaborators RITENOUR and GRUSIN have recorded several projects together, including the Grammy-winning Brazilian album, Harlequin, and the multi-artist tribute recording, A Twist of Jobim.
JAZZ ROOTS – A Larry Rosen Jazz Series was co-created by the Adrienne Arsht Center in 2008 in collaboration with music industry entrepreneur Larry Rosen, and is currently celebrating its fifth anniversary season. As part of this groundbreaking series, the Arsht Center has presented a rich variety of thematically-based concerts exploring the spectrum of jazz. With six concerts annually, the series has featured hundreds of the greatest living jazz artists/ensembles on the scene today, in addition to introducing Miami audiences to rising stars and local talent. JAZZ ROOTS has showcased every unique style and incarnation of jazz – from Latin jazz and fusion to bossa nova and straight ahead, as well as presented tribute programs honoring American icons Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. Since its inception, the series has drawn more than 50,000 jazz lovers to the Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall for memorable evenings with such jazz superstars as George Benson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, Michael Feinstein, Dave Grusin, Keith Jarrett, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, and Sonny Rollins, as well as world-class ensembles, including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the Count Basie Orchestra, and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. Miami has never before seen a jazz series of this magnitude and success. Quincy Jones has heralded JAZZ ROOTS as “the most important new jazz and educational series in America!” This history-making series has sold-out more than two dozen concerts since it was launched five years ago.
JAZZ ROOTS also features JAZZ ROOTS: SOUND CHECK, an in-depth educational partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools which has brought approximately 5,000 high school music students to the Center for a complimentary and unique behind-the-scenes experience including: a pre-concert sound check; a Q&A session with featured artists followed by a workshop with a local jazz expert that will highlight the music, the artistic process and the practical skills needed for a career in the arts; and free entry to the evening’s performance. The Jazz Roots education program is made possible in part by individual contributions from members of the Jazz Education Encore Circle.
WPBT Channel 2 and WLRN 91.3 FM are media sponsors of JAZZ ROOTS. The JAZZ ROOTS series is also sponsored in part by Steinway & Sons, the official piano of the Adrienne Arsht Center.
*All programs, artists, ticket prices, availability, dates and times are subject to change without notice. Visit www.arshtcenter.org