The Jazzschool Piano Sale
Join NYC-based pianist-composer Mathis Picard in celebrating Live at the Museum, his celebrated sophomore release and debut solo album recorded in January 2019 at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Through Picard's own refined curatorial lens, the music of this album honors the works of the great classical and jazz composers that were influential to Picard's personal musical journey with daring and evocative interpretations of classic pieces, and an impressive array of original compositions.
TWO SHOWS 5:30 (SOLD OUT) & 7:30
Vocalist Christelle Durandy fuses Afro-Caribbean, jazz and other polyrhythmic sounds in a provocative exploration of the African diaspora’s diffuse and powerful musical energy - a multicultural complexity Christelle herself embodies. Backed by her band Sanktet (a play on the French “cinq têtes,” or “five heads''), Christelle draws upon her polyglot background to celebrate and expand the diaspora’s vibrant musical conversation. With Isaac Schwartz (drums), Steve Hogan (Electric bass), Nathan Bickart (piano), Mena Ramos (percussion).
Whatever musical action you take, do it with conviction. ACT, don't just act. Other players must also take action with the same level of conviction. Thus, they reACT, not simply perform a reaction. With Art Lande (piano), Carl Schultz (saxophones), and Tim Wendel (guitar), the interplay of this dynamic is on full display, and from this conviction comes cohesive, melodic, intricate, expressive and compelling music.
