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Jazz Piano Showcase Festival at Klavierhaus
JAZZHAUS AT KLAVIERHAUS
NEW YORK, NY
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Jazz Piano Showcase Festival at Klavierhaus
4 days and nights.In the heart of New York City.

Day One, we present compelling piano masters, including

12 noon URI CAINE
We are absolutely thrilled to announce the inclusion of heavyweight pianist Uri Caine in the NYC Jazz Piano Festival.

Uri was born in Philadelphia and began studying piano with Bernard Peiffer and composition with George Rochberg when he was a teenager. He played in bands led by Philly Joe Jones,Hank Mobley,Johnny Coles,Mickey Roker,Odean Pope and Grover Washington. He attended the University Of Pennsylvania and studied music composition with  George Rochberg and George Crumb.

Since moving to New York in 1985,Caine has recorded 33 albums as a leader.Recent Cds include Space Kiss (2017) with the Lutoslawski Quartet (816 Music), Calibrated Thickness (2016)-816 Music) with his piano trio, and Callithump (Winter and Winter 2015)playing his solo piano compositions.He has recorded projects with his ensemble performing arrangements of Mahler, Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, Schumann and Bachs Goldberg Variations. He also leads an acoustic trio that has made several recordings including Live at the Village Vanguard (Winter and Winter) as well as his electric Bedrock trio. He was nominated for a Grammy award for the Othello Syndrome (Winter and Winter) in 2009.

   Recent compositions include Agent Orange(2017) written for the Brussels Philharmonic and 4 Wunderhorn Songs (2017) written for the SWF Orchestra. Caine composed The Passion of Octavius Catto for the Philadelphia Orchestra with gospel choir celebrating the life of murdered Philadelphia civil rights leader Octavius Catto and Hamsa for the Swedish Chamber Orchestra based on Bachs 5th Brandenburg Concerto. Caine has also received commissions to compose music for the American Composers Orchestra, the Vienna Volksoper, the BBC concert orchestra,Concerto Koln, The Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Arditi Quartet and The Beaux Arts Trio among others.He was the Composer in Residence fro the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for 3 years and has performed his version of the Diabelli Variations with orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.Caine was the Director of The Venice Bienalle in 2003.
During the past several years Caine has worked in groups  led by Don Byron, Dave Douglas, John Zorn, Arto Lindsay, Terry Gibbs and Buddy DeFranco, Sam Rivers, Barry Altschul, the Woody Herman band and the Master Musicians of Jajouka. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Foundation and the USA Artist Fellowships. He has performed at many festivals including the North Sea Jazz festival, the Monterey Jazz festival, the Montreal Jazz festival and the Newport Jazz festival as well as classical festivals like the Salzburg festival, the Munich Opera, Holland Festival, IRCAM and Great Performers at Lincoln Center.
He lives in New York City with his wife Jan.


130pm  A BU
Born in Beijing in 1999, A Bu stands out as one of the most promising pianists of the Chinese jazz scene. At age 4 he started to play and study classical piano. While entering Chinas most the Central Conservatory of Music at age 9, A Bu began to approach improvisation and soon developed a high interest in playing jazz. At age 15 A Bu won the First Prize & Audience Choice of the prestigious Montreux Jazz Solo Piano Competition (2015 edition). A Bu has appeared multiple times at the International Jazz Day Global Concert, where he is invited by the UNESCO and Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz to share the stage with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller, Igor Butman, Till Brönner, Ben Williams, Brian Blade and many international jazz stars. Until now A Bu has played at some of the worlds most well-known music venues including the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Foundation Louis Vuitton and made debuts at Montreux Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival, JZ Festival, and other international jazz festivals. Taking the quality of a professional classical pianist and influence of jazz idioms, A Bu plays in a lyrical style with clarity and exquisite sense. His original music also emphasis his oriental identity. He is currently enrolled at The Juilliard School, pursuing a degree in classical piano performance under distinguished pianist Mr. Hung-Kuan Chen.

3pm  MiIKI YAMANAKA
 33-year old Japanese-born pianist Miki Yamanaka has called New York City home since 2012 and in the past decade has wasted no time establishing herself as one of the leading personalities of her generation on the piano and beyond. Critics laud her light, expressive touch and solidly crafted, mainstream approach - Mike Jurkovic (All About Jazz), while audiences delight in not only her playing, but her vibrant personality as well. Yamanaka has gained international recognition from her albums as a leader; her most recent and most intimate release, Stairway to the Stars (Outside In Music), features Jazz masters Mark Turner and Orlando le Fleming. Additionally, Miki has emerged as a leader of the New York Scene via her notable residencies at mainstay West Village sister clubs Smalls and Mezzrow. During the pandemic, she developed a successful in-home live-streaming weekly concert series cleverly titled Mikis Mood where she features a veritable whos who of NYC talent (including her husband and frequent collaborator - drummer Jimmy Macbride). The series showcases her vast knowledge of Jazz standards and tunes, often featuring themed offerings of various composers from both the Great American Songbook as well as iconic Jazz composers.
   As a sideman, Yamanaka has worked with Jazz luminaries such as alto saxophonist Antonio Hart who posits Miki will be recognized as one of the most exceptional artists of her generation, as she is already one of the most talented and dedicated musicians from Japan. Other notable bands she currently works in include the Philip Harper Quintet and the Roxy Coss Quintet. One of her most respected mentors on piano and organ (Yamanaka also performs on organ frequently), Larry Goldings, once mused, If only I could have Miki Yamanaka comp behind me! - a compliment of the highest order from one master pianist to another. She has a myriad of glowing reviews from her recorded work and the iconic Downbeat Jazz magazine has repeatedly awarded her albums high marks.
    On top of her exciting work as a bandleader in New York and abroad, Miki can often be found out and about most nights, where her infectious smile and gregarious nature engender fast friends in every audience she encounters. She has many hobbies, including cooking, knitting, and perhaps most visibly, her penchant for wearing her vast collection of kimonos on her gigs, proudly representing her heritage and culture night after night as she dazzles audiences around the world.

430pm  YAYOI IKAWA
Born in Tokyo, Japan, but raised musically in New York, Yayoi is an experience in ingenuity and compassion. As a pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader, Yayoi has worked in many countries. Being exposed to diverse music scene in New York after moving from Japan, Yayoi quickly adopted herself in various styles of music such as Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Soul, Classical and World music. After completing her studies at New School where she received the Henry and Gill Block scholarship, Yayoi was a faculty member at the International Jazz and Dance Academy in Slovenia along with her mentor Reggie Workman in 2003 and 2004.

After recording a straight ahead jazz piano trio on Nippon Crown release Angel Eyes in 2004, she self produced Color of Dreams in 2005 displaying her original compositions. Yayoi has toured nationally as well as internationally with her groups, and appeared International Jazz festivals in Japan, Italy, Haiti, France, Slovenia, and Costa Rica. In 2008, Yayoi started The Bridge Project to create musical dialogue between New York and Tokyo musicians in an experimental environment. In 2009, the project toured in Costa Rica through a sponsorship of U.S. Embassy. In 2018, Yayoi was invited to participate in Piano Kon Sa Ka Ekri, a piano festival in Martinique. She started to collaborate with local musicians immediately, and the project performed at Première Rencontre Autour du Piano in Guadeloupe. In 2019, Yayois bridge project featuring Hatian vocalist Emeline Michel was featured in Sakura Matsuri, a celebration of Japanese culture in Brooklyn Botanical Garden. While working towards her master degree at NYU, Yayois orchestra work for film was premiered at Lincoln Center in 2007. As a composer and arranger, Yayoi received commissions from Modern Music Society of Tokyo, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Montreal based sculpture David Baumflek.

Yayoi has worked with such legendary artists as Reggie Workman, Michael Carvin, Howard Johnson, Michal Urbaniak, Butch Morris, Craig Harris, Lenny Pickett, Frank Lacy, Lonnie Plaxico, Fostina Dixon, Salim Washington, Emeline Michel, James Germain, Daniel Bernard Roumain, The Meditations, Kaissa etc. Yayoi is a music director at First Baptist Church in Piscataway NJ, and a jazz piano instructor at City College of New York, Brooklyn College. She also holds a bachelors degree in International Studies from International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan.




6pm DAVE BURRELL
Distinguished composer-pianist Dave Burrell is an African-American performing artist of singular stature on the international contemporary music scene. His dynamic compositions with blues and gospel roots recall the tradition of Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson and Duke Ellington, as well as avant garde composers Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.

Dave and his parents moved from Harlem, New York to Hawaii in 1946. After majoring in music at the University of Hawaii, he enrolled at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts graduating with degrees in composition/arranging and performance in 1965. He moved back to New York City, where he quickly established himself as one of the most innovative and original pianists, collaborating with the emerging leaders in contemporary jazz, joining the groups of alto saxophonist Marion Brown, and tenor saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp.


7:30  ARTURO O'FARRILL
Pianist, composer, and educator Arturo O'Farrill was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Arturos professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte.

In 2007, he founded the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance, education, and preservation of Afro Latin music. Learn more about ALJA here: http://www.afrolatinjazz.org

In December 2010 Arturo traveled with the original Chico OFarrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra to Cuba, returning his fathers musicians to his homeland. He continues to travel to Cuba regularly as an informal Cultural Ambassador, working with Cuban musicians, dancers, and students, bringing local musicians from Cuba to the US and American musicians to Cuba.

Arturo has performed with orchestras and bands including his own Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and Arturo OFarrill Sextet, as well as other Orchestras and intimate ensembles in the US, Europe, Russia, Australia, and South America.

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JAZZHAUS AT KLAVIERHAUS (View)
790 11th Avenue
NEW YORK, NY 10019
United States

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Online / Streaming / Virtual
Arts > Performance
Music > Jazz

Minimum Age: 15
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: Yes!
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