John Beasley

Tune In Today – International Jazz Day

May 2nd, 2013 | No Comments


	Webcast of Concert Live from Istanbul

Istanbul: 9pm London: 7pm NewYork: 2pm Los Angeles: 11am Japan: 3am/May01http://jazzday.com

Hosted by Herbie Hancock, UNESCO and the Thelonious Monk Institute
JOHN BEASLEY, MUSIC DIRECTOR

MUSICIANS

Piano
Herbie Hancock, John Beasley, George Duke, Robert Glasper,
Ramsey Lewis, Keiko Matsui and Eddie Palmieri
Vocals
Rubén Blades, Al Jarreau, Milton Nascimento, Dianne Reeves andJoss Stone; Trumpeters
Terence Blanchard, Imer Demirer and Hugh Masekela; trombonist Alevtina Polyakova
Bass
James Genus, Marcus Miller, Esperanza Spalding and Ben Williams
Drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar
Bilal Karaman, John McLaughlin, Lee Ritenour and Joe Louis Walker
Saxophone
Dale Barlow, Igor Butman, Branford Marsalis, Wayne Shorter and Liu Yuan
Clarinet
Anat Cohen and Husnu Senlendirici
Violin
Jean-Luc Ponty
Percussion
Zakir Hussain and Pedro Martinez
Special Guests
Quincy Jones and Martin Luther King III

SNEAK PREVIEW of the concert
Article about John Beasley as MD for Jazz Day Concert

NPR: A Blog Supreme “Meet the Man Who Assembles the World’s Biggest Jazz Concert by Howard Mandel

SAVE THE CONCERT DATES

MAY 08
Introducing Gabriel Johnson, featuring John Beasley @ Vitello’s

MAY 09

An Evening with Stanley Clarke, Grammy Museum, featuring John Beasley

AUGUST 18
MONK’estra @ Ford Anson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles

AUGUST 22
MONK’estra @ SF JAZZ CENTER

MONK’estra, a 17-piece big modern jazz band, John Beasley Conductor/Arranger

ABC TV Show “Sing Your Face Off”
John Beasley, Music Director (in production May + June)

www.johnbeasleymusic.comJohn Beasley, the one-time keyboardist for Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis, whose playing reflects a variety of generational influences, incorporating the emphatic chordal clusters of Herbie Hancock, the rhythmic quirkiness of Monk and the lush intelligence of Art Tatum into a highly refined personal voice. Los Angeles Times