The Ridgefield Playhouse jazz series schedule

Here is news from THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE in Ridgefield Connecticut;


Tommy Emmanuel
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 8:00pm
The Guinness Black Lager Rock Series
Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel is on of Australia's most respected musicians.   The legendary guitarist has a professional career that spans five decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world.  Blazing, flawless, and spectacular are how you describe his  performances – it’s what has taken him from the wild Down Under to the world's most charismatic, soulful and technically brilliant fingerstyle guitar player. His unique “finger style” is akin to playing guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. Rather than using a whole band for melody, rhythm, bass, and drum parts, Tommy plays all that – at once – and on one guitar.
Ticket Price: $50.00
 

Medeski Martin & Wood
Wed, 10/10/2012 - 8:00pm
An Acoustic Evening with Medeski, Martin & Wood
  "Wide open" is the phrase John Medeski uses to describe his bandmates’ musical sensibilities, the attitude he seeks in himself and the spirit of musical adventure that Medeski Martin & Wood have pursued for two decades. The trio’s amalgam of jazz, funk and a million other musical currents and impulses is nearly impossible to classify, which is just how they like it.
  The trio is made up of Medeski’s keyboard excursions, Chris Wood’s hard-charging bass lines and Billy Martin’s supple, danceable beats. They music has come to resemble a single organism, moving gracefully between genre-defying compositions and expansive improvisation atop a relentless groove.
Ticket Price: $45.00

Pat Metheny Unity Band
 Thu, 10/11/2012 - 8:00pm

An Evening of Wine and Jazz Sponsored by 109 Cheese and Wine- Enjoy a free wine tasting in the lobby at 7:15pm
  Winner of 19 Grammy Awards, jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is considered one of the brightest stars in the jazz community.  It is one thing to attain popularity as a musician, but it is another to receive the kind of acclaim Metheny has garnered from critics and peers. Over the years, Metheny has won countless polls as "Best Jazz Guitarist" and awards, including three gold records for (Still Life) Talking, Letter from Home, and Secret Story. Pat has put together a killer band for this new project called THE PAT METHENY UNITY BAND. The lineup for this project is sax great Chris Potter, PMG and PM Trio drummer, Antonio Sanchez and great young bassist Ben Williams.

Ticket Price: $85.00


Spyro Gyra
Fri, 10/26/2012 - 8:00pm
An Evening of Wine and Jazz courtesy of No.109 Cheese and Wine
Enjoy a free wine tasting in the lobby at 7:15pm
Another great evening of wine and jazz!  Spyro Gyra  have performed over five thousand shows, released twenty-nine albums (not counting “Best Of…” compilations) selling over ten million albums while also achieving one platinum and two gold albums. These upcoming milestones include 2012, which is thirty-five years since their first album release and 2014 will be forty years as a band. They show little sign of wanting to slow down either, gaining Grammy® nominations for each of their last four albums.
Ticket Price: $55
 

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 80 East Ridge
 Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877
203.438.5795
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