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Legends of the new Era, Gospel soul and Saudade.

Friday 9 July 2010

Legends of the new Era
We look back on the founders of jazz music with nostalgia. However, the younger generation has already given us modern legends, some of whom we will present in Hudson tonight: pianist Jason Moran & the Bandwagon; jazz trumpeter Eric Vloeimans who is highly regarded in the Netherlands as well as abroad; vocalist Kurt Elling and the saxophonists Joshua Redman, who will be joined by his Double Trio, and Chris Potter, who will premiere his music for tentet tonight.

Saturday 10 July 2010

Gospel soul
Many African-American musicians started singing or making music in church when they were young. This makes gospel the most
important African-American musical root for jazz, blues, soul and funk. Lovers of gospel can enjoy the genre in
its purest shape with the performance of Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, drenched in soul with Lee Fields & The Expression, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Macy Gray and, ultimately, with soul legend Al Green, who used to be a reverend and once
had his own church.

Saudade
Thinking back on a happy moment wistfully, this is a short description of the Portuguese word saudade. A melancholy feeling, brought across vocally in the well-known fado. Tonight, it will be interpreted by today’s best-known fado singer: Camané. The expression might be Portuguese in origin, the feeling, however, is universal. You might for instance encounter it in the performances of African-Spanish Concha Buika, African jazz-rock artist Rokia Traore or African-American bluesman Eric Bibb.