Tucson Jazz Festival

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Join us for the Tucson Jazz Festival 2025!!

Schedule of Events:

6:30 Pm: Caity Gyorgy

Two Seatings For All Century Room Shows, 6:30pm And 8:30pm
About The Artist

Caity Gyorgy (Pronounced George) Is A 2 Time Juno Award Winning Canadian Vocalist Known For Singing Bebop And Swing Music. She Has Performed At Jazz Clubs And Festivals Across Canada, Mexico, Japan And The Usa And Has Worked And Recorded With Incredible Musicians Including Christine Jensen, Pat Labarbera, Jocelyn Gould, Ira Coleman, Bryn Roberts And Joe Labarbera, To Name A Few.

In Addition To Being A Performer, Caity Is An Avid Writer And Composes Songs In The Style Of The Great American Songbook. Her Compositions Have Been Sung By Other Vocalists Around The World, And Have Won Multiple Awards Including The Grand Prize In The Jazz Category Of The 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. She Is Also A Sought After Clinician And Is Currently On Faculty As A Vocal Jazz Instructor At The Yukon Summer Music Camp In Whitehorse, Yukon And The Interprovincial Music Camp In Mckellar, Ontario.

She Is Currently Signed To Brooklyn Label La Reserve Records And Has Released Several Albums Of Original And Standard Music With Them Including Her Two Juno Award Winning Albums "Now Pronouncing" And "Featuring" And Her Juno Nominated Album With Pianist Mark Limacher Titled "You're Alike, You Two".

Her Upcoming Album "Hello! How Are You?" Features Caity Accompanied By Her Regular Piano Trio And Will Be Released On August 9th, 2024.

Performers In Her Band Include:

Anthony D'alessandro - Piano
Thomas Hainbuch - Bass
Jacob Wutzke - Drums

Location: The Century Room, 311 E Congress St, Tucson, Az 85701

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7:30 Pm: Charles Lloyd Ocean Trio Feat. Gerald Clayton And Anthony Wilson

About The Artist

Nea Jazz Masters And Recipient Of The Ordre De Chevalier Des Arts Et Lettres, Charles Lloyd, Continues To Elevate The Art Form With Each Performance And Recording. Born In Memphis, Tennessee March 15, 1938. From An Early Age, Lloyd Was Immersed In That City's Rich Musical Life And Was Exposed To Jazz. He Began Playing The Saxophone At The Age Of 9. Pianist Phineas Newborn Became His Mentor, And Took Him To Irvin Reason For Lessons. His Closest Friend In High School Was Trumpeter, Booker Little. Lloyd Worked In Phineas Sr's Band, And Became A Sideman In The Blues Bands Of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Johnnie Ace, Bobbie "Blue" Bland, And Others.

In 1956 Lloyd Moved To Los Angeles And Graduated From The University Of Southern California. During This Period Lloyd Played In Gerald Wilson's Big Band, And Formed His Own Group That Included Billy Higgins, Don Cherry, Bobby Hutcherson, Scott Lafaro, And Terry Trotter. Lloyd Joined Chico Hamilton In 1960. His Influence As A Composer Quickly Pushed The Group In A More Progressive Post-Bop Direction When Hamilton Asked Him To Be The Group's "Music Director." In 1964 Lloyd Left Hamilton's Group To Join Alto Saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. He Recorded Two Albums As A Leader For Columbia Records, Discovery And Of Course, Of Course; His Sidemen Included Gabor Szabo, Don Friedman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, And Pete La Roca. In 1965 Lloyd Formed A Quartet With Pianist, Keith Jarrett, Bassist, Cecil Mcbee, Drummer, Jack Dejohnette. It Was A Meeting Of Of Straight-Ahead Post-Bop, Free Jazz, Rock, And World Music. Their Music Quickly Caught The Attention Of Jazz Fans And Critics. They Achieved Crossover Success With Young Rock Fans And Became The First Jazz Group To Play In The Famed Fillmore. The Album Forest Flower, Live At Monterey, Sold Over One Million Copies.

When Approached By Pianist, Michel Petrucciani In 1981, He Resumed Performing For Two Years To Help Petrucciani Get A Footing On The World Stage, Before Retreating Again To His Secluded Life In Big Sur. Following A Near Death Experience In 1986, Lloyd Decided To Rededicate Himself To Music. In 1989, Lloyd Reestablished An Active Touring Schedule And Began Recording For Ecm Records. Noteworthy Albums Include Fish Out Of Water, Canto, Voice In The Night, The Water Is Wide (Featuring Brad Mehldau, John Abercrombie, Larry Grenadier And Billy Higgins) Sangam With Zakir Hussain And Eric Harland.

His 'New Quartet' With Jason Moran, Piano, Reuben Rogers, Bass And Eric Harland, Drums Has Three Recordings On Ecm; Rabo De Nube (2008 ) Was Voted #1 Recording For The 2008 Jazz Times Reader's And Critic's Poll, And Mirror ( 2010 ) And Passin' Thru On Blue Note Records (2017). Commissioned By Jazztopad In Wroclaw, Poland To Write A New Composition To Premiere At Their 2013 Festival, Lloyd Wrote Wild Man Dance Suite For Piano, Bass, Drums, Cimbalom And Lyra, Released On Blue Note Records In April 2015. Lloyd Formed A New Group Called The Marvels Featuring Bill Frisell On Guitar, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland And Greg Leisz On Steel Guitar. Their First Release I Long To See You (Blue Note 2016) Featured Guest Tracks By Willie Nelson And Norah Jones. Vanished Gardens ( Blue Notes Records 2018 ) Is A Marvels Collaboration With The Great American Singer And Poet, Lucinda Williams.

Jazztopad Festival Created Two Additional And Important Commissions For Lloyd - The 2017 Project Titled Red Waters, Black Sky, Was An Homage To His Great Grandmother Sallie Sunflower Whitecloud, Who Refused To Walk The Trail Of Tears And All Of The Indigenous People Who Had Their Homelands Taken Away From Them. This Multi Media Project, Project Was Written For String Quartet, Choir And The Marvels. The Lush Arrangements Were Written By Michael Gibbs. Lloyd's Wife Dorothy Darr Created The Video That Became The Backdrop For The Performance. In 2019, Jazztopad Requested A New Performance Of The Wildman Dance Suite, This Time With Orchestra. Michael Gibbs, Again, Wrote The Arrangements And The Resulting Performance Was A Resounding Success.

In Celebration Of His 80th Birthday In 2018, Blue Note Records Released A Limited Edition Box Set; 8, Kindred Spirits, Live From The Lobero Featured Fellow Memphian, Booker T. Jones. The Box Set Includes Cd, Lp And Dvd Of The Concert Along With A 96 Page Book Of Photos Commemorating Lloyd's Life And Legacy. His Newest Recording, The Sixth For Blue Note Records (2021) Is Tone Poem, And Once Again, Features The Marvels.

Location: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W Congress St, Tucson, Az 85701

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