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02/05 Sunday
10:00 AM Yoga with Natalie
10:00 - 11:15 - Gentle/Beginner
11:30 - 12:45 - Vinyasa
4:00 PM NatSat Duo
Natsuki Tamura – trumpet
Satoko Fujii – piano
The wife-husband team from Japan was simply brilliant. Though their work has a fair amount of compositional structure, it consistently reveals a wide-open and unpredictable nature that makes its performance a thrilling ride for the listener.”―Steve Feeney, Portland Press Herald
“Our pick for the best of the fest… Fujii has a way of pulling the most powerful and expressive sounds out of the piano… And the pair is better than the sum of its parts. Intuition and communication like that is rare.” ― Adam Kinner, The Montreal Gazette
Since 1997, Tamura and Fujii’s powerful collaboration has enlightened and engaged listeners. Their repertoire ranges from total improvisation to Tamura’s deeply beautiful, world-music influenced compositions and Fujii’s compositions with their complicating meter, line, and harmony. With just two instruments, they can sound like anything from a quiet Japanese traditional song to the blast of a crazy large ensemble. They have wowed audiences at jazz festivals in London, Vancouver, and Montreal, and other around the world.
6:00 PM Gabriela Martinez
Gabriela Martina
Incredible songwriting, arranging and musicianship, smooth flowing vocals, passion, honesty, and soul. Gabriela Martina and company delivers all this and more on Curiosity, her first offering to a music world in waiting. Featuring the talented lineup of Alex Bailey on drums, Kyle Miles on bass, Jussi Reijonen on guitar, and pianist Jiri Nedoma, this May 2010 release is a powerful collection of Gabriela's thoughts on many aspects of the human experience.
On "Ain't Nobody", smoky, sultry vocals glide over a tight rhythm section in this soulful declaration of love and appreciation. Contemplative guitar chords join with playful vocals to draw us completely into "Like a Seed in the Earth", during the opening lines. Add to this, lush harmonies supported by the perfect percussion and piano accents, and you end up feeling all the colors of the emotional rainbow. Growth, love, joy, longing, despair, and
...curiosity.
The upbeat "Narcissus" reflects a journey of inner-strength, freedom and liberation. While "My Best Smile for You" comes across as more of a sassy, funky reassurance of friendship, love, and steadfastness. "Catch Me a Star", rounds out this musical experience with a passionate, tribal groove which are a perfect match to the warm, rich vocals of Ms. Gabriela Martina.
9:00 PM Brother Sun Sister Moon
Brother Sun Sister Moon is a collective group of musicians from the New England Conservatory who's main goal is to cultivate a collective musical experience between the group and the audience. Set will include original compositions by members of group, as well as compositions by Dave Liebman and well known standards. Members of the group have had experience playing and studying with: Alan Pasque, Cecil McBee, Victor Lewis, George Cables, Billy Hart, Bryan Lynch, and Craig Handy, Pat Martino, Vic Juris, Jonathan Kreisberg, and Jack Wilkins.
Members include:
Christian Contreras-Saxophone
Vaughn Stoffey-Guitar
Isaac Wilson-Piano
Matt Stavrakas-Bass
Tcheser Holmes-Drums