POLYRHYTHMS PRESENTS LAURENCE HOBGOOD
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2018 6:00 PM
REDSTONE ROOM
$10 OR $15 FOR RESERVED/VIP SEATING
December 9th, POLYRHYTHMS Third Sunday Jazz Workshop & Matinee
Series and Quad City Arts co-sponsor the signature swing of the
LAURENCE HOBGOOD TRIO AT THE REDSTONE ROOM, in the RME, on
the corner of 2nd & Main, in DAVENPORT. A Jazz Demystifying
master class begins at 3 pm, and is followed by a matinee concert
from 6 – 8 pm.
Pianist LAURENCE HOBGOOD is joined by bassist, Matt Clohesy and Jared
Schonig on drums. This trio exhibits “…_power without noise,
energy without haste, drama without overstatement.” _ CHICAGO
TRIBUNE
Contemporary virtuoso pianist, collaborator, composer, arranger,
producer, educator, multiple Grammy® nominee and 2010
Grammy® winner LAURENCE HOBGOOD HAS ENJOYED A MULTI-faceted and
dynamic career. Recognized for his dazzling piano technique and his
signature style of composing and arranging, he's been transporting
audiences both at home and abroad for over thirty years.
Early on, his family’s move to Urbana when his father accepted a
position at University of Illinois, is when LAURENCE TRANSITIONED TO
STUDYING JAZZ -- and never looked back.
It would be an understatement to say that the jazz/music scene at U.
of I. during these formative years was amazingly fertile and had a
huge impact on LAURENCE'S MUSICAL DIRECTION AND PHILOSOPHY.
Urbana's proximity to Chicago led him there in 1988 and he was quickly
absorbed into the scene, playing in groups with legendary Chicago
musicians such as Von Freeman, Paul Wertico, Ed Peterson, Fareed
Haque, Wilbur "the Chief" Campbell and Eddie Johnson. He also
encountered a young, yet unknown singer named Kurt Elling.)
The Chicago Tribune honored him as a 1995 Chicagoan Of The Year in the
Arts. That same year, Elling's first CD, _Close Your Eyes,_ released
by Blue Note (and which HOBGOOD PRODUCED, played on and wrote for)
garnered a Grammy® nomination, a pattern which continued with every
project Elling released throughout their eighteen-year collaboration.
2009’s _Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane
and Hartman_, recorded live at Lincoln Center, won the 2010
Grammy® Award for Best Vocal Jazz Record, with HOBGOOD RECEIVING ONE
OF THE COVETED STATUES FOR HIS WORK AS PRODUCER.
In 2003, HOBGOOD RECEIVED ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award
[https://www.ascap.com/press/2003/deems_121003.aspx], given for
outstanding music journalism, for his article 'The Art Of The Trio'
published by JazzTimes magazine.
It’s easy to hear similarities between LAURENCE HOBGOOD’s piano
and that of Brad Mehldau, who shares primary influences (Keith Jarrett
and Bill Evans). But HOBGOOD, differentiates himself via another
cluster of inspirations: Oscar Peterson, Nat “King” Cole and his
own father, theater director Burnet Mclean. These and other mentors
are the focus of his radiant trio record “Honor Thy Fathers.”
HOBGOOD’s 2013 release _Christmas_ (Circumstantial) was chosen by
both the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune as one of the top
Holiday CDs of the year. In the New York Times, Nate Chinen wrote:
_For most of this beautifully recorded album, he’s alone at the
piano, unspooling solemn reveries after the example of his north star,
Keith Jarrett. _
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