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Spring jazz performances coming to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Posted 1/20/23

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts still has more jazz to come to its stage this spring, including a celebration of Preservation Hall’s 60th anniversary on Tuesday, March 7. …

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Concerts

Spring jazz performances coming to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

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Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts still has more jazz to come to its stage this spring, including a celebration of Preservation Hall’s 60th anniversary on Tuesday, March 7.

“We are elated to present a wide range of jazz this spring, in hopes that folks will find something they know and love but are also persuaded to explore something fresh and new,” said Abbey Messmer, programming director for the performing arts. “Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Glenn Miller Orchestra are legacy groups grounding the series while multitalented innovator Christian McBride and his New Jawn band experiment with a cordless concept.”

Starting off the spring jazz performances, Christian McBride’s New Jawn invites audiences on Friday, Feb. 3, to a show full of jazz, R&B, pop-rock, hip-hop, neo-soul and classical. McBride is an eight-time Grammy-winning bassist, composer and bandleader, as well as educator and advocate as the artistic director of Jazz House KiDS and the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Summer Sessions.

On Friday, March 3, Grammy-nominated artists Pedrito Martinez and Alfredo Rodriguez will take listeners on a journey through a variety of moods and influences.

“Two of Cuba’s most exciting artists, classical piano prodigy Alfredo Rodriquez and percussionist Pedrito Martinez, return to Scottsdale for a third time since performing La Gran Fiesta in 2016, then Discover Cuba Series in 2018,” Messmer said. “In 2023, they’ll bring Cuban classics and original compositions to our stage.”

Preservation Hall Jazz Band makes a stop in Scottsdale on Tuesday, March 7, during its nationwide tour to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary. Preservation Hall is a room dedicated to keeping the past and future of jazz alive, giving audiences the experience of channeling their ancestors through the music and culture they’ve inherited from them.

“Touring is a part of our ritual,” said Ben Jaffe, creative director of Preservation Hall. “It’s our tradition. People come to Preservation Hall and have transformative experiences, and that’s part of our mission: To go out in the world and make that experience available to people.”

The Glenn Miller Orchestra presents seven decades of hits in its signature sound on Sunday, March 12. Founded by the legendary Glenn Miller, the group has toured around the world, had several NBC sustaining broadcasts and is featured in the feature film “The Glenn Miller Story.”

The 2022–23 season ends with Joshua Redman 3×3 on Thursday, May 4. Joshua Redman is a Grammy-nominated American jazz saxophonist and composer, who has performed alongside musical icons such as The Dave Matthews Band, Yo Yo Ma, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and Quincey Jones. His latest project is a celebration of the power of three — the music of three iconic jazz composers interpreted in the classic trio format of saxophone, bass and drums.

“Later this spring, we come back to iconic jazz with Joshua Redman’s 3x3 program, featuring Ellington, Monk and Shorter,” Messmer said. “It’s a nice arc of options, and our theater is a great room to hear music, so we look forward to celebrating the many forms of jazz with all the music lovers out there.”

All concerts will take place in the Virginia G. Piper Theater at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St. in Scottsdale. Ticket prices vary by show. Visit ScottsdalePerformingArts.org/events or call Scottsdale Arts Guest Services at 480-499-8587 for more information.

Scottsdale Arts is continually striving to increase accessibility offerings to provide enriching arts opportunities for everyone in the community. For more information about services, visit ScottsdalePerformingArts.org/visit/accessibility.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts would like to thank the following partners for the 2022–23 season: City of Scottsdale; Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust; Great American Title Agency; Tiffany & Bosco; National Endowment for the Arts; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation; Dr. David and Joan Goldfarb Trust; The Dayton Fowler Grafman Endowment for Classical Music; Betty Hum and Alan Yudell; Mountain Shadows Resort; Karen and John Voris; Hotel Adeline; Hotel Valley Ho; Sacks Tierney P.A.; Theodore R Stephan Endowment for Student Matinees; WESTAF/TourWest; Bank of America; Ethelyn Cohen, In Memory of Howard Cohen; Renewal by Andersen; Elise and Dan Parish; and Arizona Commission on the Arts.