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Helen Sung Presents Quartet+ With Special Guest Violinist Alisa Rose at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest at San Jose Jazz

Courtesy of Kim Gumbel | Posted on August 5, 2021

Where

San Jose Jazz
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest

310 S 1st St
San Jose, CA
Map
408 288-7557

Helen Sung Presents Quartet+ With Special Guest Violinist Alisa Rose at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest at San Jose Jazz

When

Sat, August 14, 2021
7:00 pm

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Musicians

Alisa Rose
violin
John Ellis
saxophone, tenor
Reuben Rogers
bass, acoustic

About

Acclaimed pianist/composer Helen Sung makes her debut at the San Jose Jazz Festival with Quartet+, her latest project and upcoming release on Sunnyside Records (September 2021). Having lived much of her life at the intersection of different worlds — classical and jazz, and as the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants — Helen’s desire to harmonize these worlds with joy and humanity is at the heart of Quartet+, which celebrates women’s artistry and their music. Recorded by Helen’s Quartet with special guest Harlem Quartet, Quartet+ vividly blends the colors and textures of the jazz and classical worlds, taking the listener on a ride through musical time and space with new original compositions and arrangements of works by landmark women including Geri Allen, Mary Lou Williams, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Carla Bley, and Marian McPartland.

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