Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/12/2020
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
SFJAZZ Center
Category(ies)
- ArtsEarth Partner
- Acoustic
- Americana
- Music
- Blues
- Broadcast
- Ensemble
- Culture
- Folk
- Indie
- International
- Jazz
- Online
- Series
- Women
- Vocal
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ONLINE BROADCAST (Originally recorded FEB 13, 2020)
Original show description below…
Singer, violinist, banjo player, actress, GRAMMY-winner, and founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens returns with music from her new Nonesuch album, There Is No Other. The Greensboro, North Carolina native has assimilated a rich diversity of music traditions, from the country songs of her youth and the world of opera she was immersed in at Ohio’s Oberlin Conservatory to Celtic music and the gamut of African American song styles with roots in the Piedmont and the whole of the rural South. Born out of the success of the trio Sankofa Strings, Carolina Chocolate Drops have rightfully become a global phenomenon, and Giddens remains the group’s sole original member and driving force.
The multi-instrumentalist made a memorable step outside the group with her show-stopping performance at producer T Bone Burnett’s 2013 Town Hall concert, leading to Giddens’ Burnett-produced, GRAMMY-nominated full-length Nonesuch debut, Tomorrow is My Turn. On the heels of her 2017 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” fellowship, her deeply rewarding sophomore album Freedom Highway, and this year’s Songs of Our Native Daughters, her collaborative project with fellow string masters Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell, Giddens returns with There Is No Other. Produced by eminent singer and songwriter Joe Henry, the session traces the movement of sound from Africa and the Middle East to influence the musical traditions of Europe and the Americas, recorded in collaboration with Italian pianist and multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, who joins Giddens for these dates along with bassist Jason Sypher.
- Rhiannon Giddens – violin, banjo, vocals
- Francesco Turrisi – piano, accordion, percussion
- Jason Sypher – bass
For nearly four decades – and especially since the opening of the SFJAZZ Center in 2013 – this organization has worked to honor the ever-changing jazz tradition and to build a community around this unparalleled American art form. And the coronavirus, ironically, has served as a call to action: our hall may be dark right now, but the music is alive, and we intend it to remain so. Fridays at Five is our starting point, responding to the virus in a very “jazz” way – building on decades of hard work at SFJAZZ, while improvising our way to a digital future. The music will outlive the virus.
A chance to support the artists and catch up on memorable concerts from years past.
— SF Classical VoiceThat was super-great … really immersive, amazing camerawork and the sound was excellent. I just felt like I was inside the music and really in the hall.
— SFJAZZ Member
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