Joanne Brackeen - Saturday (Live at the Jazz Standard) '2024

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Joanne Brackeen: piano
Ravi Coltrane: tenor sax, Ira Coleman: bass, Horacio “El Negro”
Hernandez: drums

“…There’s no predicting where Brackeen will take you, but
it’s always worth the trip.” – Larry Appelbaum, JazzTimes

NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Nominated pianist/composer Joanne Brackeen, assembled
this all-star group for a week of sold out performances at The Jazz Standard in
New York City. Special guest saxophonist, Ravi Coltrane, is featured with
bassist Ira Coleman and Cuban drummer Horacio ‘El Negro” Hernandez
on drums. They perform a range of Standards and some Joanne Brackeen original
compositions, a group of stellar performances on the album Joanne Brackeen:
Saturday – Live at The Jazz Standard.

“Joanne’s music embodies a continuous, building, rejuvenating
energy that also ignites the listener. And she swings surely and deeply while
she hears ahead and around corners in finding harmonies that are personal and
yet sound universal.The advantage to hearing Joanne on a recording is that you
can hear the music again and again… discovering new dimensions of feeling,
time, and fun.” – Nat Hentoff

Brackeen has been serious about Jazz piano since her late teens, when she became
part of the LA jazz scene. She worked with Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon, Harold
Land and Charles Lloyd before moving to New York. After arriving in the Jazz
Mecca, she became the first women to fill the distinguished piano chair with Art
Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. She proudly admits that Art called her his
“adopted daughter”. Before she put together her own group, she also
worked with Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, and Joe Henderson. Stan Getz wrote that
“I found Joanne Brackeen to be an extremely talented performer and one of
the most original composers to every work in my group.”

“WOW! Ms Brackeen’s depth and breath (both compositionally and
performance-wise) is stunning. I generally think that all solo piano discs are
good, but some are better. Popsicle Illusion defines the new category of
“More Better”.” – C. Michael Bailey, allaboutjazz.com

1.01 - Ravi Coltrane, Joanne Brackeen, Horacio "El Negro" Hernández - All the
Things You Are (Live) (5:38) 
1.02 - Joanne Brackeen, Arkadia Jazz All-Stars - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
(Live) (5:59) 
1.03 - Ravi Coltrane, Joanne Brackeen - Please Don't Quote Me (Live) (4:32) 
1.04 - Joanne Brackeen - Body and Soul (Live) (8:19) 
1.05 - Ravi Coltrane, Joanne Brackeen - Black Swan (Live) (6:57) 
1.06 - Ravi Coltrane, Joanne Brackeen, Ira Coleman, Horacio "El Negro"
Hernández - Blue Bossa (Live) (5:04) 
1.07 - Ravi Coltrane, Joanne Brackeen, Ira Coleman, Horacio "El Negro"
Hernández - Pink Elephant Magic (Live) (13:05)

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