Royce Hall at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
UCLA Live presents a concert performance by legendary jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. Known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet as well as a lengthy solo career spanning dozens of albums, Tyner will showcase his inventive and explosive performing style, backed by his trio and Grammy-winning saxophonist Gary Bartz. L.A.-based Afro-groove collective Build An Ark also performs.
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The last date listed for McCoy Tyner plus Build An Ark was Thursday November 12, 2009 / 8:00pm. (view all dates)
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A split decision. McCoy Tyner proved once again why he is the most influential living jazz pianist. A thrilling set.
However, Build an Ark was an unworthy and overly long opening act. Their set took nearly one hour, which resulted in Tyner's group not taking the stage until 9:30 pm. Many of those who attended were seen leaving in the middle of Tyner's set-- which didn't end until nearly 11:00 pm-- probably because they had to be at work the next day.
That Build an Ark was permitted almost as much stage time as Tyner's quartet is criminal.
Goldstar you did it again. A friend of mine wanted tickets so I got them, and he couldn't say enough about the excellent seat and concert. We now have another believer that Goldstar is great. He's ready for me to find another concert for him.
The event was great I enjoyed McCoy Tyner and Build An Arc was great. They were a lot better than I expected, but how could I expect less when Dwight Trible is singing with them. I had a great time!!!!
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Regarded as one of the nation's finest concert halls, Royce Hall was the original building on the UCLA campus, completed in 1929. Restored and remodeled after the 1994 earthquake, Royce Hall Auditorium is the primary home of the nation's leading performing arts presenter.
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McCoy Tyner might have revolutionized jazz piano with his right hand tied behind his back. It was his explosively percussive left hand and rich harmonic chords that transcended conventional styles, starting from his first days as a teen in the immeasurably influential John Coltrane Quartet. The master pianist, who is still brimming with inventiveness after more than 80 albums, performs here with his trio and special guest Grammy-winning saxophonist Gary Bartz.
Opening the concert is the massive L.A.-based ensemble Build An Ark, whose soulful improvised music draws on the collective talents and influences of about 20 musicians on stage, including hypnotic vocalist Dwight Trible.
Active, intrepid and ever-evolving, UCLA Live is powered by the energy, attitude and imagination of today's most extraordinary artists. Perched on the Western edge of North America in Los Angeles, a city where an exciting new modernity is being forged, UCLA Live is one of the most unique and significant presenters and producers of performing arts in the country. At the vanguard of dance, music, spoken word, and experimental theater, the program is unrivaled in its breadth and uncommon mix of genresâe"presenting a kaleidoscope of more than 200 performances each year to more than 150,000 audience members. UCLA Live's programs occur in a number of venues on UCLA's campus and beyond, including the historic Royce Hall, renowned for its acoustic excellence and tremendous sightlines. Like the city that feeds it, UCLA Live promotes an aesthetic of fusion and diversityâe"in which concert hall divas, world-class chamber orchestras and hip-hop dancers share the seasonâe"and sometimes the stageâe"with post-modern dancers, world music superstars, contemporary storytellers, and rock 'n' roll mavericks. The local and the global, the ancient and the modern form symbiotic relationships, in which the inner-city infuses Western European traditions with modern soul; and the spirit of the avant-garde radiates from dark stages to the serpentine freeways, suburban byways, and breezy waters of the Pacific. An incubator of new ideas, UCLA Live is dedicated to radical, genre-bending collaborations and the development of new work. At the crux of this mission is the annual Artist in Residence initiative, featuring internationally-acclaimed artists whose works are characterized by an unrelenting curiosity and dazzling originality. Inaugurated in 2001 by pop music icon Elvis Costello, followed by the virtuosic Kronos Quartet in the 2002-03 season, and the wildly eclectic producer Hal Willner in 2003-04, this yearlong program deepens UCLA Live's commitment to the creative process by nurturing the development of new works and collaborative endeavors. A presenter of the same stature as Brooklyn Academy of Music and Lincoln Center, and the country's largest and most outstanding university-based performing arts presenter, UCLA Live has commissioned major works by Laurie Anderson, Pina Bausch, Philip Glass, Bill T. Jones, Kronos Quartet, Miami City Ballet, and Robert Wilson, among many others.
