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2023 - A Special Evening of Jazz at the Garden with The Bennie Maupin Ensemble at Storrier Stearns Japanese GardenNEW

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2023 - A Special Evening of Jazz at the Garden with The Bennie Maupin Ensemble at Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
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Date: Sunday, 27 August, 2023       Time: 5:30 pm
Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
270 Arlington Drive
Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 399-1721
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Map of Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden , 270 Arlington Drive

The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden welcomes jazz legend Bennie Maupin and his friends for a special summer evening of cool jazz and wine. As he approaches his 83rd birthday on August 29, Maupin continues to actively perform and teach in Europe and the United States. In April, he was at the Philharmonie De Paris, as a featured guest artist on trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire’s concert, Bird and Basquiat: Now’s The Time, orchestrated as a dream encounter between Basquiat and Charlie Parker.

Bennie Maupin is perhaps best-known for his atmospheric bass clarinet playing on Miles Davis’ classic Bitches Brew album, as well as other Miles Davis recordings such as Big Fun, Jack Johnson, and On the Corner. He was a founding member of Herbie Hancock’s seminal band, The Headhunters, as well as a performer and composer in Hancock’s influential Mwandishi Band.

Event Date
August 27, 2023, Sunday

Event Time
5:30 pm (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.)
$30 per person (Children 12 and under admitted free)

The August 27 performance will take place in the garden with the beautiful teahouse as a backdrop. Chairs will be available but guests are welcome to sit anywhere in the garden they are comfortable. Bennie will bring his Los Angeles ensemble featuring David Arnay (piano/keyboard), Darek Oles (bass), Kenny Sara (drums) and Eric McKain (percussion). The band has been active in various permutations for almost thirty years, with performances at prominent jazz festivals and venues including the Arroyo Seco Festival, Watts’ Day of the Drum, World Stage and Blue Whale. All have been tremendous favorites at the garden before.

Admission Costs
Admission is $30 each and we expect this concert to sell out so advance registration on the garden's website is recommended.

Parking is in a lot at the corner of S. Orange Grove Dr. and W. State Street. The lot's entrance is at 355 W. State Street and it is a short walk north on Orange Grove to Arlington Drive. Limited handicap parking is available in the parking area on the east side of the garden.

About Bennie Maupin
Born in Detroit in 1940, Maupin started playing clarinet, later adding saxophone, flute, and most notably the bass clarinet to his formidable arsenal of woodwind instruments. Upon moving to New York in 1962, he freelanced with groups led by Marion Brown, Pharoah Sanders, and Chick Corea and played regularly with Roy Haynes and Horace Silver. He also recorded with McCoy Tyner, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Jack DeJohnette, Andrew Hill, Eddie Henderson, and Woody Shaw, to name only a few.

Maupin’s own discography as a leader includes a well-received recording for ECM Records, The Jewel in The Lotus (1974), Slow Traffic to the Right (1976) and Moonscapes, both on Mercury Records (1978), and Driving While Black on Intuition (1998). His recent releases include Reflections (Cryptogramophone, 2008) and Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef with Adam Rudolph (Strut, 2022).

While echoes of the great John Coltrane can be heard in Maupin’s work, one can also discern the influences of Yusef Lateef, Sonny Rollins, and Eric Dolphy, as well as Maupin’s contemporaries like Wayne Shorter and the late Joe Henderson. Maupin’s approach to his music is intentional and profound, yet alive in the interpretation of the moment. Bennie Maupin currently resides in the Los Angeles area.

Links of interest
Bennie Maupin A Master Among Us
LA Jazz Scene
January 1, 2021
https://lajazzscene.buzz/bennie-maupin-a-master-among-us-2/

The Last Miles
Interview: Bennie Maupin
https://www.thelastmiles.com/interviews-bennie-maupin/ 

Daily Inspiration: Meet David Arnay
Voyage LA
January 18, 2023
http://voyagela.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-david-arnay/

Event Location
Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, 270 Arlington Drive, Pasadena, CA 91105

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2023 - A Special Evening of Jazz at the Garden with The Bennie Maupin Ensemble at Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden

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