Michele Rosewoman Trio featuring Eddie Marshall and Glenn Richman
With the 2006 release of "The In Side Out" (Advance Dance Disques AD 0353) pianist/composer Michele Rosewoman
once again makes a powerful creative statement that showcases the breadth and depth of her musicality and affirms
her position as one of the most original and innovative instrumentalists and composers on the global jazz scene.
Self-produced, "The In Side Out" is the fifth release by her highly acclaimed Quintessence ensemble and is
undoubtedly Rosewoman’s most multi-faceted recording to date. As on her previous recordings for Blue Note, Soul Note,
Enja, Evidence and Toshiba/EMI, Rosewoman expands the horizons of jazz while remaining firmly rooted in the music’s
illustrious tradition.
Michele's musical growth took root in Oakland, California where she began playing piano at age 6 in a home full of music,
art and politics. She was exposed to the music of jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Earl Hines, as well as R&B, and music from cultures
throughout the world. In the 1970's she began her professional career as a protege of renowned Bay Area educator and pianist Ed Kelly.
Upon moving to New York in 1978, Rosewoman began performing with several Cuban dance bands. Her very first recording was as pianist and arranger for the
Cuban songo group, "Los Kimy" in 1984. In the Latin music genre, she has worked with Puntilla's "Nueva Generacion," Celia Cruz, Paquito D'Rivera, Daniel Ponce,
Chocolate, and Roberto Borrell, among others.
Her debut recording as a leader, THE SOURCE (Soul Note/1984) was praised for its radiance and ingenuity, and in a review published by Down Beat Magazine,
Rosewoman's direction was likened to that of master innovator Charles Mingus. That same year Dizzy Gillespie, Marian McPartland and Lester Bowie awarded her
the ASCAP/Meet the Composer Commission for Emerging Composers resulting in the opportunity to write a new work for performance by the 40-piece
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra with a quintet of improvisers including Rufus Reid, Howard Johnson and Greg Osby.
Beginning with her next recording, QUINTESSENCE (Enja/1987), Rosewoman further revealed her distinctive ensemble concept and compositional approach by assembling
dynamic bands to interpret her writing. Since it's debut, Quintessence has served as an ongoing vehicle for Rosewoman's evolution as pianist, composer and
bandleader. And throughout it's history, she has brought together musicians who would subsequently become some of this generation's most inventive voices,
including saxophonists Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, David Sanchez, Craig Handy and Steve Wilson.
Besides five recordings with Quintessence, Rosewoman has two trio recordings. OCCASION TO RISE (Evidence/1993), her first in the trio format was voted one
of the year's best recordings in six critics' polls, while SPIRIT (Blue Note/1996) was her first live recorded performance (from the Montreal Jazz Festival).
In 1983 Rosewoman received a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant for the formation of NEW YOR-UBA, a 14-piece ensemble conceived to perform her
original compositions and arrangements which integrate Afro-Cuban folkloric music and contemporary cutting-edge jazz.
New Yor-Uba made its debut before an enthusiastic SRO crowd at New York's Public Theater, and has gone on to appear at festivals throughout the
United States and Europe.
In addition to her work as a leader, Michele has appeared with Jimmy Heath, Julian Priester, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Rufus Reid, Reggie Workman,
Freddie Waits, James Spaulding, Billy Hart, Ray Drummond, Billy Bang, Carlos Ward, Robin Eubanks and Greg Osby
at jazz festivals, concert halls and clubs throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
As an educator she conducts classes and workshops at colleges and universities around the US while teaching piano and
composition privately. She has also held past and current teaching positions at NYU and the New School for Social Research.
Michele Rosewoman will be conducting a piano master class at the Jazzschool in Berkeley on Sunday, March 1, 2009.
See link for details: http://www.jazzschool.com
She appeared previously at Chez Hanny with her trio featuring Eddie Marshall.
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Eddie Marshall, drums. For almost fifty years he has played drums with nearly every major name in jazz, from Freddie Hubbard, Jon Hendricks and
Dexter Gordon to Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Eddie Harris. During the seventies he was the house drummer at San Francisco's Keystone Korner. His most
long-standing musical association has been with Toshiko Akiyoshi, with whom he has played since 1958. Other associations include the late Stan Getz,
Bobby Hutcherson, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Burrell, John Handy, Ahmad Jamal, The Pointer Sisters, Archie Shepp and Bobby McFerrin. He co-founded with Mike Nock
the seminal jazz fusion group, "The Fourth Way".
A consummate sideman, Marshall is in continual demand. In recent years he has performed internationally with Bobby McFerrin's group, BANG ZOOM, appearing
in concert with The Israeli Philharmonic; with Marlena Shaw, Marian McPartland, Charles Lloyd, Art Lande and Rufus Reid; with Bobby Hutcherson and Cedar Walton
at Russian River and with Jon Jang and James Newton in Beijing. He backed Sam Rivers and Julian Priester at Yoshi's and was reunited with Mike Nock
for the Wangaratta Jazz Festival in Australia. He travels to Japan frequently with Toshiko Akiyoshi's trio and was featured in a tribute to percussionists
at the 1999 Monterey Jazz Festival. SFJazz honored Mr. Marshall with its first annual SFJazz Beacon Award in November of 2000.
Eddie has appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Michele Rosewoman, and twice with his own quintet "Holy Mischief".
www.eddiemarshall.com
Bassist Glenn Richman attended Mannes School of Music and Berklee College of Music.
He studied with Buster Williams, George Mraz and Mike Longo. He is currently Advisor to the Jazzschool Bass Program,
and a faculty member of the Brubeck Institute, UC Berkeley and Chabot College.
He has performed with Bobby Hutcherson, Jon Hendricks, Dave Liebman, Chet Baker, Benny Green, Dakota Staton,
Chris Connor, Tom Harrell, Eddie
Henderson, John Hicks, Mike Clark, Jack Wilkins, Billy Hart, Larry Willis, George Coleman and Mickey Roker.
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