RJS Presents Michele Rosewoman & Mark Shim

RICHMOND JAZZ SOCIETY’S GUEST EDUCATORS SERIES Presents Award winning Pianist/Composer MICHELE ROSEWOMAN And Virginia saxophonist MARK SHIM With Mike Hawkins on bass and Billy Williams on drums Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 7PM Doors open at 6PM Capital Ale House, Downtown Music Hall 623 East Main Street Free Deck Parking at 6th & Main Advance Tix: […]

August 25, 2009; 3:22 PM • by Dean Christesen

RICHMOND JAZZ SOCIETY’S GUEST EDUCATORS SERIES

Presents

Award winning Pianist/Composer

MICHELE ROSEWOMAN

And Virginia saxophonist

MARK SHIM

With Mike Hawkins on bass and Billy Williams on drums

Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 7PM

Doors open at 6PM

Capital Ale House, Downtown Music Hall

623 East Main Street

Free Deck Parking at 6th & Main

Advance Tix:

$15 with valid RJS, Altria or Student I.D. Card

Call RJS at 804-643-1972 – Credit Card only

$20 General Public – www.capitalalehouse.com

$25 Everyone Day of Show

For more info contact RJS at (804) 643-1972 or info@vajazz.org

Piano Courtesy of Richmond Piano

Who Is Michele Rosewoman?

According to DOWNBEAT Magazine pianist/composer Michele Rosewoman is “one of the under the radar stars of American music”. Her incredible gift for percussive piano playing comes from studying Jazz piano in Oakland CA while also learning percussion and Cuban/Haitian folkloric idioms. She has played with such renowned Jazz artists as Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Rufus Reid, Reggie Workman, Billy Hart and, Cuban master drummer/ vocalist, Orlando ‘Puntilla’ Rios. Rosewoman has recorded eight albums as a leader, most with her critically acclaimed ensemble Quintessence, whose members have included some of the most inventive voices in Jazz, including Greg Osby, Terri Lynne Carrington, David Sanchez and, Virginia saxophonists Steve Wilson, and Mark Shim. She is a winner of the 2008 Doris Duke Foundation New Works Creation and Presentation Commission. Ms. Rosewoman also teaches at NYU and the New School for Social Research.

“Pianist Michele Rosewoman’s …melodies sizzle and dance like water on a hot griddle”.–JAZZIZ Magazine

Who is Mark Shim?

Mark Shim, a former Richmonder and student at Virginia Commo

nwealth University, is considered one of the most exciting young saxophonists on the New York Jazz scene today. Since moving to New York in 1994 he has played/recorded with Mose Allison, Betty Carter, the Mingus Big Band and legendary drummer Elvin Jones.