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The stunning Rachel Z and her piano trio
has audiences captivated from the moment they hit their seats.
With recording and performing credits including Peter Gabriel, Al
DiMeola, Wayne Shorter, Steps Ahead, and Stanley Clarke, Rachel’s
magnificent and exquisite song poems are beautiful and demanding.
Her connection to saxophone great Wayne
Shorter grew from major influence to full-blown collaborator over the
two years she worked on his 1995 hit comeback album High Life, for
which she built a synthesized orchestral framework to crystallize his
musical vision. The CD won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz
Album.
Rachel has recently been signed to the famous Savoy label. Her
debut release on this acclaimed label will be out in March 2007.
In addition to extensive touring and recording, Rachel Z is currently
an instructor of Jazz Theory and The Jazz Improvisation Ensemble at New
School University in New York City.
“Rachel Z is a consistently adventurous
player. Rachel occasionally reveals traces of influence from
McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock, but more often she is her own player,
voicing her harmonies with a dark, intimate quality.”
Don Heckman
The Los Angeles Times
Ms. Z is
managing to make the age-old piano trio combo sound relevant and fresh
to younger ears. And she’s made this improbable connection
without sacrificing her artistry or forsaking her own connection to the
jazz piano legacy of Bud Powell, Wynton Kelly, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans,
McCoy Tyner, and Herbie Hancock.
Bill Milkowski
Contributor to Jazz Times and Jazziz magazines
Downloads
> Rachel Z Biography (pdf)
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Quotes on Rachel Z (pdf)
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Rachel Z Discography (doc)
>
London Guardian Review 2005 (doc)
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Preview San Francisco Chronicle August 2004 (pdf)
> Downbeat
Magazine Review "Moon At the Windown" 2003 (doc)
> Jazziz
Magazine Review "Everlasting" July 2004 (doc)
Master Clinic
>
Rachel Z Master Clinic and Master Performance Syllabus (pdf)
"Kid
Charlemagne" from "Everlasting" (Tone Center 2004) (mp3)
"Big
Yellow Taxi" from "Moon At The Window" (Tone Center 2002) (mp3)
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