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Triple Door, 7pm & 9:30pm CALL 206-838-4333 FOR TICKETS BUY ONLINE
Eldar Trio
Nancy King & Steve Christofferson
$24 general
Postbop piano-prodigy Eldar Djangirov, originally from Kyrgyzstan, has awed the jazz world since coming onto the music scene. After being discovered at the age of nine, Eldar and his family moved to the United States, and just two years later he was a featured performer on Marian McPartland's radio program, Piano Jazz. Since then he has recorded five albums, signed with a major label, and earned a Grammy nomination for his 2007 album, re-imagination. Along the way he has worked with many of the biggest names in contemporary jazz, including John Patitucci, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, and Chris Botti. Now 21, Eldar continues to impress both audiences and critics with his dazzling pyrotechnics, structural maturity, and forward-looking compositions.
Sharing the bill tonight is the incomparable pairing of distinctive jazz vocalist Nancy King and pianist/composer Steve Christofferson. In the 30 years they've been en-tandem, the duo has performed throughout the world, taught at jazz workshops, and recorded three studio albums, including the fan favorite Dreamlands.
A native of Springfield, Oregon, King came of age in the San Francisco jazz scene of the 1960s. There she worked with Sonny King, Vince Guaraldi, John Handy, Sonny Donaldson, and Flip Nunez, and became a student of Jon Hendricks of the famed vocal group Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. Since then, King has toured extensively throughout the US, Canada, France, Bulgaria, and Israel and has worked with the likes of Ray Brown, Jack Sheldon, Frank Strazzeri, John Stowell, and Karrin Allyson.
Known for her masterful scatting and elastic range, King creates engaging and innovative performances that are filled with emotion and humor. "Her singing flies between our ears with a certainty of inevitable rightness that is at least . . . simply thrilling," raves fellow vocalist Mark Murphy.
Washington-based Christofferson began his musical explorations as a guitarist and vocalist in garage bands, and only later, during the late 1970s, did he begin working as a pianist. He excels at accompanying vocalists and has worked with Kurt Elling, Karrin Allyson, and Mia Nicholson, with whom he toured China in 2004. In addition to his long-standing collaboration with King, Christofferson regularly performs and records with his group Skol Brothers, an eclectic quintet that features his compositions.
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