Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero

A 2024 Madison Jazz Festival Event

Location: Arts + Literature Laboratory | Date: June 10, 2024 | Time: 7:30pm | Admission:$30 (Advance/Door General Admission); $25 (Advance ALL Members / Students with ID); $45 (Advance Special Reserved). Note: Students must show ID at the will call table. At the door for everyone $30.00.

Rush tickets available ONLINE ONLY from 12:00pm-5:30pm on June 10th: $20. Code: BOLERORUSH

What's Going On?

The Madison Jazz Festival and Arts + Literature Laboratory welcome back Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, who will perform music from their new album, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol 2, on Monday, June 10 at 7:30pm.

Miguel Zenón's notes on El Arte Del Bolero, Vol 2: "As an instrumentalist, I spend a lot of my time working on making the saxophone an extension of my creative process. This process is always filtered through interpretation and expressiveness, and more often than not I find myself looking up to some of my favorite singers (people like Ismael Rivera, Cheo Feliciano and Andy Montañez) as sources of inspiration. In their individual voices I can hear a reflection of their unique personalities, all manifested at the highest level through their interpretation of songs. These melodies become vehicles for their creativity—a canvas on which they’ll portray their feelings and states of mind.

But these are not just any songs. These are songs they have heard hundreds of times, familiar pieces of music they know very well, and that is sort of the way I feel about the repertoire on this album. We chose compositions from the Bolero era that we could just play right away, without giving it a second thought: songs from the times of our parents and grandparents that somehow stuck around long enough for us to get to know them and truly love them. They are all as essential to our development as the music of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane or Thelonious Monk, but perhaps even more familiar. When we play these songs, we can hear the lyrics in the back of our minds—something that provides a very deep connection, one that is hard to replicate in any other situation. It really is almost beyond familiar. These songs are part of us."

Where Can I Get Tickets?

Tickets available online at Brown Paper Tickets until 2 hours before the show. Remaining tickets will be $30 general admission for everyone at the door.

Advance Special Reserved seating in the first two rows will be $45.00. Please indicate when ordering if you have plans to sit next to someone in the Special Reserved section.

General admission advance $30.00, ALL Members and Students with ID $25.00. Note: Students must show ID at the will call table.

Miguel Zenón

Grammy Winner and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between Jazz and his many musical influences.

Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Zenón has built a distinguished career as a leader, releasing fifteen albums under his own name. In addition, he has honed his artistic identity by collaborating with both established jazz masters and the music’s younger innovators, irrespective of style and genre. Zenón has toured and/or recorded with artists including The SFJAZZ Collective, Charlie Haden, Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, David Sánchez, Danilo Perez, The Village Vanguard Orchestra, Kurt Elling, Guillermo Klein... Read More

Luis Perdomo

Luis Perdomo has emerged as one of the most in-demand sidemen – as evidenced by his celebrated work with a wide array of jazz and Latin stars – from Ravi Coltrane to Ray Barretto, and by his six critically- acclaimed recordings as a leader. The release of his magnificent new, Hot Tone label debut CD, 22, features bassist Mimi Jones’ supple, deep basslines and drummer Rudy Royston’s quicksilver rhythms, in a trio he christened The Controlling Ear Unit. “I wanted to create an environment where a sensitive player could make his own musical choices, without fear of the consequences,” Perdomo says. “The word ‘unit’ is appropriate because although the current group is a trio, it doesn’t really have to be restrained to that. It could have a different format, depending on what the music calls for.”

Born in 1971 in Caracas, Perdomo, from the age of 12, was playing on Venezuelan TV and radio stations, but he eventually realized that he would have to travel to New York City to fulfill... Read More

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