Popular and award winning pianist and singer from Australia plays an exclusive week with the powerfully swinging vibraphone player Warren Wolf as special guest.
Sarah McKenzie, voc & p
Warren Wolf, vib
Hugo Lippi, g
Geoff Gascoigne, b
Sebastiaan De Krom, dr
Exclusive in Switzerland!
At Jazzfestival Bern for the first time!
Sarah McKenzie is an Australian jazz pianist, composer, vocalist, and bandleader whose breezy technical style, songwriting acumen, and pronounced lyrical sense of swing have drawn comparisons to Blossom Dearie and Diana Krall. McKenzie grew up in Perth and began playing piano at the age of nine. Upon graduation from high school, she attended college and completed a Bachelor of Jazz degree in composition, won the Jack Bendat Scholarship, the Hawaiian Award for "Most Outstanding Jazz Graduate." She also won a spot as a backing vocalist on Michael Bublé's «Call Me Irresponsible» tour. After relocating to Melbourne, she studied with James Morrison for six years and won a scholarship through her involvement with his Generations in Jazz development program. She released her first recording in 2011. Entitled «Don’t Tempt Me», it was comprised of classic pop, blues, and jazz tunes as well as originals. In 2012, McKenzie released her sophomore effort, „Close Your Eyes“, to nearly universal acclaim and spread her reputation beyond Australia's shores. It won the Best Jazz Album ARIA award (Australia's Grammy). That same year she won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she studied with Joanne Brackeen and earned an Artist’s Diploma in Jazz Performance. Upon graduating from Berklee, she remained in the United States. Her third album, „We Could Be Lovers“, was issued in Australia in late 2014.
Warren Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore, MD. From the young age of three years old, he has been trained on the Vibraphone/Marimba, Drums, and Piano. Warren has played and/or recorded with Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Jeremy Pelt, Nicholas Payton, Cyrus Chestnut, Lewis Nash, Mulgrew Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, David “Fathead” Newman, Ron Carter, Wycliffe Gordon, Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spaulding and many others. Warren is one of the most powerful virtuoso vibraphonists of today.
Concerts
Tue. 26.04. - Sat. 30.04.2022
1st Concert 7:30 p.m.
(Doors 7:00 p.m.)
2nd concert 10:00 p.m.
(Doors 9:30 p.m.)
Venue
Marians Jazzroom
Admission
One Concert CHF 48.-
Both Concerts CHF 72.–