Guatemala Jazz Festival 2015 – workshop Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
It was wonderful to return to Guatemala, this time with quartet and LaFrae Sci on drums (she and I were there in 2011 with the Blues Band), Evan Christopher on clarinet and Paul Beaudry on bass. The first day we gave a workshop at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, got to know the wonderful […]
Eli Yamin gives online lessons from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz Academy
Eli Yamin celebrates Dave Brubeck on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz Academy In mid-december, producer Seton Hawkins from Jazz at Lincoln Center asked me if I wanted to film some lessons on Dave Brubeck’s classic quartet–Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright and Joe Morello. He said to think about a band who could talk about these […]
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LIVE WEBCAST WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18
We are thrilled to report 4 sold out shows at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Please join us from wherever you are around the globe for the free webcast thanks to Jazz at Lincoln Center! Webcast Eli Yamin & Friends December 18, 7:30-10:45pm EST I am joined […]
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Celebrating “Louie’s Dream” with New Quartet Live in New York
We had an amazing Louie’s Dream CD Release Celebration last week at Dizzy’s with Nicki Parrot on bass, LaFrae Sci, drums and Evan Christopher, clarinet and Eli Yamin on piano. It was pure magic with so many old and new friends packing the house for both sets! If you want some of the music to […]
Jazz Quartet North Country Tour
Eli Yamin Jazz Quartet hits the North Country this weekend with Eli Yamin, piano, Zaid Nasser, alto saxophone, Ari Roland, bass, LaFrae Sci, drums Click on “gigs” for all the details! Here’s a teaser from a Montenegro TV show we did a while ago…
Jazz, Drama and Young People
http://www.jazzartassociation.org/jam/jam-2011/bulletin-2011/ It’s amazing to receive this bulletin from our trip last Spring to Montenegro with the quartet and Nora’s Ark. What an unbelievable time that was! And now I’m excited to be returning to Idaho on Monday for my third trip to participate in the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. It’s an amazing festival […]
JazzSpeare 2011 at Fordham Consortium on the Purpose of Business
It was a dream come true to have the opportunity to continue an idea I first tried out over 20 years ago at Rutgers University. “JazzSpeare” combines scenes from Shakespeare with a live, improvised and interactive score. Here’s my quartet with Todd Williams, tenor saxophone, LaFrae Sci, drums, Mary Ann McSweeny, bass and myself on […]
Montenegro Premiere of Nora’s Ark, the jazz musical by Eli Yamin and Clifford Carlson
What an unbelievable week we had in Montenegro at Jazz Art Jam, celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month, a co-production with Jazz Art Montenegro and The Jazz Drama Program with support from the U.S. Embassy in Montenegro, the municipality and Porto Montenegro. I never dreamed that this production of Nora’s Ark could take off the way it […]
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What a year this has been…
We had a great quartet gig at Blues Alley on June 15 with Todd Williams on saxophone, LaFrae Sci on drums and Amy Shook on bass. As it turned out, the performance was exactly one year after my first trip to the White House for the White House Jazz Studio Event. It’s been an incredible […]
Jazz Quartet at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York City
We had a wonderful week at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. It was great to be home again and performing with great musicians and close friends in such an illustrious venue. You can see Columbus Circle from the piano bench. It feels like you are playing jazz […]
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