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Jazz everywhere!

May 10, 2018 by Lisa Hilton

Blog, Lisa Hilton, Luques Curtis, Rudy Royston, twenty first century jazz

Hello, Hello,

I hope all is going well for you. I just got back myself from a bit of travel – a meeting at Berklee College in Boston for the Presidents Advisory Committee, a solo show in Chicago and then a trio show with Luques Curtis and Rudy Royston (see photos above), at the Smithsonian in Washington. Great shows and audiences – and TERRIFIC warm weather in DC – hot even! Then a vacay in Japan and a short trip to Santa Barbara, but I’m home and cozy in Malibu again. I loved the shows and it is always great to play with Luques and Rudy, (JD had a show at Dizzy’s the same night and couldn’t make it). What really inspired me in Japan, was that I heard American jazz EVERYWHERE – in restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores, vintage shops – every place I went -imagine jazz everywhere! It felt like the soundtrack to my life!

We are very very thankful for the hundreds and hundreds of radio stations, streaming services, playlists, and podcasts that have supported ESCAPISM – still on two radio charts after 4 months – thank you! So wonderful! I got to do interviews for radio from London to Atlantic too. Hoping Hot Summer Samba becomes a theme song for this summer!

We have been very happy about all the nice reviews and encouragement for ESCAPISM too. Lots of photos here from my Los Angles show: “Hilton unlocks dreamy transcendence… “ and a very thoughtful review here on page 53 …”The First Lady of Jazz Piano…” , and from Aiding & Abetting – Cruising Underground Culture “Hilton is a font of creativity, finding almost endless ways to wring new ideas out of the piano, and her band is the perfect combination of side players and solo partners. The grooves here are almost endless.”

So what’s up now after this busy month? Setting up Carnegie Hall – January 10th 2019 and SFJazz February 28th 2019 as well as others. Now is the time to set shows up, so please contact me if you have any good ideas for performances and who to contact, K? I still have some “music-keeping” tasks – updating my song and copyright lists for my publishing company and online sources – that kind of thing. But mostly this is the opening of my OFFICIAL COMPOSING SEASON, so I’m back doing what I love to do and wondering what will appear this year?

Wishing you a great end of spring!

Lisa

ESCAPISM WILL BE OUT DECEMBER 1ST!

November 1, 2017 by Lisa Hilton

Carnegie Hall, Escapism, Gregg August, Horace Silver, J.D. Allen, Jazz, Lisa Hilton, piano, piano jazz, Rudy Royston, Terell Stafford

Enjoy a Night of ESCAPISM!

November 1, 2017 by Lisa Hilton

Carnegie Hall, Escapism, J.D. Allen, Jazz, Luques Curtis, piano, piano jazz, Rudy Royston

Luques Curtis

You Are Invited….

December 23, 2014 by Lisa Hilton

Ben Street, Blog, Carnegie Hall, Ingrid Jensen, J.D. Allen, Jazz, Lisa Hilton, piano jazz, Rudy Royston

Happy Holidays To YOU!

December 23, 2014 by Lisa Hilton

Ben Street, Blog, Carnegie Hall, Ingrid Jensen, J.D. Allen, Lisa Hilton, piano jazz, Rudy Royston, twenty first century jazz

Ben Street, Carnegie Hall, Ingrid Jensen, JD Allen, lisa hilton, piano jazz, Rudy Royston

Hopefully you are making it through the Holiday Season well so far and I hope that you soon will have some time to relax with your loved ones. I’m sharing this photo of my little 14 year old Italian greyhound Ricky from last year – I’m thankful for every year he’s still with me – he seems to get sweeter as he ages!

I’ve been the elf around here after my piano time. It’s been so busy that this year I’m waiting until the last minute to do the cookie baking, which means that I’m going to be pushed for time very soon – sound familiar? I’ve been preparing for our performance at Carnegie Hall January 11, 2015 at 2pm – hope you can come! (Please pass the link on if you have friends that might be interested). I’ll be there with JD Allen on tenor sax, Ingrid Jensen on trumpet, Ben Street on bass and Rudy Royston on drums If you’ve never been to a performance at Carnegie before, I think it’s time for you to come, don’t you? : http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/1/11/0200/PM/Lisa-Hilton-and-Friends/ We will be debuting new music from our new 2015 release H O R I Z O N S which I’m extremely excited about. Here is the very new video from HORIZONS: The Sky and the Ocean: http://youtu.be/2WlTblOPs1c and a solo piece from the album from a live video at Cornell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3B4et-OcDE When it Rains.

Wishing everyone Holidays filled with riches: love, friendship, family, art, music, nature, and peace,

Lisa

Happy Fall…..

October 18, 2014 by Lisa Hilton

Ben Street, Carnegie Hall, Cornell University, DownBeat Magazine, J.D. Allen, Jazz, Lisa Hilton, piano jazz, Rudy Royston, The Chicago Lighthouse, The Green Mill, twenty first century jazz

Hi There!

Fall is really here, isn’t it? I’m excited to tour on the east coast and see some real fall foliage. Here in SoCal, the only foliage colors are brown from our drought. I’ll be at The Green Mill Monday Oct 20th at 5:30pm for a benefit for the Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired. http://greenmilljazz.com/events/530pm-800pm-benefit-for-the-chicago-lighthouse/ Please come by for a fun & casual evening for a great cause. The Green Mill was voted one of the Top Jazz Venues by Down Beat Magazine – you’ll love the vibe there!

I’ll be at Cornell University too – see their screen above with the photo by Steven Lippman. This is hosted by the University on Wednesday, Oct 29th at 7:30 in Barnes Hall – a historic building with terrific acoustics. The super radio host, Eric Cohen of WAER/Syracuse will introduce the evening, and I hear there are even refreshments after! Please come if you can: http://events.cornell.edu/event/lisa_hilton

For those of you planning ahead, PLEASE don’t miss our Debut of our new album, H O R I Z O N S at Weil Hall at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, January 11th, 2015 in NYC. I’ll be there with JD Allen on tenor sax, Rudy Royston on drums and Ben Street on bass. If you’ve never been to a performance at Carnegie before, I think it’s time to try and make one, don’t you? I’m really excited to share the NEW music then: http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/1/11/0200/PM/Lisa-Hilton-and-Friends/

And for those who’ve been thinking about heading to Las Vegas, come May 15 or 16th 2015! http://www.thesmithcenter.com/events/dates/2015-05-15/

Good news – on the pre-Grammy Ballot our release is representing great engineers and for best jazz improvised solo from “Kaleidoscope”. Wish us luck please! You can listen here: https://soundcloud.com/lisahiltonmusic

Lastly – so many challenges in our world right now, but I wish you and those around your peace and health and a Happy Halloween too!

Take care,

Lisa