A year on from the release of Live: SFJAZZ Center 2014, The Music of Joe Henderson and New Compositions, SFJAZZ Collective are ready to unveil a new album next week.
Each year, the collective celebrate the music of a modern jazz master with each one of its eight members arranging a composition as well as writing new pieces. Their upcoming effort, Music of Michael Jackson and Original Compositions, sees them paying homage to the music of the King of Pop.
Recorded live at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco last October, the upcoming 2-disc set features new arrangements of Michael Jackson classics including ‘Thriller’, ‘Smooth Criminal’, ‘Human Nature’ and ‘This Place Hotel’ amongst others, as well as eight new original compositions by the ensemble. Music of Michael Jackson and Original Compositions is out on March 4th exclusively through SFJAZZ. Ahead of it, and to get us in the swing of things, the band have let loose pianist/keyboardist Ed Simon’s groovy arrangement of Michael Jackson’s ‘This Place Hotel’, originally recorded with The Jacksons in 1980. Give it a listen now.