Rabble Without A Cause
Wednesday October 12th, 2011 with Bernard Stepien
Jerry Granelli & the SF Jazz Collective

The Ottawa International Jazz Festival is opening it's fall season tonight with the San Francisco Gerry Granelli trio followed tomorrow by the San Francisco Jazz Collective. Jerry Granelli has been looking for new sounds for over four decades. His association with also San Francisco based pianist, Denis Zeitlin in the '60s propelled him in a freer direction. He also had a deep look at Native American music to ensure a steady deviation from main stream. The SF Jazz Collective is an all leaders group that started in 2004 and has since devoted each year on the repertoire of a specific composer, Ornette Coleman in 2004, John Coltrane in 2005, Herbie Hancock in 2006, Thelonious Monk in 2007, Wayne Shorter in 2008, McCoy Tyner in 2009 and Horace Silver in 2010. In short, a very eclectic focus on all horizons of Jazz. This year, the SF Collective pushes the limits by exploring five decades long career and 72 millions albums sold pop music giant Stevie Wonder. This is particularly significant since Jazz was at one time America's pop music. This sounds like a full circle story.