![]() He is completely well read, completely into politics. We are worlds apart in just about everything. "Branford and I are literally the odd couple. He was the best man at Calderazzo's wedding. He calls Marsalis his best friend, a guy he's known since age 14. "He understands." Calderazzo is 46, Marsalis five years older. "I'm missing shows with Branford to pursue my own trio stuff, and he hasn't given me any grief," says the pianist. He flies under the radar a bit in the jazz field, but to see him livefingers flying, pushing the music, creating impressive soundsis to know that he's one of those out there that is really doing it. Some shows are better than others." Once thing is certain: His playing is always interesting, no matter the setting. I don't demand that out of my musicians because I know they're doing the best they can. I hold a real high standard to my personal performance. It could be a thousand people or one hundred people. If I'm half dead, I'll play until it kills me. "I don't care how I feel, how tired I am, how far I traveled. Enjoying the performances makes it all worthwhile. He's glad to have his own group out there. He looks forward to the trio performances, despite the rigor involved. "I've been assured by everybody that no matter who you are, you've got to start somewhere," he quips. It isn't, he says, straightforward or glamorous. Negotiating his own trio around the globe is another. Traveling with Brecker or Marsalis is one thing, he notes. ![]() Getting his own group out there requires a lot of energy. He was about to set off again with his mendrummer Donald Edwards and bassist Orlando le Flemingto Lebanon, Turkey, Norway and Italy. Speaking in the fall of 2011, Calderazzo had just come off the European leg of a tour with his trio. It has no title yet, but Calderazzo is high on it. In fact, 2011 saw the release of a duet record with Marsalis Songs of Mirth and Melancholy (Marsalis Music)and the recording of a new Marsalis quartet album to be released in 2012. He's currently leading his own trio, while still being a vital cog in the Marsalis organization. He's interested in probing music, not just playing it. He also stays in touch with what fellow pianists are doing and with what's happening on the music scene. He carries lessons learned from those relationships. Both of those men have had a huge influence on Calderazzo, and he is unabashed about saying so. A man of extraordinary talent at the keyboard, he's held the piano chair in Branford Marsalis' band for some 11 years and also spent a long tenure with Michael Brecker. They express what they see, what they experience. In his free time, Timothy Judd enjoys working out with Richmond’s popular SEAL Team Physical Training program.Creative musicians are generally an insightful lot: people that have curious minds but also have a sense of directiona sense of purpose, if not a search for it. Judd has maintained a private violin studio in the Richmond area since 2002 and has been active coaching chamber music and numerous youth orchestra sectionals. He was a student of Anastasia Jempelis, one of the earliest champions of the Suzuki method in the United States.Ī passionate teacher, Mr. The son of public school music educators, Timothy Judd began violin lessons at the age of four through Eastman’s Community Education Division. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he earned the degrees Bachelor of Music and Master of Music, studying with world renowned Ukrainian-American violinist Oleh Krysa. Photograph: “Irish Countryside” by Edward Peterson About Timothy JuddĪ native of Upstate New York, Timothy Judd has been a member of the Richmond Symphony violin section since 2001. Keith Jarrett: Tokyo Solo 2002, Art Of Improvisation Amazon.
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