Maxwell performs on day 1 of the 2013 Essence Music Festival at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Friday, July 5, 2013 in New Orleans.
R & B Vocal Maxwell is honored, if a little embarrassed, that is leading the Friday night opening concert of the Second Payne Pest Management Annual San Diego Festival of Jazz in Omni La Costa Resort & Spa.
“I’ve always loved jazz, but I always felt it was too pedestrian to master the essence of what jazz is. Guess people think our music is a kind of jazz, so we stopped appearing! To be totally honest, jazz has had absolutely no role in my music, "said the Brooklyn -born singer, whose performance here falls on his 41st birthday.
Happily, 18 in his career, Maxwell is such a talented singer who can excel in almost any musical situation. He should shine in the Jazz Festival San Diego three days, where a presentation of songs from his new upcoming album, the long awaited sequel to the 2009 charts will be offered " BLACKsummers'night . "
Second Payne Pest Management Annual San Diego Festival of Jazz
With: Maxwell, Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, Charlie Wilson, Mint Condition and
When: 16:15 Fri; 11:30 a.m. Saturday; Sunday noon
Where: Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, 2100 Costa Del Mar Road, Carlsbad
Tickets: $ 50 - $ 275 per day; 3 days $ 150 - $ 975 for 3 day tickets and VIP packages
The festival features a variety of other lead singers of R & B - including Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi, Leela James and veteran Gap Band Charlie Wilson - and very few current jazz artists. One, Grammy-winning keyboardist Robert Glasper is a former member of the touring band of 2009 Maxwell. Here's bassist Glasper, Derrick Hodge.
"Everyone in the band Robert is like a superhero to me," Maxwell said on the phone from Miami. (See bonus Q & A below.)
“I love the idea of playing with musicians end up making their own albums and give the feeling of front- of- the- stage. Hopefully people will be in my band who have their own business , and musical abilities were inspired to be more ambitious , people who do not want to be just a " person in the band . '"
An admitted perfectionist, Maxwell has worked on his sixth album, on and off, over the past five years. Was scheduled for release last summer, then this Valentine's Day. The recent death of his best friend - a first cousin who died two months ago, at 33, from a heart attack - Maxwell gave additional impetus to complete the album. He promises that will come out this year.
"It’s strange how sadness creates a special magic in the art," Maxwell said. "It's like really sour it Because a part of me is like.’Wow, it will be a very good album now," but I cannot believe that the reason ... (His death) really humbled me and made me see the life and people around me, how can I help myself and hurt myself ... I (thought), ' Wow, you have to continue this life and what you have got, because there are no guarantees. "
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