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Mexico City Jazz Tours with Jorge Canavati Announced
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Jorge Canavati
Jorge Canavati, host of the “Jazz de Mexico” radio show featured on 91.7FM KRTU Trinity University Radio in San Antonio has announced the Mexico City Jazz Tours project. An unprecedented and innovative culture and jazz tour of Mexico City, a top jazz center. The tour is a three day and two-night visit to Mexico City which includes visiting two jazz venues. Visitors will have ample time to set up satellite tours and shopping during the day. “This is very unique ...
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Jorge Gavidia and Sarah Begin Release Their Debut Album, "You Never Know"
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Michael Ricci
The Jorge Gavidia and Sarah Begin Quintet are thrilled to announce the release of their debut jazz album, “You Never Know." The album represents a big step forward for Toronto based musicians, Jorge Gavidia and Sarah Begin, the masterminds behind the project. Consisting of 9 original songs, the album showcases the songwriting talents of Jorge Gavidia, with one song written by Sarah Begin. “You Never Know" is relaxing mix of jazz and blues, intermixed with odd-time compositions. A number of ...
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Jorge Calandrelli Tapped to Arrange Music for Sting's Summer Tour
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Michael Ricci
Arranger and composer Jorge Calandrelli was recently tapped by Sting to arrange several songs for his upcoming world tour this summer.
Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the tour will find Sting performing his most celebrated songs re-imagined for symphonic arrangement. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra will be conducted by Maestro Steven Mercurio (Pavarotti, Bocelli).
Drawing from a diverse and illustrious career that has produced numerous multi-platinum albums, a staggering list of number one songs, countless accolades and worldwide ...
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Jorge Strunz of 'Strunz and Farah' Releasing Solo Album March 16
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Michael Ricci
Jorge Strunz, Neotropical Nocturnes (Selva)
Latin American guitarist set to release solo album March 16
Seasonal storms sweep in at sunset. Vines interweave like arpeggios. Rains sigh and pelt the tin roof. Night falls, melancholy and magical, over crumbling colonial facades and humble villages, over the tropical nexus of two continents.
Genre-defying guitarist Jorge Strunz, one half of the acclaimed global guitar duo Strunz & Farah, evokes this luxuriant and haunting world, taking his virtuosity in a new and subtle ...
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Tribute to Jorge Luis Borges at Barbes
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All About Jazz
Un Instante: Tribute to Jorge Luis Borges JULIO SANTILLAN: guitar & voice SOFIA TOSELLO: voice Tuesday, November 18th. 7pm BARBES 376 9th. St. (corner of 6th. Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 347 422-0248 no cover! F train to 7th. Ave. “Un Instante” is a suite composed by Julio Santillan. The work combines his music, based on argentine rhythms like tango and milonga, with the brilliant poetry of Jorge Luis Borges, one of ...
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Revisiting Latin Jazz Classics: Urban Oasis, Jorge Dalto and the Interamerican Band
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
The Revisiting series features albums from the past that played a significant role in Latin Jazz history. The purpose of this series is to introduce new Latin Jazz listeners to important albums and look back at these albums in historical perspective. Each entry will jump to a different point in Latin Jazz history--this week well visit 1985. Respect doesnt come easily in the musical community. An artist must display an exceptional musical ability. They might stand out as an improviser, ...
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Jorge Reyes - De Todo Un Poco (a Little Bit of Everything) CD - Avalable 05/13/08
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All About Jazz
Cuban descarga and Latin Jazz containing “a little bit of everything." Jorge Reyes has been one of the great innovators responsible for the increasing freedom and creativity of the double-bass in Cuban music for many years. The present album is a great example of latin jazz and Cuban descarga. The spirit of the descargas is manifested in the imaginative interplay between all of the members of Reyes' quintet: Carlos Averhoff Jr., Emilio Morales, Giraldo Piloto, Adel Gonzlez and Evelyn Garca ...
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Argentinean Jazz Photographer Jorge Lardone Launches Website
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All About Jazz
Visit renowned Argentinean jazz photographer Jorge Lardone at his new website (see link below). Lardone's jazz photo exhibition “Fotojazzeando" was shown 48 times in several cities in his country and in Chile, Cuba, Finland, Italy, Spain and Sweden.
He is also founder, director and producer of “Festival Internacional Fotojazzeando". With 13 editions to date (from 1988 to 2004) it was major jazz cultural event related to jazz in central/west Argentina. Due to very bad political, economical and cultural situation in ...
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New release 'The Sound Of Strings' Federico Britos & Jorge Garcia
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All About Jazz
Winner of several Grammy awards for his work with Charlie Haden, Bebo Valdes and Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Federico Britos is regarded as a titan of the violin. Jorge Garcia, born in Cuba, brings all the richness of Latin rhythms from his birthplace into the folds of this ensemble. Garcia has performed with great talent the likes of Tony Bennett, Richie Cole, Patti Page and Joel Grey to name a few. Britos and Garcia’s recording has received accolades from jazz artists ...
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