Debut New York Performance!!
LIVE AT SWEET RHYTHM
88 Seventh Avenue South, NYC
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Showtimes 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Featuring
Elio Villafranca - Piano
Terell Stafford - Trumpet
Casey Benjamin - Alto Saxophone
Francisco Mela - Drums
Yunior Terry - Bass
Elio Villafranca's debut album Incantations/Encantaciones was selected by Jazz Times Magazine as one of the top 50 Jazz albums in 2003. He is following up that triumph with a new recording featuring Eric Alexander. Pianist and composer, Elio Villafranca was born in Cuba where he was classically trained in percussion and composition. He has been involved in the east coast Jazz and Latin Jazz scenes, integrating elements of traditional jazz and Afro Cuban genres to create brazen innovations with a distinctly percussive feel. He has performed with Jon Faddis, Terell Stafford, Eddie Henderson, Giovanni Hidalgo, Horacio “El Negro" Johnny Pacheco, Ralph Peterson, Lenny White, Sonny Fortune, Jane Bunnett, and Pat Martino among others.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
