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Greek and Cuban Jazz Masters Perform at Scullers Jazz Club on Wednesday, January 11
Two masters on their instruments—guitarist Spiros Exaras and pianist Elio Villafranca—are performing together in concert at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online or at the door. Exaras, from Greece, is a versatile guitarist who studied classical music and composition at Athens ...
Elio Villafranca And Arturo Stable To Release "Dos Y Mas"
Elio Villafranca and Arturo Stable, two Cuban-born maestros of jazz and world music, unveil Dos Y Mas, the debut recording of their exquisite new piano and percussion collaboration, which comes out on Motéma Music on January 10, 2012. Villafranca's virtuosic and multifaceted pianism engages Stable's poly-rhythmic percussion genius on ten original compositions that pay tribute to ...
Painted Bride Takes Passage Throughout The Rhythmic Landscapes Of The Afro-Caribbean Alongside Grammy Nominated Latin/Modern Jazz Pianist-Composer Elio Villafranca
PHILADELPHIA DEBUT OF NEW PROJECT WITH WORLD-CLASS LINE-UP INCLUDING VICTOR LEWIS ON DRUMS Philadelphia PA—Cuban-born Latin/modern jazz pianist-composer Elio Villafranca, internationally acclaimed for his genre-bending approach to modern jazz returns to the Bride to deliver a bold new project. A prolific musician and educator with strong on-going creative and educational ties to Philadelphia's jazz community, Villafranca ...
Elio Villafranca and The Jass Syncopators at The Painted Bride Arts Center on October 29th
Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators featuring Victor Lewis and special guest, members of Los Pleneros de la 21 Sat. October 29 | 8pm $25 in advance, $30 day of show 20% off for patrons in our Ticket Discount Program. About Elio Villafranca Cuban-born Latin/modern jazz pianist-composer Elio Villafranca, internationally acclaimed for his genre-bending ...
Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari: Tree Of Life
by Dan Bilawsky
A safari, in essence, is all about the idea of an encounter between the tamed, usually in the form of adventure-seeking humans, and the wild, which they aim to explore. The same could be said for the music that drummer Francisco Mela creates with Cuban Safari on Tree Of Life. For his third solo outing, the ...
Half Note Records Announces Harrison, Mela, Werner Releases, Brecker Events
Half Note Records Announces Three New Recordings: Kenny Werner & Brussels Jazz Orchestra: Institute of Higher Learning available August 26 Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham: This Is Jazz available September 6 Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari with Special Guest Esperanza Spalding: Tree Of Life available September 6 The Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO), led by founder ...
54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival September 16 - 18
The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival, three-time winner of the JazzTimes Readers poll for “World's Best Jazz Festival" takes place September 16 to September 18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, home to the Festival for 54 consecutive years. Described as “a cultural colossus" by the San Jose Mercury News and “a mecca for true jazz fans" by the ...
Sopla, Andrea Brachfeld! Blow!
by Javier AQ Ortiz
A visit to a New York afterhours dive during the heyday of salsa in the mid 1970s would most likely afford the chance to see charanga groups such as Típica Novel, Orquesta Broadway or Charanga 76, furiously competing against each other-- with flutist Andrea Brachfeld holding her own among a bunch of hardcore characters, musical and ...
Jazz Bridge Presents Phyllis Chapell and Siora at Jazz in the Wood on April 1st
Appearing at Jazz in the Wood on April 1st at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 Collings Avenue in Collingswood, NJ, will be jazz vocalist Phyllis Chapell and her band Siora featuring pianist Barry Sames, bassist Chico Huff and Francois Zayas on drums/percussion. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: ...
Celebrate Installation of New Concert Piano at Saint Peter's Church
JAZZ MINISTRY OF SAINT PETERS CHURCH, NOBLE ART PIANOS and PIANOCULTURE.COM CELEBRATE INSTALLATION OF NEW PIANO at SAINT PETERS with CONCERT SERIES PIANOCULTURE AT SAINT PETERS features EDSEL GOMEZ (12/17), HAROLD ONEAL (12/18) and ELIO VILLAFRANCA (12/19) NEW YORK, NY -- The Jazz Ministry of Saint Peters Church, Noble Art Pianos and pianoculture.com proudly announce the ...
