FLORA PURIM & AIRTO MOREIRA
In summer 2008 Flora & Airto will be touring with bassist Mark Egan and the great Brazilian guitarist/vocalist Toninho Horta in their band, so sign up for this exciting and simpatico supergroup now!
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KENNY WERNER & CLAUDIA VILLELA
Thanks to Kenny's natural simpatico with Brazilian vocalist Claudia, their all-improvised duo concert is a high wire act without a net, and as presenters so far will attest, they haven't fallen yet ! If you're imagining music that's avant-garde and "difficult," think again. The proof is in their CD Dreamtales, an exhilarating ride that's warm, melodic and full of surprises. This duo will be the surprise hit of your season, believe me!
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KENNY WERNER & JEAN-MICHEL PILC
A magical two-piano concert at Merkin Hall in NYC was so well-received that they'd like to do it again, and Jean-Michel's label Dreyfus would also like to record it. So if you can provide two good instruments, these two virtuosos will light up the room with them.
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J.D. WALTER & SHEILA JORDAN
Longtime mutual admirers, JD and Sheila have an interesting and unique collaboration in mind. You might remember Sheila's duo with bassist Harvie Swartz. Well, J.D.'s new CD is called 2 Bass A Face (and a little skin), and features J.D. with two upright bassists and a drummer. Now he and Sheila want to perform together in concert with a bassist (or two), and if you've heard their previous bass projects you know this will not only work, it'll be special.
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STEPHANIE NAKASIAN and HOD O'BRIEN
A crowd pleasing addition to Steph & Hod's live performances has been their 13-year old daughter Ronnie, a prodigy who's already been featured at the Women in Jazz Festival at Lincoln Center, and whose first CD Veronica's House of Jazz, recorded at age 9 under her chosen stage name of Veronica Swift, featured Richie Cole on sax. Her new CD, It's Great to Be Alive, features Harry Allen. Ronnie has to be seen and heard to be believed!
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VALERY PONOMAREV & THE VP JAZZ BIG BAND: Our Father Who Art Blakey
Valery has drawn on his experiences with the Mingus Epitaph band, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and Chico O'Farrell's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra to write some of the most exciting big band music to be heard in NYC or anywhere these days. But it's Valery's original charts on tunes associated with his mentor Blakey, with harmonizations on solos originally performed by Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, etc. - and even Blakey's recorded shouts echoed by the band - that make this project unique and special. If you can't afford the whole band, then bring Valery in with his great charts to be guest artist with your high-quality school or community big band. You'll make the band and your audience happy.
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MarsJazz Booking Agency
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