TIGERTAIL presents
JOHNNY O’NEAL
SOLO PIANO CONCERT
"One of the best kept secrets in New York, Johnny O'Neal sings like Joe Williams and plays piano like Art Tatum ... He can rock a room like a rocker, serenade it like a classic crooner, or swing it like he's on a playground." – Bluenote Jazz Festival program notes
Johnny O'Neal is an American neo-bop jazz pianist and vocalist. His playing ranges from technically virtuosic stride to tender ballad interpretations. Though unique in style, he is influenced by many jazz elders, including Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum. After moving from his hometown of Detroit to Alabama and then to New York City, he performed with Clark Terry in 1981 and landed a regular job at the Blue Note, accompanying such greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, Nancy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, Anita O'Day, Russell Malone, Joe Pass and Kenny Burrell. He was a member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers for two years from 1982-1983 and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1985. Largely self-taught, he doesn't read music, but Johnny has a repertoire of about 1,500 songs stored in his memory. On the recommendation of Oscar Peterson, O'Neal portrayed Art Tatum in the 2004 movie Ray, convincingly recreating Tatum's sound on the song "Yesterdays".
Johnny loves playing solo, and loves playing in South Florida. In the past decade, he has graced the stages of the now-defunct Van Dyke Cafe and Arturo Sandoval's Jazz Club, and sailed on the Jazz Cruise in 2007.
"I'm totally in the moment; I have no set list," he told a reporter at Smalls Jazz Club in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. "I never know what I'm going to play until I get onstage."
Read the May, 2014, New York Times article titled "A Piano Great Is Back, Singing a Gusty Blues."
Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 9PM
Miami-Dade County Auditorium (MDCA)
On.Stage Black Box
2901 West Flagler, Miami FL 33135
Super easy free parking
tigertail.org for maps and directions
$25 General admission
$50 front row cabaret tables (table seating is almost sold out)
BUY at Tigertail.org or (305)324-4337
or at the door the night of the concert
Tigertail will present a full season of music, dance and spoken word events to mark its 35th year of cultural work in Miami. In its 35 years, Tigertail has commissioned and presented more than 500 artists in dance, music, theater, film and video, as well as the visual and literary arts. The 35th season will begin with two jazz concerts. It will climax in the month April with the second FLA-FRA Florida/France festival. The Tigertail's teen spoken word team, WordSpeak, will close the season. (See the full schedule, with venues and times at the end of this press release.)
The season will begin on October 11 with a solo concert by neo-bop jazz pianist and vocalist Johnny O'Neal. O'Neal's playing ranges from the technically virtuosic to tender ballad interpretations. Though unique in style, he is influenced by many jazz elders, including Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum and was a member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Largely self-taught, Johnny has a repertoire of over 1,500 songs. On the recommendation of Oscar Peterson, O'Neal portrayed Art Tatum in the 2004 movie Ray, convincingly recreating Tatum's sound on the song "Yesterdays".
European chamber jazz comes to the stage on October 25. Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans' latest project, Oliver's Cinema is a trio with an unusual instrumental combination. Vloeimans is considered to be one of the finest and most versatile trumpet players in Europe. Charismatic accordionist Tuur Florizoone explores the instrument's full expressive range. Classically trained cellist Jörg Brinkmann has played in pop bands, theater orchestras and chamber music ensembles. Together, their repertoire veers among jazz, classical, pop and film music. They come to Miami directly from a gig at New York's Blue Note.
Just two weeks later on November 8, Tigertail's annual fundraising party takes on the theme of Beauty and the Beast. Guests will enter through the Miami-Dade County Auditorium's rear loading dock and enjoy food, drink, entertainment, a silent visual art auction curated by Kristen Thiele and a final hour of dancing.
As it has for many years, Tigertail's WordSpeak teen spoken word team will launch their annual book of poems on the first Friday following Christmas, December 26, at Books & Books in Coral Gables. The seven teens will perform the poems that were praised by their peers at the Brave New Voices festival in Philadelphia this past July.
In its second year, ScreenDance Miami will take place from January 22 to 25. The festival highlights Miami-based choreographers, movers and filmmakers who are working with dance on camera. ScreenDance Miami is comprised of screenings, panel discussions, workshops and site-specific installations.
In February, two residencies by noted spoken word artists will benefit teens in Miami-Dade County high schools with workshops, performances and spoken word slams. From February 1 to 6, Andrea Assaf will head up SpeakOut, Tigertail's LGBTQ spoken word program. Then from February 22 to 27, the WordSpeak program will be led by George Yamazawa. Each of these artists will perform at The Betsy Hotel, where they will be in residence in the hotel's Writer's Room – Assaf on February 6, Yamazawa on the 27th.
On February 12 and 13, Carlota Pradera's Bare Bones will return to the stage. Audiences and critics raved about the premiere of this piece in June, 2014. Due to a sell-out at the Sandbox Theater at Miami Theater Center, many were turned away on the last night of that run. Now Miami dance audiences can all experience this powerful piece in the larger, yet intimate, setting of the On.Stage Black Box at Miami-Dade County Auditorium.
Tigertail's FLA-FRA Florida-France festival takes off on the first of April and runs for the entire month. A community-wide fête of concerts, films, poetry reading events and five-minute pop-up Culture Clicks happening throughout Miami at theaters and unexpected locations, FLA-FRA embraces the French spirit of joie de vivre. This is the 2nd year of Tigertail's venture into new work from France and beyond. Each day at sunrise, In Search for Sunrise: France will involve a different person, who will be filmed for five minutes while contemplating the significant French-born artist of their choice. FLA-FRA will include two music and one dance concerts.
On April 11, The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band plays an all-acoustic concert. This trio continues a Cajun French tradition of Acadian music as genuine as can be found in the 21st century. Marc Savoy (accordion, vocals), wife Ann (guitar, frequent lead vocals), and Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil (fiddle, vocals) comprise the band, which has been performing and recording together since 1977.
Gypsy jazz – known as jazz manouche in France – performed by guitar prodigy Adrien Moignard, comes to the On.Stage Black Box on April 17 and 18. At only 29, Moignard has become the leading guitarist of "le Jazz Hot" tradition, which began with Django Reinhardt in the 1930's. With flawless technique, he has become the hottest performer in Paris' jazz manouche clubs and DjangoFest events throughout the world. He will be accompanied by NYC-based bassist Sam Anning.
FLA-FRA will close with dance from France. On April 24 and 25, Ivory Coast-born dancer/choreographer Nadia Beugré will perform her Quartiers Libres. Within an immersive and interactive visual and aural design, Beugré battles the stifling confines of the stage, oppressive sound, seas of plastic water bottles and an endless, tangled microphone cable. In this world willing to bury her, Beugré's powerful and passionate quest for freedom unfolds, her body and spirit irrevocably changed by the struggle.
Tigertail's 35th season ends with several public readings by the teens from Tigertail's WordSpeak team, who will be heading off to the Brave New Voices spoken word festival next July.
Tigertail's 2014/15 Season Schedule of Events
WHO:
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Johnny O'Neal, Jazz Piano
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WHAT:
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Solo Jazz Piano
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LOCATION:
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Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box, 2901 W.
Flagler, Miami, FL 33135
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WHEN:
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Saturday, October 11, 2014, 9:00pm
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TICKETS:
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$50/$25; buy online www.tigertail.org,
or call 305 324 4337
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WHO:
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Oliver's Cinema, European Jazz Trio led by Eric Vloeimans
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WHAT:
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Eric Vloeimans (NL) trumpet, Tuur Florizoone (BE)
accordion and Jörg Brinkmann (DE) cello
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LOCATION:
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Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box, 2901 W.
Flagler, Miami, FL 33135
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WHEN:
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Saturday, October 25, 2014, 9:00pm
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TICKETS:
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$50/$25/$20; buy online www.tigertail.org,
or call 305 324 4337
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WHAT:
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Tigertail Annual Special Event & Silent Auction, Beauty & the Beast
An outrageous evening of fun & fundraising with silent auction of visual art curated by Kristen Thiele |
LOCATION:
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Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box, 2901 W.
Flagler, Miami, FL 33135
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WHEN:
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Saturday, November 8, 2014, 8:00-11:00 pm, 10-11pm dance
party
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TICKETS:
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Buy online www.tigertail.org,
or call 305 324 4337
Ticket for one $125, two $220, four $400, corporate $1500 |
WHAT:
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Spoken Word Teen Performances
Book Launch and Reading from WordSpeak 2014 book |
LOCATION:
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Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL
33134
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WHEN:
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Friday, December 26, 2014, 8:00 pm
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TICKETS:
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Free
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WHAT:
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ScreenDance Miami
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LOCATION:
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Events held at Miami Beach Cinematheque, Inkub8 &
other venues TBA
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WHEN:
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Thursday - Sunday, January 22-25, 2015
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TICKETS:
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Single tickets and festival pass, full schedule to be
released in the fall
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WHO:
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Andrea Assad, Spoken Word Poet
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WHAT:
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SpeakOut,
LGBTQ teen spoken word project including workshops, slams and performances,
and a week residency. The LGBTQ residency is February 1-6, 2015.
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LOCATION:
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Artist Public Reading/Performance, Friday, February 6,
2015, 8pm, The Betsy Hotel
Teen Slam, Thursday, February 5, 2015, 6pm, Miami Beach Botanical Garden |
TICKETS:
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Free
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WHO:
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Carlota Pradera and Lazaro Godoy
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WHAT:
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Bare Bones – dance
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WHEN:
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Thursday & Friday, February 12 & 13, 2015, 9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
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Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box, 2901 W.
Flagler, Miami, FL 33135
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TICKETS:
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$50/$25/$20; buy online www.tigertail.org,
or call 305 324 4337
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WHO:
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George Yamazawa, Spoken Word Poet
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WHAT:
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WordSpeak,
teen spoken word project including workshops, slams and performances, and a
week residency by George Yamazawa, a poet, writer and educator. George
Yamazawa's WordSpeak
residency is February 22-27, 2015.
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LOCATION:
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Artist Public Reading/Performance, February 27, 2015, 8pm,
The Betsy Hotel
Teen Slam, Thursday, February 26, 2015, 6pm, Miami Beach Botanical Garden |
TICKETS:
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Free
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April 1-30, 2015, FLA-FRA (Florida-France) festival,
various locations and daily events
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WHO:
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Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, Louisiana Cajun Music
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WHAT:
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FLA-FRA Event
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LOCATION:
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Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139
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WHEN:
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Saturday, April 11, 2015, 8:30 pm
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TICKETS:
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$50/$35; Buy online www.tigertail.org,
or call 305 324 4337
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WHO:
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Adrien Moignard, Gypsy Jazz
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WHAT:
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FLA-FRA Event
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LOCATION:
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Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box, 2901 W.
Flagler, Miami, FL 33135
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WHEN:
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Friday & Saturday, April 17 & 18, 2015, 9:00pm
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TICKETS:
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$50/$25/$20; Buy online www.tigertail.org,
or call 305 324 4337
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WHO:
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Nadia Beugré, Dance
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WHAT:
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FLA-FRA
Event, Dance Solo, Quartiers
Libres
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LOCATION:
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Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box, 2901 W.
Flagler, Miami, FL 33135
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WHEN:
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Friday & Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2015, 9:00pm
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TICKETS:
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$50/$25/$20; Buy online www.tigertail.org,
or call 305 324 4337
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WHO:
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Tigertail's WordSpeak
team
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WHAT:
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Public readings
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LOCATION:
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TBA
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WHEN:
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June, 2015
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TICKETS:
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free
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Season partners and supporters for
our 34th season include:
Aquarius
Press; ArtCenter South Florida; ArtBurst; The Betsy Hotel; Books & Books;
Bresaro Suites; The Children's Trust; William J. and Isobel G. Clarke
Foundation; Consulate General of France, Consulate General of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands; E.S. Moore Family Foundation; Films on the Beach; State of
Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts
Council on Arts and Culture; FUSED/FACE; The Galler Group; Greater Miami
Convention and Visitors Bureau; Inkub8; John S. & James L. Knight
Foundation; Mad Studios; Magic City Casino; MiamiArtZine; Miami Beach Botanical
Garden; Miami Beach Cinematheque; City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council;
Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box; Miami-Dade County Department
of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade
County Public Library; Miami-Dade County Public Schools; The Miami Foundation;
National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead
funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and additional funding from
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife
Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust; National Performance
Network (NPN), made possible in part by support from the NPN Performance
Residency Program (Major contributors of NPN include the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation, Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal
agency), the MetLife Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation); National
Endowment for the Arts; Pridelines; Publix Super Markets Charities; Safe
Schools South Florida; The Law Offices of Linda M. Smith; South Arts; TV5
Monde; WDNA & WLRN FM; Wells Fargo and our many private supporters.
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