Thursday, January 28, 2016

Ira Sullivan Returns to HCC Ybor After 3 Year Hiatus for Tampa Jazz Club Series Performance - Public Invited!

and
HCC/Ybor Performing Arts Series 
Starts Off Big in 2016!


Sunday January 31, 2016 ~ 3pm
Ira Sullivan Quintet

The Tampa Jazz Club and the HCC Visual and Performing Arts Series will present the remarkable multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan and his band on Sunday, January 31, 2016, at 3:00 PM, in the Mainstage Theatre of the HCC Performing Arts Building in Ybor City.

This concert, Ira’s first Tampa appearance in three years, will be a tribute to Jackie Manthos, his dear friend for decades. Jackie was a founding board member of the Tampa Jazz Club and a devoted supporter of the Bay Area jazz scene, who passed away last October.

A master of the entire range of brass and reed instruments, 5-time Grammy nominee Ira Sullivan was a noted musician in Chicago as a youngster, sharing the stage with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and other greats in his teens. He has lived in South Florida since the 60’s and has been an inspiration and guiding light for generations of leading musicians who have taken part in his famed jam sessions through the years.

On January 31, he’ll be joined by his Miami colleague Marc Berner on tenor saxophone and exotic flutes; Bay Area favorites Michael Royal, piano and John Jenkins, drums; and bassist Don Mopsick, a veteran of many years with the Jim Cullum Band on public radio’s ‘Riverwalk.’


HCC Performing Arts Building Theatre
Corner of E Palm Ave & 
N Avenida Republica de Cuba
Tampa, 33605
Free Parking at Palm Avenue Garage one block west. 

Tickets: $25/$20 Club Members or in advance
$10 Students with ID
(Complimentary to HCC Students)

Tickets available at the door (cash or check only) or online at:



The Tampa Jazz Club was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1995, with the objective of “generating interest in preserving, understanding and performing jazz.”

The Tampa Jazz Club is committed to encouraging talented young jazz students and to presenting great live jazz in Tampa.

Since 2003, we have awarded Tampa Jazz Club scholarships to graduating Hillsborough County high school seniors who went on to study jazz performance or education. To date, we have awarded $15,750 to 14 graduates and this year we are offering a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving student. Our 2016 Scholarship Application is linked below. The current deadline is May 20, 2016. APPLICATION

The Tampa Jazz Club is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.


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Jazz Greats in Series in Avon Park Through March - Allan Vache Quintet This Weekend!

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South Florida State College's
Jazz Series brings the world
of Jazz to Avon Park FL

January 29, 2016 ~ 7:00 p.m.
SFSC University Center Auditorium
When Allan Vaché plays swing on his clarinet, the 
smooth sounds invite comparisons to a young 
Benny Goodman, which isn't surprising since the 
King of Swing was one of Vaché's chief influences.

February 11, 2016 ~ 7:00 p.m.
SFSC University Center Auditorium
The roots of the Salty Dogs dig deep to the early 
jazz musicians of the 1920s - Hoagy Carmichael, 
King Oliver, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, 
Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, 
Hitch's Happy Harmonists, and Louis Armstrong.

February 27, 2016 ~ 7:00 p.m.
SFSC University Center Auditorium
The group plays the 1930s-style music of 
guitarist Django Reinhardt -- foot-tappin' 
swing played on acoustic instruments.

March 10, 2016 ~ 7:00 p.m.
SFSC University Center Auditorium
Rebecca Kilgore regularly performs worldwide 
at jazz festivals, jazz parties, and on jazz cruises. 
She is a frequent guest on National Public Radio’s 
‘Fresh Air’ with Terry Gross, has appeared on
 ‘A Prairie Home Companion’, and with 
Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall.


All performances at:
Alan Jay Wildstein
Center for the Performing Arts at
South Florida State College
University Center Auditorium
600 W College Drive
Avon Park, FL 33825

Or Call Box Office at (863)784-7178



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Seaside Sessions - Final Series Performance - DRKWAV featuring John Medeski, Adam Deitch and Skerik

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North Beach Bandshell
7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach FL 33141
Tickets are $25 advance each concerts / $30 at the door.
Children under 6 admitted free
Tickets and Info at http://SeasideSessions.com or
call (305) 672-5202

The Rhythm Foundation invites you on a musical odyssey as they launch Seaside Sessions, live in Miami Beach throughout January 2016. Seaside Sessions is a series of three concerts featuring innovative jazz, international music, and fresh new sounds – all held at the open air North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach.



Saturday January 30th, 7pm – 11pm
DRKWAV featuring John Medeski, Adam Deitch and Skerik
Opening set by Aroze Troubadou
Artist Bios and Links

DRKWAV is led by John Medeski (keyboards), Skerik (saxophones) and Adam Deitch (drums). Medeski is known best as one third of Medeski Martin and Wood; Adam Deitch for his work with groups like Lettuce and Break Science; and Skerik as an iconoclastic innovator of ‘saxophonics’. The three master musicians have come together in DRKWAV – a delivery system for improv-heavy psychedelic fusions. Their sound is informed as much by the torqued jazz-rock of the early 1970s as by the dark ambient and drum ’n’ bass music of the early ’90s, while still pursuing an indeterminacy of style, anchored with cinematic overtures. True to its name, the trio revels in the pitch black, yet continually discover beauty and shed light through sonic exploration.

After his departure from the konpas band Bel Jazz in 2012, singer and guitarist Jean Levelt Vital and four young friends joined their instruments to create a troubadou (Haitian folk) band, Aroze Troubadou. In creole aroze means "to water" and, as their name suggests, Aroze waters the heart of their fans with a warming style of music, a mixture of ceremonial traditional rhythm, folk, and konpas beats.

Saturday January 16th, 7pm – 11pm
Marco Benevento
Special guest: Brika

Since he launched his solo career six years ago, Marco Benevento has built a studio and co-founded the label that releases his music, The Royal Potato Family. And as in the past, he’s written, arranged and played his largely instrumental anthems, leading a band from behind his customized piano and a tiny armada of drum machines and sequencers, keyboards and pedals. Now, Benevento has a new trick – he has begun to feature his own vocals. ‘The singing door has opened,’ he says. ‘Singing is awesome.’

Brika is a young chanteuse with classic trip-hop vocal inflection, poised to take music lovers everywhere by storm. Born and raised in Miami in a home full of eclectic musical influences, she released her debut CD in 2014, followed by select live appearances across the US including a groundbreaking collaboration with NuDeco Ensemble. Cryptic lyricism and stripped down production let her natural gifts shine -- temperamental bursts of creativity, a daring sense of honesty, and her amazing voice.


Saturday January 23rd, 7pm – 11pm
Christian Scott
Hailu Mergia
Opening set by Aaron Lebos Reality

Christian Scott, the New Orleans-raised, Berklee-educated, Manhattan-based trumpeter’s music is rooted in tradition but it is also part of the modern world, musically and politically. Scott hangs on to what is still relevant in jazz’s legacy and mixes it up with a bag of twists: hip hop, rock, ambient, funk, Afrorock and the reassertion of jazz-as-protest. Scott is not the only young musician traveling this road, but the music he is creating may be the most magnetic around. Scott calls it “stretch music.”’ (All About Jazz review). Audiences worldwide agree. Christian Scott is making major musical waves – he was the break-out sensation at last year’s Jazz Fest.

Keyboard and accordionist Hailu Mergia was a major star in 1970’s Ethiopia, presiding over the country’s leading instrumental jazz ensemble Walias Band. In 1981 members of Walias including Hailu used the first ever US tour of an Ethiopian music group to escape the dictatorial Mengistu regime. Since then Hailu has been a resident of the DC area, spending most of his recent years as a cab driver at the capital’s Dulles Airport and playing only privately. Enter Brian Shimkovitz of Awesome Tapes From Africa, who came across “Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument”, an obscure 1985 cassette, in a music store in Ethiopia, tracked down the old maestro and reissued it. And voila! Hailu begins his comeback onto festival stages worldwide.

Aaron Lebos is a versatile guitarist born and raised in South Florida. Lebos currently plays with some of the region’s biggest names - Nicole Henry, Tony Succar and the Spam Allstars. He formed Reality in 2012, bringing together friends like Eric England on bass, Jim Gasior on keyboards and Rodolfo Zuniga on drums to stretch their musical boundaries and create fresh instrumental music that crosses boundaries between jazz, rock and jam.

Seaside Sessions is produced by The Rhythm Foundation and receives support from Atlantic Broadband and City of Miami Beach.

ABOUT THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION
The Rhythm Foundation, a Miami Beach-based non-profit cultural organization, is a leading presenter of world music in the US. It was founded in 1988 with the goal of increasing international awareness through live music - concerts, events and festivals by established and innovative artists from around the world. Special focus is given to those cultures connecting to South Florida audiences – music from Brazil, Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and Europe. The range of programs covers music at the heart of global culture today to the traditional music of the world. In 2015 the City of Miami Beach awarded management of the North Beach Bandshell to the Rhythm Foundation, who are now creating exciting year-round programming at this architectural gem.

ABOUT THE NORTH BEACH BANDSHELL

The North Beach Bandshell is a classic MiMo-era open-air amphitheater that anchors the North Beach business district. Located at Collins Avenue and 73 Street, the cultural facility is owned by the City of Miami Beach and operated by The Rhythm Foundation, a Miami Beach-based non-profit cultural organization. The Bandshell is an important and beloved work of Mid-Century Miami Modern (MiMo) architecture, designed by renowned local architect Norman Giller in 1961. In its original heyday, the unique structure hosted big band dance parties, roller skate nights, and various community events – even broadcasts of the national “Mike Douglas Show.” The City of Miami Beach renovated the facility in 2011. The updates were seamlessly integrated into the classic architectural style, but included increased production capabilities, an expanded stage, a new backstage area and new lighting and audio equipment. The North Beach Bandshell programming fund receives support from the City of Miami Beach, Terra Group, Boardwalk Properties, Urban Resource, and Alfa Romeo & Fiat North Miami.

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Arts Garage Announces New Artists to Jazz Lineup


JUST BOOKED! 
Carla Visi's Fascinating Mestizo Tour - BRAZILIAN JAZZ
Sun. 3/6, 7pm 
Carla is one of the most popular and best-selling Brazilian female singers in today’s industry, identified by her powerful voice, her charisma, and her upbeat live performances. She has collaborated with four-time Grammy award winner Gilberto Gil, lending her incredible voice to their unique version of the classic hit,
“I Just Called To Say I Love You”.  
 
Vinicius Cantuaria Quartet - LATIN JAZZ  
Fri. 3/11, 8pm 
“Cantuaria likes to push the envelope and fuse gorgeous Tropicalismo bossa nova rhythms with sly avant-garde techniques.”
 The Wire

In addition to being a well-known Brazilian singer and songwriter with a seductively gentle voice, Vinicius is also a guitarist, drummer and percussionist, known for his fusion of cool jazz and Bossa Nova. 
  
MORE GREAT JAZZ ARTISTS COMING UP: 

Uri Gurvich 
JAZZ
SAT. 2/6, 9pm

Carmen Lundy 
JAZZ
FRI. 2/12, 9pm 

Vitali Imereli 
JAZZ
SAT. 2/27, 8pm

 
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SOUTH MIAMI-DADE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER PRESENTS LINDSEY BLAIR QUARTET


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