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ARTS GARAGE.
Arts Garage has searched high
& low
for the best in jazz & blues!
Performing together for over 30 years, Nakasian and O’Brien have
entertained audiences all around the world as featured artists. Pianist O’Brien
brings spirited tempos and seasoned pure style as he sets the standard from
ballads to bebop. Featuring vocals by Nakasian who evokes Fitzgerald and Vaughan,
and their 19-year-old daughter, jazz singing sensation Veronica O’Brien.
“Vocal
virtuosity…broad range of material that showed [Nakasian’s] assurance on
easygoing ballads, soft, Brazilian scat singing, and punchy pep songs.” – The New York Times
Arts Garage
$25-$35 Adv/$5 more at door. Limited
seating.
BYOW ~ Bring Your Own Whatever!
Bottle of wine or other favorite
beverage,
hor d’oeuvres or munchies,
making the cultural experience
affordable to all!
Upcoming Summer 2013 Arts Garage Performances
The League of Women Voters and The
Arts Garage invite you to an exciting evening of music, wine, food and dancing
to breathtaking jazz of the Charmaine Forde Band.
Proceeds will benefit the
outstanding work that the League to educate ALL the citizens of Palm Beach County
Blues for the 21st century, featuring Longineu Parsons and Ted Shumate,
that will take you from Louis Armstrong to Howlin’ Wolf to Miles Davis to Jimi
Hendrix and beyond. Parsons has been hailed by critics internationally as one
of the world’s finest trumpet players. He also performs on recorder, flute,
percussion and is a vocalist. Acclaimed worldwide, guitarist Ted Shumate has
performed and recorded with some of the most famous musicians in the history of
jazz and blues.
“Professional, classy, smooth, sophisticated and urbane.”— Jazz & Blues Florida
Friday, August 23,
2013: Jazz Project, 7:30 PM
An enthusiastic and charismatic
performer who is also subtle and refined, Jantzen is on her way to becoming a
major name in the overlapping worlds of jazz, cabaret and classic American pop
music. She has the rare ability to reinterpret standards and make vintage songs
sound fresh, new and topical. Her warm voice and swinging style, combined with
a large repertoire, result in consistently memorable performances. She is never
shy about embracing melodies and lyrics from the Great American Songbook,
bringing out the hidden beauty in both, but her renditions are never
predictable.
“Her voice is as rich and honest
as you could ever hope for. Driving alone on a dark highway, that’s the voice
I’d want to hear.” –Wayne Downing
Linda Witsell continues her traditions of communing and jamming on
straight-ahead jazz and contemporary styles. Linda is something of an
inconspicuous insurgent in the regional jazz kingdom. Her adeptness on flute is
sweet and particularly outspoken. She’s got big, healthy, highly individual
ideas on flute, and about how to push jazz beyond its own boundaries.
Friday, August 30, 2013: Jazz Project, 7:30 PM
The Fourth World Ensemble, emerging in 2007
from Monasterios’ desire to experiment with the fusion of Latin Rhythms, World
Music and Pure Jazz, features Monasterios on piano, accompanied by percussion,
drums, bass and saxophone. The ensemble performs all original music composed
and arranged by Silvano. Exhibiting an insatiable appetite for challenge and
change, Silvano brought his new quintet into the Savant studios and recorded
eight new and innovative compositions. Featuring an assortment of indigenous percussion
instruments and rhythms, the Ensemble’s latest work is most likely destined to
be classified as “Latin Jazz,” yet it is totally devoid of the Latin clichés
often encountered in “pseudo-Latin” jazz. Instead, it showcases the talents of
an artist with a deep understanding of his complex Venezuelan roots combined
with an Austrian-Germanic-European compositional heritage, and who, at the same
time, is steeped in the great American jazz tradition.
Voted “Best Jazz Musician in Miami
Saturday, August
31, 2013: Jazz Project, 8pm
An internationally renowned artist, Russell
Malone is one of today’s most commanding and versatile guitarists! He has
performed and recorded with some of the highest profile artists including Diana
Krall, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Natalie Cole, David Sanborn,
Shirley Horn, Christina Aguilera, Harry Connick, Jr., Ron Carter, and Sonny
Rollins. Malone was named Guitarist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists
Association in 2011 and he played on three Grammy-nominated albums with
vocalist and pianist Diana Krall. Malone
was also a featured performer in Robert Altman’s 1996 film “Kansas City
“Mr. Malone… hasn’t tried to reinvent the
guitar: in his standard, soft tone you hear Wes Montgomery, George Benson, some
B.B.King. But as a performer he maintains a high rate of astonishment, and with
traditional materials, his ability to get inside swing rhythms or bruisingly
play a narrative blues, causing great tension and then easing off it.” New
York Times
“Malone’s technical ability has few peers.
Blinding speed aside, he’s capable of the kind of chordal harmonics first
introduced by the late Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, but he’s taken the
technique one step further.” All About Jazz
Saturday,
September 14, 2013: Jazz Project - 8pm
Sammy Figueroa has long been regarded as one
of the world’s great musicians and has twice been nominated for Grammy Awards.
As one of the world’s leading percussionists he has played on countless
records, providing the rhythmical framework for hundreds of hits. Well-known
for his versatility and professionalism, he is one of the few percussionists
equally comfortable in a multitude of styles, from R&B, rock, pop and bebop
to Latin, Brazilian and New Age. As one of New York’s most sought after session
players, Figueroa played on countless albums, jingles and film scores and
appeared often with The David Letterman Band and The Saturday Night Live Band.
He has recorded and toured with Miles Davis, the Brecker Brothers (for 12
years!), Sonny Rollins, Michel Camilo (who wrote the tune “And Sammy Walked In”
in his honor), Chaka Khan, David Bowie, and Mariah Carey. Figueroa’s famed
sense of humor, ebullient personality, and open-heartedness is famous within
the music industry and has made him a favorite with musicians and audiences
alike. While continuing his career as one of the world’s leading sideman (for
the last three years touring with Sonny Rollins), Figueroa has now established
himself as a bandleader and artist. Figueroa has also been included in The
Grove‛s Dictionary of Jazz.
“Sammy Figueroa is truly jazz greatness.” — Miami
“What can you say? Sammy is the Cat! He has
long been regarded as one of the premier musicians in the world.” – Drummer’s
World
Friday, September
20, 2013: Jazz Project, 7:30pm
Sanchez is a multi-dimensional musician, a
master of both Latin rhythm and the musical language of jazz, both deeply rooted
in his persona. A formidable piano player, he has collaborated with many bands
and top studio musicians in the South Florida
area, and has also been honored for his work as performer, arranger and
producer on two Grammy Award nominated albums. From Lima , Peru Miami Dade College and Leonid Treer at Florida Atlantic
University
Saturday,
September 21, 2013: Garage Blues, 8pm
Barrelhouse Chuck draws on a distinguished
lineage to create a blues, boogie-woogie and barrelhouse piano style that
places him at the forefront of a celebrated tradition. Grammy Award nominee, and BMA Pinetop Perkins
Piano Player of the Year nominee, Chuck is the only Chicago blues pianist to
have studied under Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Blind John Davis, Detroit
Junior and Little Brother Montgomery. Over last 30 years, Chuck developed his
formidable mastery of blues piano and went on to perform or record with most of
the notable Chicago blues musicians-people like Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Kim
Wilson, Hubert Sumlin, Otis Rush, Louis Myers, Buddy Guy, and Big Smokey
Smothers, among many others. His recording credits reads like a Who’s Who of
modern day Chicago U.S. , Canada ,
Mexico , South America and
tours Europe regularly. He has also appeared
more than a dozen times at the Chicago
“You got soul, man!” Eddie Kendricks
“Can you leave tomorrow? I want you to join my
band.” Albert King
Saturday,
September 28, 2013: Jazz Project, 8pm
Critically acclaimed saxophonist, bandleader,
and composer, Uri Gurvich blends the sinuous sounds of the Middle
East and Hebraic folk melodies with thoughtful harmonies and
brawny rhythms to create a unique jazz experience. Born and raised in Israel , Uri Gurvich won the Jazz Player of the
Year competition in Israel
before relocating to Boston to attend the
prestigious Berklee
College South America , Japan and the US ,
including Lincoln
Center New York
“It’s meta-world jazz, and it’s breathtaking.”
Washington City
“Gurvich presents a compelling and strikingly
original program that is imbued with beautiful, soulful melodies and brimming
with ecstatic improvisation” Jazz Times
7/19-8/11, Wed-Fri, 7:30pm | Sat,
2pm | Sun, 7pm
Featuring
24 of Garland Hollywood star who
captivated a nation with her spectacular talent and tumultuous life. “My
history of my life is in my songs.“– Judy Garland
About Arts Garage
Arts Garage is the venue
of choice for a diverse array of local, national and international performers,
as well as the preferred destination for those in search of arts seekers and
aficionados. Established in April 2011, its mission is to collaborate with
emerging artists and cultural innovators to facilitate an exchange of art and
ideas and present cutting-edge, interdisciplinary performances and exhibitions.
Located in the heart of Delray Beach , at 180
NE First Street Delray Beach
For more information on
Arts Garage, performances and booking tickets, visit the organization’s
website: http://artsgarage.org
