 | SAN MIGUEL JAZZ CATS
(Thursday november 26th) |
| | | | The “San Miguel Jazz Cats” is a talented trio of musicians (Ken Basman: guitar, Antonio Lozoya: bass and Víctor Monterrubio: drums), who have been playing together for ten years, they’ve developed telepathic communication that allows them to switch gears from one style of jazz to another. Also have served as a base for many projects, both local and in other parts of Mexico. They have played alongside Jazz greats such as Dave Pike, Bob Sheppard, Lila Downs, Francisco Mela, Magos Herrera, John Ronstadt, just to name a few.
http://www.amgraficos.com/jazz/jazzcatsmusic.htm
http://www.amgraficos.com/jazz/jazzcats.htm
|
| | SWING FEVER & DENISE PERRIER
(Friday november 27th. XV Anniversary Gala Dinner) |
| | This band has specialized in playing 30´s and 40´s jazz since 1978. The band has traveled and recorded with famous musicians, including a Count Basie, Duke Ellington, the trompetist Clark Terry, the clarinetist Buddy De Franco and Terry Gibbs. As “Now Jazz” said, the “Swing Fever maintains its music alive without being a museum piece.” | |  |
| |  | | Created and consolidated in the area of San Francisco Bay, Swing Fever has persisted in its own style. They’ve played at the festival of jazz in Monterrey, also in the classic festivals of jazz of San Francisco, San José, Sacramento and Los Angeles. In 1990, They were recognized by the Advice for Arts of California,
since then they haven’t stopped playing and have already 400 concerts
just in California. |
| | Rythmical, romantic, torrid and ingenious… that’s the music of Swing
Fever. As special guest, Denise Perrier, it’s one of the most
important Jazz & Blues singers in San Francisco, with 30 years of
professional race participating in the most importants Festivals at
Europe, Asia and the United States. | |  |
| | | | EDDIE GOMEZ TRIO
(Saturday november 28th) |
| |  | | Grown in New York, near Harlem, He studied contrabass in 1955, participating several years in the Newport Festival Youth Band, orchestra of young people under the direction of Marshall Brown. In 1963 he studied at Julliard’s School of Music, and a couple of years later, comprises with Marian McPartland Trio. Later he works with Paul Bley, Gerry Mulligan and Jim Hall. |
| | Bill Evans proposed him to work together, after being in the Village Vanguard (1966), a collaboration that will extend until 1977, which does not prevent him to work with other great figures of the jazz as: Miles Davis, Steve Gadd, Lee Konitz, Jay McShann, Jeremy Steig, Albert Magelsdorff, etc. Once finalized its stage with Evans, he worked with Charles Mingus and Chick Korea, beside having diverse works in Europe. During the 80’s, Gomez work basically as a studio musician and with Steps Ahead, a jazz fusion group that was Co-founder. Its first disc like leader, appears in 1984, and two years later leaves the Steps, to play with Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias, Lew Soloff and Michel Petrucciani. In the 90’s, Gomez returns several times to Puerto Rico and realises tours, al around the world, with his own formation. At the moment he’s a resident artist in the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico.
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_G%C3%B3mez
|
| | THE NORTH SEA COYOTES
(Sunday november 29th) |
| | Invited group originary from Belgium. The North Sea Coyotes is an amalgam of several sorts, where country blues becomes the most remarkable presence (this prevalence does not prevent, nevertheless, to turn toward the Latin rates & jazz). | |  |
| |  | | NICOLAS BEARDE: Cantante:
Nicolas Bearde vocalist from San Francisco, California USA, member of Bobby McFerrin's renouned vocal ensemble, " Voicestra". |
| | Has long been recognized as an adept and fearless vocal improviser, who infuses his jazz vocals with contemporary nuances, and seductive techniques, but who also takes humorous detours into Pop, Soul, Blues, and R&B styles. Bearde has been compared to vocal icons like Lou Rawls, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, and Jon Lucien. He has worked steadily with an array of artists from Patti Austin, Michael Bolton and Janis Siegel to McFerrin, John Handy, Chris Camozzi, and his own outstanding group, the Right Groove. He’s cut three albums for Right Groove Records, his own imprint. The first, 1998's Crossing the Line, the 2005 follow-up All About Love and 2008's Live at Yoshi's - A Salute to Lou .
www.nicolasbearde.com
|
| | GABRIEL HERNáNDEZ : Piano
Cuban-born Gabriel Hernández Cadenas started his piano education at seven years old in "Luis Casas Romero" Music Conservatory in Camagüey, Cuba. At only 15, he received the EGREM Prize (Recordings and Musical Editions Enterprise) for the Best Musical Orchestration. | |  |
| | One of San Miguel de Allende’s most beloved musicians, he has also been involved in the annual "Jazz Plaza" festivals of Havana which led to becoming a member of the Leon Thomas and Dizzy Gillespie groups. He has also shared the stage with other great musicians including Roy Hargrove, James Carter, Chucho Valdez, Tito Puente, and The Fine Wine Trio. He´s playing regullary with "AfroCuban- All Stars", cunducting by Juan de Marcos Gonzalez from Buenavista Social Club.
http://www.gabrielpiano.com/
|
| |
DAVID GILMORE QUARTET
(Monday november 30th)
|
| | Internationally acclaimed guitarist who fuses jazz elements, Funk, African Music and World Music. From the past mid decade the guitarist and composer David Gilmore have recorded and played with some of the musicians of more high stature in modern music, including Wayne Shorter, Dave Douglas, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sam Rivers, Steve Coleman, Don Bryon, Cassandra Wilson, Uri Caine, Randy Brecker, and David Sanborn. | |  |
| | It has appeared in more than 40 recordings and has been an important presence in the international scene. In the summer of 2001 he launched his first recording “Ritualism”, that has received the applause of the international critic, and was named to be CD of the year by the Jazz Jornalists Association. Mr. Gilmore also recently has been name for the category Rising Stars by the magazine Down Beat.
http://www.davidgilmore.net
|
| | KATIE THIROUX TRIO
(Tuesday december 1st) |
| |  | | The acrobatic vocal adjustments of Katie and their humble instrumental sounds established their unique style, has turned her it into one of the most important young people of the new scene of the contemporary jazz. The trio has been influenced by the styles of Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Bill Evans and Anita O' Day.
One of her recent presentations is the one with Terri Lyne Carrington and its group, the Mosaic, that also included the talent of Geri Allen and Ingrid Jensen in the 2009 Jazz Festival of Münster and with the Carrington Trio and Dr. Billy Taylor this last January. |
| | Other remarkable presentations include the 50th Jazz Festival of Monterey, the Newport and Vail Jazz Festivals. Katie Thiroux is original from Los Angeles and studied in the university of Berklee where it received the presidential scholarship. With her trio, she travels, realises and leads clinics for the audiences and students, because she feels that the education is necessary in maintaining jazz alive.
http://www.katiethiroux.com
|
| | HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
(Wenesday december 2nd) |
| | They began in 1990, its first CD was in 1992, the second in 1993, - and the with the stimulus of San Francisco Bay- they say. His 2nd CD had guests as Dan Hicks, or Maria Muldauer to mention most representative. They have placed for numerous jazz festivals around the world, and they were the first band GADJO (no-gypsy) playing on the scene of the Django Reinhardt Festival. http://www.hcsf.com | |  |
| | TLAXCALTECATL LATIN JAZZ BAND
(Thursday december 3rd) |
| |  | | Tlaxcaltecatl Latin Band Jazz born like a family project founded by Raymundo Tlaxcaltecatl Zane on April 92, three years later becomes a solid project in order to spread the Latin jazz in Mexico. Tlaxcaltecatl Latin Band Jazz, brings us rythmical and sonorous experimentations always welcome.
|
| | At the moment is one of the bands of greater importance in the sort of
the Latin jazz in Mexico. The encounter of these outstanding musucians
of international projection makes them a band with an own and forceful
sound that reflects the vision of the Latin Jazz.
http://www.myspace.com/tlaxcaltecatllatinjazzband
|
| | DAVID SáNCHEZ QUARTET
(Friday december 4th) |
| | David Sanchez, is one of the sax players of contemporary jazz with more reputation in the United States. In 1991, before turning 23 years, Dizzy Gillespie invited him to join the United Nations Orchestra, acclaimed group that summoned the best musicians of jazz of the five continents; and although David was the youngest of the orchestra, in its curriculum already appeared participation with Miriam Makeba, Paquito D'Rivera, Hilton Ruiz, Eddie Palmieri, Claudius Roditi, Larry Ridley Legacy Jazz. | |  |
| | After the retirement from the scene of Dizzy in 1992, David Sanchez,
played with important figures as Kenny Barron, Charlie Haden, Roy
Haynes, Elvin Jones, Steve Turre, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and McCoy Tyner.
David has been nominated four times for the Grammy Award and its
“Coral” album win the Latin Grammy Award for better instrumental album
in 2005.
http://www.davidsanchezmusic.com
|
| | | | Antonio Sanchez three times winning of the Grammy, is at the moment considered by many critics, musicians and public lone of the most prominent and innovating drummers of its generation. Original from Mexico City, began playins at the age of 5 and at the age of 17 was admitted in the National Music Shoocl of Bellas Artes National Institute where it studied the degree in classic piano and composition. | |  |
| | In 1993, after studied there for 4 and a half years, a scholarship was granted him to realise a degree in Execution of Jazz in prestigious " Berklee College of Music" of Boston. Immediately after graduating with honors, in 1997 the Cuban sax player Paquito D' Rivera included Antonio in the alignment of the United Nation Orchestra that trompetist Dizzy Gillespie left into the hands of D' Rivera after deceased. Since his arrive to New York, Antonio has become one of the most solicitd drummers in the scene of international jazz. It has played and recorded with some of the greatest names of jazz like Pat Metheny (member of the Pat Metheny Group and the Pat Metheny Trio, with Christian McBride), Chick Korea, Michael Brecker, Charlie Haden, Gary Burton and Toots Thielmans. It collaborates regularly with some of the most outstanding names of the last generation in Jazz like: Joshua Redman, Chris Potter, John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, David Sanchez, Paquito D' Rivera, Kenny Werner, Marcus Roberts, Avishai Cohen, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Miguel Zenon, Scott Colley, Dave Samuels, Luciana Souza, Billy Childs, Claudia Acuña, to name a few. In 2007 recorded his first production titled " Migraciones". The album includes a stellar list with some of the most famous musicians of jazz: Pat Metheny, Chick Korea, Chris Potter, David Sanchez and Scott Colley. It has received very flattering comments on diverse worldwide publications. " All About Jazz" calls him " One of the best debuts of 2007"
http://www.antoniosanchez.net
|
| | “MOTOWN TRIBUTE" – 50th ANNIVERSARY"
WITH FESTIVAL ARTISTS & SPECIAL GUESTS
(Saturday december 5th)
It the Festival close will have a parade of artists and special guests, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary with great influence on the scene of jazz and rythm & blues festivals, Don’t miss it! |
| |
« Back to Top »
| | | | | XV Festival Internacional de Jazz & Blues de San Miguel de Allende - 2009.
Todos los derechos reservados. All right reserved.
|
|
| San Miguel Jazz has had 68451 visitors since October 02, 2009 |
http://www.diseno-i.com
| |
| | | | | | Music: « OFF »
| | | | Informes del Festival
For more Information
(415) 152-7599
Paquetes de Hoteles!
Hotel Packages!
_______________
On the 27 & 29 Concerts without meals, tickets will be sold only at the location
Para los conciertos del 27 y 29 sin alimentos, solo se podran adquirir en taquilla
_______________
The first 200 tickets sold for December 5th Concert will received a gift
Los primeros 200 boletos vendidos para el Concierto del 5 de diciembre recibiran un regalo
_______________
Adquiera sus boletos a partir del 1ro de noviembre en
Get your tickets after November 1st at
|
| | | | | | | | | |
| |
| |
