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JUAN ANTONIO GIL SEXTETO Special Guest Conciertos del mes de Noviembre Viernes 9 de noviembre a las 20.30 hs. Teatre Xesc Forteza (20€) NOCHE DE LATIN JAZZ DE CUBA Y MALLORCA con JUAN ANTONIO GIL SEXTETO Special Guest Con Alain Pérez en bajo eléctrico Juan Antonio Gil, Guitarra y Voz - Humberto Gonzales, Guitarra eléctrica y Coros - Julio Miguel Hernández, Bateria - Ivan St-Ives, Trompeta y percusión - - Rodrigo Vásquez en Set de percusión. JUAN ANTONIO GIL. El espectador que asiste a un concierto de este cantautor-guitarrista-humorista-urbano-cubano (el orden de los factores no altera el Producto) sale de la sala con la sensación de haber disfrutado de algo más que un simple concierto, pues se trata de todo un espectáculo para recordar, sonreír, reflexionar y por supuesto disfrutar de la buena música cubana, filtrada y reinventada en las composiciones de este heredero de la mejor trova cubana. En sus temas, algunos de los cuales se incluyen en su nuevo disco en solitario “CURBANo”, cooproducido con Alain Pérez (también en calidad de Bajista y arreglista) , Juan Antonio fusiona con originalidad géneros como el Son, el Cha cha chá, la Canción o la Guaracha, con sonoridades más universales tomadas del Jazz, Blues, el Reggae, el Funk y “World music”. La sonoridad del grupo está basada, partiendo del estilo propio de JAGG como cantautor y de los originales acompañamientos y melodías de guitarra en las respectivas composiciones con el siguiente formato: 1 Voz líder/Guitarra 2 Bajo Eléctrico 3 Set de percusión o Bateria 4 Guitarra eléctrica 5 trompeta/Perc. menor La mayoria de los integrantes apoyan en coros y segundas voces. Tal como en el álbum, se logra en los directos una especie de “groove” o sonoridad Garage cubano recorriendo los diferentes géneros mencionados anteriormente. Verlo sobre el escenario es todo un lujo La fuerte vena poética de JAGG sale en su directo a través de canciones melancólicas o de rimas ingeniosas, de poemas lanzados espontáneamente, de reflexiones, tanto serias como en clave humorística. Pero tan potentes como su lirismo son su voz rasgada -curtida en escenarios de todo el mundo-, su sentido del ritmo, del humor y su excepcional dominio de la guitarra, de la cual es un virtuoso intérprete. Todos estos elementos, que en su conjunto realzan la performance musical de JAGG, hacen de él un artista con mayúsculas, cuyo momento de madurez creativa y plenitud artística a buen seguro no pasará desapercibido para el público y la crítica de Palma de Mallorca, ciudad donde reside desde hace años. (por: Ivis Acosta Ferrer) Sábado 10 de Noviembre a las 21,30 hs. Teatre Xesc Forteza (35€) BILL EVANS SOUL GRASS BAND PRESENTANDO NUEVO DISCO “DRAGONFLY”. Mitch Stein, guitarra - Frank Gravis, bajo - John Dion en batería - Ryan Cavanaugh en banjo. Artista Invitada ALEJANDRA BURGOS & FRIENDS Noche especial con doble programa donde veremos un recorrido por el JAZZ TRADICIONAL, FUNK, ROCK Y LAS MAS ESENCIALES RAICES DEL FOLK AMERICANO O BLUEGRASS. A través de su carrera de más 20 años como artista, el saxofonista Bill Evans ha explorado una variedad de estilos musicales que van más allá de los límites del jazz tradicional, incluyendo fusión, reggae, soul y funk. Bill Evans empezó sus estudios de Piano antes de estudiar el Clarinete y Saxofón. A los 16 años ya daba conciertos de Piano clásico; Estudio un año en la Universidad de North Texas State antes de ingresar en el William Patterson College de New Jersey, en donde continuó sus estudios con el gran saxofonista Dave Liebman, quien lo recomendó a Miles Davis. Después de su graduación Evans se unió a la banda de Miles con quien estuvo los cinco siguientes años, de 1980 a 1984, siendo este encuentro clave para la vuelta de Miles en el circuito de Festivales de Jazz de todo el mundo después de varios años de inactividad. Después de grabar varios discos con Miles Davis, participó en otros grandes proyectos musicales como miembro de la banda Mahavishnu Orchestra liderada por el guitarrista John McLaughlin con quien estuvo tres años, grabando 2 álbumes con ellos; su siguiente etapa fue como miembro de la banda Elements con Mark Egan y Danny Gottlieb con los que grabó 3 álbumes mas; En 1990 participó en la grabación del disco en solitario de Mick Jagger titulado "Primitive Cool". Más tarde fundó y lideró una gran banda llamada Petite Blonde con Dennis Chambers a la bateria, Víctor Bailey al bajo, Mitch Forman a los teclados y Chuck Loeb a la guitarra, grabando un gran álbum en directo. Otros grandes créditos y logros de Bill Evans son sus giras y grabaciones con Herbie Hancock, Lee Ritenour y Andy Summers (Ex-guitarrista del grupo Police) y también ha colaborado en grabaciones para Michael Franks, David Sanborn, Ron Carter y Mark Egan. Evans ha estado girando casi exclusivamente con su propia banda desde 1990, con alrededor de 80 conciertos por año por todo el mundo. Ha grabado 15 discos en solitario y ha recibido dos nominaciones a los Grammy, uno por el disco “Soul Insider” (2002) y el otro para “Soulgrass”(2006), en el año 2007 publicó " The Other Side of Something" y en 2009 publica “VANS JOINT” CD que recopila 8 temas de su propia factura y escogidos por el mismo y lo graba junto a la WDR Big Band de Colonia acompañado en la base rítmica por Dave Weckl a la batería y Mark Egan en bajo. http://billevanssax.com/wordpress/ ALEJANDRA BURGOS & FRIENDS ALEJANDRA BURGOS. Cantante, guitarrista y compositora argentina residente en Mallorca. Su estilo abarca principalmente el Blues, el country y el Rock & Roll. Poseedora de una energía desbordante. A pesar de su juventud el escenario es su medio natural desde hace muchos años y eso se nota. http://www.alejandraburgos.com.ar Encuentros del mes de Diciembre Concierto de Clausura IX edición TALK OF DA TOWN Jueves 13 de Diciembre a las 20.30 hs. Teatre Xesc Forteza (30€) Paul Carrington - Carl Douglas - Stan Lockwood, Rayfield Ragler - Rodney James Talk of Da Town, es un quinteto a capella formado en 1982 por Paul Carrington, cantante y líder de esta agrupación. El quinteto realizó sus primeras actuaciones en San Francisco, de hecho el primer reconocimiento de importancia a su talento lo obtuvieron en el famoso Club de Teatro del estado de California, donde en la actualidad son uno de los grupos de culto de la ciudad. Desde entonces, los más afamados artistas, Temptations, Dizzy Gillespie, The Jellow Jackets, y públicos de todo el mundo se han rendido a su talento. La gran tradición del canto a cappella de los TODT tiene su origen en los famosos grupos de gospel de las décadas de los 30 y 40 del siglo pasado. Ya en los 50 está tradición se había transformado en los grupos doowop que proliferaron en los 50, incluyendo maravillas como Spaniels, Dells, Five Satins y Harptones. TODT es un grupo vocal en la tradición de estos pioneros y son exponentes de primera clase del revival de esa misma tradición. TODT relacionan armónicamente elementos propios del gospel, doowop, swing y de los grupos vocales clásicos. TODT son un grupo de talla internacional con un sonido internacional. Su extenso repertorio de Motown, R&B, Soul & Gospel, incluye canciones eternas de Sam Cooke, Temptations, Otis Redding, Ray Charles y muchos, muchos más. http://www.princesf.com/acappella-doowop-todt.htm CICLO DE CINE & JAZZ TEATRO CATALINA VALLS Passeig de Mallorca, 9 ENTRADA LIBRE Y GRATUITA DEL 12 AL 15 DE NOVIEMBRE a las 20.30 hs El cine y el jazz han sido los dos grandes artes del siglo XX. Ambos surgieron de la cultura popular y se convirtieron en formas artísticas, en expresiones de su época. En menos de 100 años pasaron por los movimientos y modas que otras artes habían tenido a lo largo de siglos. Esa transición veloz de lo popular a lo intelectual, de la tradición a la vanguardia les dotó de una especial complementariedad. Para esta edición del Jazz Voyeur Festival hemos elegido films que narran la vida de Michel Petrucciani, Miles Davis y Chet Baker, tres grandes creadores del género y una recientemente editada versión de Improvisación, la inacabada obra de Norman Grantz, sobre la esencia del jazz con imágenes inéditas de Charlie Parker, C. Hawkins, E. Fitzgerald, Lester Young, entre otros. Lunes 12 MICHEL PETRUCCIANI Sinopsis: Documental biográfico sobre el pia-nista francés Michel Petrucciani (1962-1999). Aquejado por una osteogénesis imperfecta, Petrucciani supera su discapacidad física para convertirse en un artista de talento y fama internacional. En este documental que retrata al músico a través de entrevistas e imágenes de archivo, Michael Radford busca compren-der la naturaleza de la creatividad. País: Francia http://www.cinemayestrenos.com/2012/01/pelicula-michel-petrucciani- 2011.html Martes 13 THE MILES DAVIS STORY: SO WHAT? The Miles Davis Story.The definitive look at the man and his music. Pais USA. Documental de 120 minutos, dirigida por el aclamado director de cine Mike Dibb. La película cuenta las ac- tuaciones de todas las épocas de la carrera de Miles y perspicaces entrevistas con HerbieHancock, Ron Carter, Clark Terry, JoeZawinul y muchos otros. Años después de su muerte en 1991, el legendario trompetista Miles Davis sigue siendo el músico de jazz más conocidos y más influyentes de los últimos 50 años. LA HISTORIA DE MILES DAVIS explora la música y el hombre detrás de la imagen pública, a partir del Miles de clase media criado con la segregación racial en East St. Louis hasta los últimos años, cuando viajó por el mundo como una estrella de rock. La carrera de Miles Davis, se cruzó con todos los acontecimientos importantes en el jazz desde los años 1940, y esta película aclamada por la crítica cubre todos estos eventos: Miles junto a Charlie Parker y DizzyGillespie, cuando era un estudiante de 19 años de edad, en el Julliard Escuela de Música, Kind of Blue y sus colaboraciones con Gil Evans, su quinteto histórico 1950 con John Coltrane y su quinteto con HerbieHancock y Wayne Shorter, la realización de BitchesBrew y el el desarrollo innovador de la fusión y el funk.
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