Portal de San Javier
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Keb 'Mo'
Scenario: Almansa Park Auditorium
Date: Friday 8 July
Time: 21: 30h.
Admission: 20Euros
Ignasi Terraza, one of the most prominent and most international Spanish pianists receives on the night of Friday, July 8 Award of the 19th International Jazz Festival of San Javier ex aequo with Kevin Mahogany, which will close the festival on July 30 next .
The great Catalan pianist will open the third night of Jazz San Javier with his Quartet and special guest, trumpeter and singer Ronald Baker norteamerciano.
The second part of the night the stars in the king of post-modern blues Keb 'Mo' whose memory still lingers among the public after starring one of the best blues concerts in the history of the Festival, on his previous visit in 2012.
With thirty albums released in Spain, France, Switzerland and Japan, Ignasi Terraza, blind since age nine, is among the highlights of his long career having won in 2009 the prestigious Jacksonville International Jazz Piano Competition in the United States with artists like Dr . John from the jury.
His knowledge of jazz language, his sense of rhythm and harmony as a musician soon became highly valued and requested accompanying figures like Frank Wess, Lou Donaldson, and Benny Golson, among many others.
Ignasi Terraza, whose early capacity for improvisation led him to jazz piano, exhibits a unique style that part of the jazz tradition with influences such as Oscar Peterson and Ahmad Jamal with the background of European classical music.
His virtuosity on the piano, swing and sensitivity he brings to his interpretations give a very personal sound to the usual Catalan musician in international circuits Jazz returns to the Festival of San Javier, where already performed with the Big Band of Barcelona.
Ignasi Terraza Quartet will perform in training, which contains the great tenor saxophonist Gabriel Amargant, and American trumpeter and singer, exquisite sensitivity, Ronald Baker, as guest artist.
One of the most anticipated appearances by much of the public of the Festival is the great icon of contemporary blues, Keb 'Mo', which will offer the second night concert accompanied by his splendid band.
The singer, guitarist and composer, winner of three Grammy Awards, returns to Jazz San Javier, who visited in 2008 and 2012, with his latest album "BLUESAmericana" and the latest "Keb 'Mo' Live. That Hot Pink Blues Album "a double album that sums up his 2015 tour with a brilliant selection of his most characteristic themes as" "Life is Beautiful" and "City Boy", among others.
Master in the fusion of blues with other genres such as rock, folk, jazz, R & B, soul and pop, Keb'Mo 'meets in the title of his latest album "BLUESAmericana" two musical genres, with a final sound of jazz, pop , Doo-Wop and Delta blues, one of the first types of blues, which highlights the guitar, which is considered an outstanding representative.
With "BLUESAmericana" which was his 12th studio album, was serving 20 years since he recorded his debut album "Keb 'Mo'. Throughout his career he has played with greats like Jackson Browne, Marcus Miller and Bonnie Raitt, and his songs have been recorded by musicians such as BB King, Joe Cocker, Buddy Guy and Solomon Burke, among others.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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