Portal de San Javier
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Bill Evans & Dean Brown Band.
Featuring Darryl Jones & Dennis Chambers
Date: Wednesday, July 20
Scenario: Almansa Park Auditorium, San Javier
Time: 21: 00h.
Admission: 15 euros
High Voltage night in San Javier Jazz with Jon Cleary, recent winner of a Grammy, and Bill Evans & Dean Brown Band
The pianist, guitarist, singer and songwriter Jon Cleary comes to Jazz San Javier with a recent Grammy Award for his latest album "Go Go Juice" in which collects the heartbeat of New Orleans, the city that left England with 17 years.
Jon Cleary has spent 35 years in the musical city of Lousiana "where the funk is the root music," says the musician of funk and R & B that Bonnie Raitt has described as "the ninth wonder of the world" for its excellent musical quality.
Jon Cleary was part of the band Bonnie Raitt for several years until 2009 when he left to focus on his solo career, which had begun in 1999 with the publication of "Moonburn".
Since then he has released eight albums to "Go Go Juice" produced by veteran John Porter, producer of Santana, BB King and Elvis Costello, and which counted for horn arrangements with Allen Toussaint, one of the musical icons new Orleans, which as Dr. John, have shown their respect for this studious and love with the rich musical culture of the city musician.
The eclectic style of Jon Cleary part of a deep understanding and respect for musical tradition, influenced by Jerry Roll Morton or Fats Domino, continuous contact with the public and creativity as a composer.
In addition to their professional relationship of several years with Bonnie Raitt, Cleary has played with great musicians like Taj Mahal, BB King and Eric Burdon.
He also appears in "The Blues" series Martin Scorcese playing with Van Morrison, Tom Jones and Jeff Beck.
The great saxophonist Bill Evans Jazz Festival returns to San Javier which has offered memorable concerts with different formations, and does so with guitarist Dean Brown, with whom he shares an important place in the jazz scene fusion place.
Bill Evans began his career in the band of Miles Davis where he remained for five years, in addition to recording with the legendary trumpeter all his albums between 1980 and 1984 when he recorded his first solo album "In The Crest of Wave".
In his 30 year career he has participated in many projects and covered a wide variety of styles from classic jazz, funk, bluegrass and jazz fusion.
Guitarist Dean Brown, who replaces Mike Stern who could not turn with Bill Evans, as planned, by causing low by an accident, is also an old acquaintance of Bill Evans with which he has recorded several albums like "Soul Insider "or" Touch ".
Brown, who gave the final musical leap, precisely with a substitution also Mike Stern, with the trumpeter Tiger Okoshis in Boston, has recorded three solo albums and over a hundred albums as "sideman" with a wide variety of artists Mick Jagger, Herbie Hancock and Lee Ritenour, among many others.
His music combines elements of jazz blues, rock and funk as Bill Evans, is a leading figure in the jazz fusion.
In the concert offered in the second part of the night in Jazz San Javier they will be accompanied by musicians from the likes of Darryl Jones, the great electric bassist who played with The Rolling Stones since 1993, when Bill Wyman left the band, and the star Dennis Chambers battery.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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