Portal de San Javier
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"Sins and Miracles" is the title of new album, still unpublished, Lila Downs, Mexican singer records and magnetic stage presence infinite tomorrow will perform at Jazz San Javier, where he will offer an overview of its repertoire, spiced with some of their new songs.
Rancheras, boleros, pop, jazz, hip-hop, original songs and other classics, converge in the eclectic songbook of this woman, a Mexican mother and American father.
Lila Downs, which is considered the successor to Chavela Vargas, add the tradition of his home country, Mexico, with influences from blues and jazz that incorporates in its rooms in the United States (California and Minnesota) where he graduated Anthropology.
His academic background and his roots come together in his defense and commitment to Mexico's indigenous peoples, and his taste for folk music.
Luar Na Lubre, The Chieftains, Kepa Junquera and Mercedes Sosa are among the contributors to this unique singer winning a Latin Grammy for his album "One Blood."
Lila Downs was also nominated for the Academy Awards for his role in the soundtrack of his admired "Frida" Kahlo, singing the song "Burn it Blue," which played at the Oscars with Caetano Veloso
He sings in Spanish, English and indigenous languages.
So has a Portuguese fado who plays in the film "Fados" by Carlos Saura.
She also played in Galician theme "Domingo Ferreiro" with Luar Na Lubre.
Versatile and prolific in his later works, emphasizes the composing and arranging music for "Like Water for Chocolate" based on the book by Laura Esquivel.
In the San Javier Jazz concert shall give at the beginning of her career, her husband Paul Cohen, on clarinet and sax.
The band is completed by Rafael Gomez on guitar, accordion Staff Carmen, Carlos Henderson on bass, and Yayo Serka on drums and percussion, and two new musicians to join to their concert at San Javier Jazz, Antonio Ximenes to trumpet and trombone Hogues Norman.
The first concert of the night plays host to one of the best European jazz pianist, Niels Lan Doky Danish, one of the most talented disciples of Bill Evans, who returns to San Javier Jazz, where he played part of the CTI All Stars in trio with drums and bass.
What does his last two albums, "Return to Denmark" and the very recent "Human Behaviour".
Niels Lan Doky returning to the origin, this return to Denmark and the jazz trio, a piano virtuoso who moves in any genre, pop, electronic, or classical, with vast expertise and creativity.
He combines his skill with the piano, composition, and film directing two excellent documentaries "Between a Smile and a Tear" and "Dreaming with open eyes".
He started playing piano at age twelve, and after passing through the Berklee College of Music, has completed a long career with 30 albums as a leader with leading jazz labels such as Milestone, Blue Note and Verve, among others.
He has worked with great musicians such as Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, who served as a mentor for Niels Lan Doky, John Scofield, Geneva Vannelli, or the elite of American jazz to his arrival in New York, as Al Foster, Charlie Haden, Bill Evans, Al Jarreau, among many others.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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