Tom Harrell, one of the most creative trumpeters and composers of contemporary jazz and prestigious, returns to San Javier Jazz with his Quintet, with whom he just recorded and published "Number Five" (HighNote, 2012) the band's fifth CD, in which, for the first time, includes some non-original themes as "Blue 'N' Boogie" by Dizzy Gillespie, who also plays the "Star Eyes" which is marked with one of his famous solos.
Tom Harrell meets nearly 4 decades in music, began playing the trumpet with 9 years before forming his own bands as a leader, went through several big bands, became a renowned session musician working with Bill Evans, and Lee Konitz, among others, and passed through the brass section of jazz rock bands as "Poor".
Since 1989, conducts its own training.
A graduate in music composition from the University of Stanford, is also a prolific composer and arranger who has worked with Carlos Santana, Hank Jones or Kennny Barron, among others.
Along with Tom Harrell, the formation of the Quintet with Wayne Escoffery is completed (tenor sax), Danny Grissett (piano), Ugonna Okegwo (bass) and Jonathan Blake (drums).
The American singer Dana Fuchs, whom critics have compared to rock legends like Mick Jagger or Janis Joplin, visit San Javier Jazz in the second concert of the night, having been acclaimed by critics and international audiences.
Dana Fuchs, singer and actress, has been a revelation of American artists in recent years, and comes with a hot album, "Love to Beg" (2011) in which combined rock, soul, and blues.
His international tour "Rock & Roll Church of Love" has only increased their live legend, in which Dana Fuchs is "pure energy" and in which is delivered as if it were your last, in perfect sync with his band led by the guitarist John Diamond, whom she met newcomer to New York from his Florida home where 12 years and was part of a gospel choir.
He went looking for "the blues", and moved to the sound of rock, blues and soul, with strength and solvency of legends like Janis Joplin to which she was commissioned to interpret in the Broadway musical "Love , Janis. "
In his role as an actress out its interpretation of the role of Sadie in "Across the Universe".
Dana Fuchs, who grew up in rural Florida in a musical family, he moved to New York girl with her own band entered the circuit of the best blues clubs of the city sharing the stage as the likes of John Popper, or Taj Mahal, among many others.
In 2003 he published his first CD "Lonely For A Lifetime" (2003), followed in 2008, "Live in NYC".
A Jazz San Javier arrives with her latest work, ready to surprise an audience that will undoubtedly increase their fan base.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier