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The program for Saturday night July 14 alone justifies the poster image XV Festival de Jazz de San Javier who first starred in a jazzwoman.
The singer, guitarist, songwriter and "archaeologist" musical, New Jersey, Dayna Kurtz is in charge of opening a night of great female stars of jazz, grouped around the drummer, composer and producer Terri Lyne Carrington in his "The Mosaic Project "for which he recruited some of the best female instrumentalists and vocalists in the world, as his old friend accompanying Dianne Reeves concert of Jazz San Javier.
"The Mosaic Projetc" (Concord Jazz, 2011) won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, brings together 14 songs, jazz standards, original compositions, and others like Michelle, (Lennnon-McCartney), all selected and arranged Terri Lyne by itself.
This "ode to women in jazz", as defined by the review "The Mosaic Project," includes among others, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nona Hendryx, Cassandra Wilson, Gretchen Parlato and Esperanza Spalding.
In this mosaic of styles, ages, and backgrounds contriubyen instrumentalists Helen Sung (piano), Tineke Postma (saxophone) that accompany Jazz San Javier, with a band complete with the great Tia Fuller (sax), Nir Felder ( guitar) and Joshua Brozoski Hari (bass).
The drummer Terry Lyne who has worked with greats such as Herbie Hancock, with whom he performed in the third edition of Jazz San Javier, Wayne Shorter or Stan Getz, among many other, enjoying one of his best career professionals with nearly 30 years, and a wide recognition of the music industry.
Carrington also highlights as a composer, professor in the College of Music Berkleee and producer, including the singer Dianne Reeves, with whom he worked on "That Day" (1997).
The presence of Dianne Reeves Jazz San Javier, where he starred in a historic concert 2 years ago, is a luxury for a night like Saturday's full of great "jazzwoman".
Winner of 4 Grammy Awards, is considered one of the best singers in contemporary jazz.
Dianne Reeves was discovered by trumpeter Clark Terry when she was a girl.
He built musically in California, where after participating in the Echoes of Ellington concert in Los Angeles, was signed to the prestigious Blue Note label, reinforcing his career, and achieving success, until the indisputable prestige it enjoys today.
The first part of the evening is devoted to another major American singer, which adds a legion of fans in Europe.
Compared with Ninna Simone and Betty Carter, Dayna Kurtz is also a guitarist, composer and writer, and passionate about his country's musical history, and a musical archaeologist presents the fruits of their labor with their latest CD "Secret Canon. Vol I ", a collection of almost forgotten gems of jazz and soul from the 50 and 60.
Accompanied by piano, Hammond organ, bass and drums, Dayna Kurtz presented at Jazz San Javier his latest album, along with some of his best compositions.
Kurtz explores interpretations full of honesty and emotion, the boundaries of jazz, folk, soul, and ultimately the American folk music, though sometimes in his country have been attributed to European influences.
Dayna Kurtz who professes a preference for jazz and soul that made up the 60, being more experimental styles and genres denies the emotion and sets the scale of their musical tastes.
Indeed, the emotional charge it provides with its direct and flowing of his voice and his interpretation is a feature of this unforgettable artist direct.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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