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Concert: The Robert Cray Band and Keb 'Mo'
Location: Park auditorium Almansa
Date: Saturday July 26
Hora: 21.30 h.
Admission: 18 euros-21 euros paid unpaid
Two giants of the blues, Robert Cray and Keb 'Mo', with their respective bands, offered at the Festival de Jazz de San Javier, one of the most anticipated concerts of the year blues, which is expected to jam the end of both star, presenting some issues that have recorded an album together, still unpublished.
Keb 'Mo', one of the few large blues that still remained to be added to the Festival's history, and desired one of the great Jazz San Javier, is considered the most charismatic musicians of the current acoustic blues.
Guitarist, composer and singer, Kevin Moore, California real name of Keb 'Mo' has won 3 Grammy awards, and his long career that started in the 70's, has worked with musicians such as blues pianist Dr. John, Jackson Browne Bonnie Raitt, Amy Grant, Dixie Chicks, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton or Mark Miller, among others.
His devotion to the legendary Robert Johnson is reflected in their records as in "Keb 'Mo'", recorded 1994, 14 years after their first album "Rainmaker", which includes two songs from Johnson, who will also be present in one of her most acclaimed and he won his first Grammy "Just Like You" (1996).
Keb 'Mo' who also plays trumpet, bass and steel drum, cut his teeth on blues and soul groups, rapidly becoming one of the most popular blues musicians.
Keb 'Mo' took on a solo record, but critics and audiences seemed to be waiting for this musician than a dozen albums and a career spanning more than 35 years, raises real passions among blues fans.
Since 1994 he has continued to publish regularly, albums like "Slow Down", with which he won his second Grammy, and that starts with a tribute to blues legend Muddy Waters.
"The Door", "Keep it Simple", awarded his third Grammy, and the latest "Suitcase", are other albums that make Mo ', one of the leading stars of contemporary jazz.
Night, entirely dedicated to blues, continue with another undisputed star, Robert Cray and gave a concert in San Javier splendid in its eighth edition.
Robert Cray, guitarist and singer, is the owner of one of the bands most powerful and compact electric blues-soul, with Jim Pugh, keyboards, Karl Sevareid, bass, and Kevin Hayes, drums to accompany you on your long awaited return to Jazz San Javier.
Robert Cray, bluesoul exponent, and a great balladeer, is regarded as an innovative musician in contemporary blues.
With over 15 albums in his discography, Robert Cray Band has several Grammy awards, he got to work as "Strong Persuader" and "Showdown", recorded in 1985 with Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland.
Albert Collins was precisely along with other greats like Freddie King and Muddy Waters, who decisively influenced by Robert Cray, to form his own band with which he pursued a career in which he also had the opportunity to work with musicians as Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Keith Richards, John Lee Hooker and BB King among others.
The group's latest album is "Live From Across The Pond", a double CD recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London, his first live album, released in 2006.
Robert Cray shares overnight at the Festival de Jazz de San Javier to his colleague and friend Keb 'Mo', with whom he has worked, and which end of the night to share a jam session that the public auditorium San Javier is a privileged witness.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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