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XII FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE SAN JAVIER
Concert: Sole Giménez
Victor Bailey Group
Scenario: Park auditorium Almansa
Date: Saturday July 18
Time: 21:30 h.
Admission: 12euros
The Festival de Jazz de San Javier presents key Sole Giménez in Latin jazz, and one of the best American jazz fusion bassists Victor Bailey with an exceptional group which includes the spectacular drummer Poogie Bell
The singer Sole Giménez, one of the most respected voices of Spanish music, will present at the Festival de Jazz de San Javier his latest solo album "Dos Gardenias," which in Latin jazz version 13 key issues in the Latin American authors including classics like "wait" by Armando Manzanero, or "Thanks to Life" by Violeta Parra.
The former lead singer of The Presets, will for the San Javier Jazz concert with special guest singer-songwriter and guitarist, Manuel Veleta, and be surrounded by great jazz musicians such as Jose Reina on piano, Francisco Blanco "Latino" , sax, flute and percussion, Natxo Tamarit, in the Spanish guitar, Mario Rossy on bass, and Yoel Páez on percussion.
The quality and speech of this yeclana born in Paris, the approach has allowed all genres from the famous "Alma de blues" Sole Giménez dedicated to Billie Holiday, still in the stage of The Presets.
His forays into other genres such as soul, bossa nova, bolero and jazz have taken to collaborate with musicians like Herbie Hancock, Jacques Morelembaum, Ximo Tebar, Mauri Sanchis, or Chano Dominguez and Jorge Pardo, and Perico Sambeat who participated in the recording of "Dos gardenias", which you can find classics like "Waters of March" by Tom Jobim, and more recently as "Everything is transformed" by Jorge Drexler, or "I come to offer my heart "by Fito Paez.
Sole Giménez that adds to her vocal, a great expression and enormous emotional burden on each note, has done duets with Randy Crawford, Milton Nascimento, or admired Joan Manuel Serrat.
In its earlier stage, good memories, but without nostalgia Sole Giménez has acknowledged that it alone is allowed to explore, also through the composition, the unfathomable ways by which you can take your passion for music.
"The latin jazz feel me like a glove," said Sole Giménez, in relation to their new stage, after his first two solo albums "hope" and "Happiness."
Their presence in San Javier Jazz, opening the first part of Saturday night has raised enormous expectations among the public, you can enjoy and learn about a plethora Sole Giménez even declared himself "more beautiful in latin registration jazz. "
The second part of the night is dedicated to one of the greatest bassists of contemporary jazz and fusion great composer, Victor Bailey, another of the talent emerging from the Berkley School of Music in Boston, integrated into the forefront of U.S. electric bass with Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, or remembered, who was replaced in Weather Report, a group that was an institution and whose last four albums, Victor Bailey successfully overcame the difficult task of replacing Pastorius, the most influential bassist time.
In addition to Weather Report, Victor Bailey has left his mark in big groups like Steps Ahead, Michael Brecker and with Chuck Loeb, and has worked with artists like Bill Evans, Larry Coryel, The Zawinul Syndicate, as well as the great Miriam Makeba, or the same Madonna.
Victor Bailey Jazz San Javier again leading an excellent band that contained the spectacular drummer Poogie Bell, who also went through the Festival of San Javier and drummer Marcus Miller, and complete with David Gilmore on guitar, and Peter Horvath on piano and keyboards.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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