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Serrat's music comes to the Festival de Jazz de San Javier with a long-awaited concert of great jazz pianist and composer, Frank and Laura Simó Burrull singer in the rich environment necessary Catalan jazz, starring a show dedicated to Joan Manuel Serrat has been applauded by audiences and critics, and he left a record, "Laura Simó & Francesc Serrat Burrul interpret," which includes songs recorded by the great Catalan singer from the 60 'to 90'.
Songs like "Mediterranean", "The woman I love," "In Transit" will sound in concert at the Festival de Jazz de San Javier, in an anthology in which no shortage of poems by Antonio Machado and Miguel Hernandez at that Serrat spent two albums.
Francesc Burrull acted as arranger in Orihuela dedicated to the poet, and as musical director of Serrat has been for several years.
No better person to reinterpret the music of the great Catalan singer, now in the voice of Laura Simó, one of the best voices in our country, which already fixed Tete Montoliu chose for their group.
Francesc Burrull is a jazz musician instrumental in Spanish.
Established groups such as Latin Combo, and Latin Quartet, in addition to the Big Band of Barcelona who led for several years and has played alongside artists such as Chet Baker, Bill Coleman and Sidney Bechet, among others.
In his long career also met with Laura Simó, whose voice has been conspicuous in both piano concerts with a big band.
His approach to film music from the show "Jazz at the Cinema", which collects Laura Simó movie themes and Broadway musicals from the 40's, ended in a record "Laura Simó: Film" and several more shows dedicated to film music, the artist being invited to inaugurate the 50 Film Festival San Sebastian.
The second part of the night is dedicated to a great lady of the new blues soul, Susan Tedeschi, singer and guitarist, whose voice has been compared to Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin and the influences attributed to him in his way of playing Buddy Guy's guitar, which has become the opening act.
Susan Tedeschi The U.S. has been step by step from that at age 15 formed his first band in high school singing gospel and blues in your local city, to become one of the most interesting artists of the vocal scene both inside and abroad.
After a first album without national repercussions, came "Just Won` t Burn, "which sold more than 500,000 copies sold, and which earned him his first nomination for Best New Artist Grammy.
Next came other nominations for best female rock vocalist, and best contemporary blues album for his album "Hope and Desire" which transmits the power it provides with its direct and powerful voice that characterizes it.
Susan Tedeschi has also been opening for artists like John Mellencamp, BB King, Taj Mahal and Bob Dylan, Jazz San Javier presented in his latest album released by the prestigious Verve label in 2008 "Back to the River" as well as its successful "Hope and Desire", his voice and guitar accompanied by a band of five musicians, consisting of one guitar, plus sax, keyboards, bass and drums.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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