Program: Maria Mendes & John Beasley  First half: Maria Mendes performs her music from her "Close to Me" album w Latvian Radio Band playing GRAMMY-nominated song "Asas Fechadas" with John Beasley conducting their arrangements and new songs.| Listen: https://youtu.be/TKglW-g66Yc https://maria-mendes.com/close-to-me-cd/ Second half: John Beasley's MONK'estra from his 6x-GRAMMY nominated with one win for arrangement "Donna …

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Dianne Reeves European Tour    July 01         Palermo, Scillia Jazz FestTeatro Della Verdura, Italy   03         Spoleto, Perugia, Festival del Due Mondi, Italy   05         Istanbul Jazz Festival, Feria Palace, Turkey   07         Tiblisi Jazz Fest, Rustaveil Theatre, Georgia   09        …

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Presenting 6-time nominated MONK'estra Big Band which won a GRAMMY award for arranging "Donna Lee" on "MONK'estra plays John Beasley" 2021 DOWNBEAT Critics Poll: #2 Album of the Year - "MONK'estra Plays John Beasley" #3 Big Band - John Beasley's MONK'estra #3 Arranger - John Beasley Listen:  smarturl.it/Monkestra.Beasley Video: https://youtu.be/Rto2gSDcWj0 MUSICIANS:  Conductor/Arranger/Pianist John Beasley Trumpets:       …

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2022 Artist in Residence Detroit Jazz Festival CHUCHO VALDÉS LA CREACIÓN - MUSIC DIRECTORS HILARIO DURÁN & JOHN BEASLEY La Creación is an extraordinary career-spanning masterwork rendered with the vibrant sonic palette he forged in the epochal Cuban jazz fusion band Irakere. In celebration of his 80th birthday in 2021, Cuban piano legend Chucho Valdés went back to …

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Fall Dates: Sep 16 - Theaters Tilburg (Tilburg) Sep 17 - Jazz Festival Generations (Apeldoorn) https://maria-mendes.com/ Listen: https://maria-mendes.com/close-to-me-cd/

CHUCHO VALDÉS LA CREACIÓN W/ MONK’ESTRA, MUSIC DIRECTORS HILARIO DURÁN & JOHN BEASLEY La Creación is an extraordinary career-spanning masterwork rendered with the vibrant sonic palette he forged in the epochal Cuban jazz fusion band Irakere. In celebration of his 80th birthday in 2021, Cuban piano legend Chucho Valdés went back to the beginning, the very beginning. La Creación, …

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CHUCHO VALDÉS LA CREACIÓN W/ MONK’ESTRA, MUSIC DIRECTORS HILARIO DURÁN & JOHN BEASLEY La Creación is an extraordinary career-spanning masterwork rendered with the vibrant sonic palette he forged in the epochal Cuban jazz fusion band Irakere. In celebration of his 80th birthday in 2021, Cuban piano legend Chucho Valdés went back to the beginning, the very beginning. La Creación, …

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CHUCHO VALDÉS LA CREACIÓN W/ MONK’ESTRA, MUSIC DIRECTORS HILARIO DURÁN & JOHN BEASLEY La Creación is an extraordinary career-spanning masterwork rendered with the vibrant sonic palette he forged in the epochal Cuban jazz fusion band Irakere. In celebration of his 80th birthday in 2021, Cuban piano legend Chucho Valdés went back to the beginning, the very beginning. La Creación, …

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CHUCHO VALDÉS LA CREACIÓN - MUSIC DIRECTORS HILARIO DURÁN & JOHN BEASLEY La Creación is an extraordinary career-spanning masterwork rendered with the vibrant sonic palette he forged in the epochal Cuban jazz fusion band Irakere. In celebration of his 80th birthday in 2021, Cuban piano legend Chucho Valdés went back to the beginning, the very beginning. La Creación, his …

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