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Havana Jazz Plaza Begins Tonight,
12/11/02 Prensa Latina PlazaCuba's Jazz Festival Program Latin Jazz Festival __________ Coverage of the 2000 Jazz
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| Havana, Dec 11 (PL) The 20th Havana Jazz Plaza Festival will be inaugurated Wednesday evening in the Amadeo Roldan Theater with recitals by Taj Mahal, the famous interpreter of US blues, and the Cuban star Chucho Valdés. The opening concert will reunite interpreters of such different jazz styles as pianist Chucho Valdes (winner of four Grammies), US soloists Joe Locke and Kenny Barron and the Savoy Ellington Quartet, among others. The Savoy Ellingtons is a band formed by the children of the legendary jazz maestro Duke Ellington. The Island's largest jazz festival, which date was advanced this year so that attendees at the Havana Film Festival could enjoy it, is expected to be the best ever because of the quality and quantity of participants, Chucho Valdes remarked recently. Chucho is directing and organizing the event. There will be extensive programs in Havana theaters and clubs, including the Hotel Nacional where there will be a "jam session" by more than 70 guests, both groups and soloists from Brazil, Canada, Chile, England, Finland, Germany, Japan, Spain and the US, not to forget the Cubans. The DD Jackson Trio from Canada is here as is US Roy Hargrove, a regular at the Havana jazz fest and considered another "monster" of world jazz. Some, absent from the national scene for some time, like Cuban musician Gonzalo Rubalcava, who won a Latin Grammy this year, are returning to the meeting that will play on until next Sunday. Young, talented Cuban pianists Carlos Maza -with laurels from France and other European festivals- and Roberto Fonseca will take the stage along with experimental interpreters like Bobby Carcassés, Ernán López Nussa and J.M. Greco. Among the collateral activities this year is the launching of the book "Cuban Jam: Jazz in Cuba 1950-2000", by musicologist Leonardo Acosta, the most reliable documentation in the history of Cuban music, according to those who know. Jam sessions, conferences and homage are part of the reason the major jazz exponents in the world congregate in Havana for this feast and are protagonists of the best-ever music. |
| By LASZLO
BUHASZ AND JENNIFER HARDENNE Wednesday, November 27, 2002 – Toronto Globe & Mail Cuba's internationally renowned jazz musician Chucho Valdés will be headlining this year's 20th Havana Jazz Festival. Featuring a lively and informal atmosphere, the festival will consist of a series of concerts, workshops and jam sessions -- many of which are guaranteed to run into the wee hours. The long list of confirmed artists include Taj Mahal, Charlie Haden, Savoy Ellington, Arturo O'Farill Trio and Jane Bunnett. Opening ceremonies will take place on Dec. 11 at the Teatro Amadeo Roldan, the home of Cuba's National Symphonic Orchestra. The festival wraps up on Dec. 15. For more information, call (416) 923-5742. |
| Festival Internacional Jazz/Plaza | 12/13/02 - 12/17/02 | Teatro | Ciudad de La Habana | Sr. Jesús "Chucho" Valdés, Telf.(537)321234, Fax:(537)333716 y 662286 |
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SUGAR HILL COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTE, INC. & Jesse Hamilton’s MAMBO FANATICS Present CULTURAL TRAVEL TO CUBA December 14th to December 21st. 2002 *** Included in this trip*** Direct Non-stop flight: JFK to Havana Stay at the host hotel of the International Jazz Festival held every two years in Havana (Festival dates 12/12-12/19) Bus travel to Varadero Double Occupancy in Hotels Three nights in Vedado Three nights in Varadero (all inclusive) One night in Habana Vieja Daily Breakfast Music/dance workshops in Havana Lecture on Afro-Cuban Music by renowned musicologist Dr. Olavo Alen Rodriquez founder Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo de la Musica Cubana US Departure tax, Visa, transfers $1,675.00 A deposit of $300 or full payment is needed immediately to secure travel on the Charter and to reserve hotels. Please respond immediately as communication to Cuba takes time. Payable: Sugar Hill Communications, P.O. Box 466 New York, NY 10035. You will be sent all the forms and information necessary to travel. For further information on this trip call Yvonne at (212) 662-6408. |
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