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03/10 Thursday

7:30 PM 2nd and 4th Thursday Big Jazz with Florencia Gonzalez and The Tal Gamlieli Trio

7pm Florencia Gonzalez Big Band

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“…Florencia Gonzalez has been throwing some killer big-band numbers (…) tracks driven by Latin dance rhythms (tango, candombe, etc) but stretched into modern realms of harmony, rhythm and form that recall the best of Mingus, Monk and Gil Evans...”

“...That large ensemble is where you hear the whole potential of her conception - an array of colors (...) as she marries modern jazz harmony and the occasional 12 tonish classical master to the deepest folkloric traditions of the south of South America.”

JON GARELICK, THE BOSTON PHOENIX

"La actuación de la Florencia González (...) nuevamente fue uno de los números más interesantes y disfrutables, con el justo balance entre academia y esquina, entre el norte y el sur, entre el pasado y el futuro de la música. "

MARIANO VIDEGARAY, LA DIARIA

“Her music explores an electric balance of Latin heat and the cool ease of American jazz music that evokes flashes of Leonard Berstein’s score for West Side Story.”

THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE

Florencia Gonzalez - tenor sax

Susanna Quilter - flute

Arthur Felluca - alto sax, clarinet

Mike Jacobs - bari sax, alto sax, soprano sax

Christopher Kottke - trumpet, flugel

Seth Hamlin - tenor trombone

Ben Al Malteen - bass trombone

Sam Lisabeth - guitar

Mina Cho - piano

Mariana Iranzi - bass

Jorge Perez-Albela

9:30 PM Tal Gamlieli Trio

Marco Pignataro: Saxophone
Kevin Harris: Piano
Tal Gamlieli: Bass
Richie Barshay: Drums

Percussionist Richie Barshay, most noted for his work with the Herbie Hancock Quartet, has established himself as a prominent musical voice of his generation and is regarded as "a player to watch" by JazzTimes magazine. On tour and on recordings his eclectic resume so far includes Hancock, Chick Corea, Esperanza Spalding, Lee Konitz, The Klezmatics, Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, Natalie Merchant, David Krakauer, Fred Wesley, Claudia Acuña and Pete Seeger among others. In 2004 he was named an American Musical Envoy by the U.S. State Department for outreach tours in Asia, South America, and Europe. Now based in New York City, Richie began playing Jazz and Afro-Carribean music during his youth and has expanded his focus to Indian rhythmic concepts and tabla, inspiring his 2007 recording debut Homework on Ayva Records. “Homework introduces a major rhythm voice on the rise” says Downbeat magazine, and The Guardian (UK) praises “the arrival of a major innovator who also knows how to have fun.”

Jazz bassist and composer Tal Gamlieli creates simple melodies that speak directly to the listener’s heart. Within his first year in the US, the Jerusalem-born musician won the 2007 DownBeat Award for Outstanding Performance. Tal Gamlieli has played for audiences in the Americas, Russia, Israel and Europe. In Boston area at Jordan Hall, Somerville Theater, Regattabar, Ryles Jazz Club, Berklee College of Music, The Lily Pad, Wally’s Jazz Club.
In Israel he performed at the Jerusalem Theater and the Jerusalem Music Center. In Russia at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall. In Italy at The Place Club in Rome and at Teatro della Gioventù in Genoa. He performed, toured or recorded with jazz musicians such as Jerry Bergonzi, Joanne Brakeen, Yoron Israel, Juanito Pascual, Jo Lawry, Stan Strickland, Marco Pignataro, Bert Seager, Joe Hunt, Adam Cruz, Richie Barshay, Tatsu Kisaragi, Alex Brown, Arnie Lawrence, Omri Mor. In April 2009 Tal was hired by Jazz icon, pianist Danilo Perez to perform with his trio at the opening show for Jazz Appreciation Month at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. In October 09 Mr. Perez asked him to join his trio to perform with Jazz singer Lizz Wright at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. Gamlieli’s approach to composition is influenced by classical harmony and counterpoint, and rhythms from the American swing, Middle Eastern and Kurdish, North African and South American traditions.

10:30 PM jazz bassist Bruce Gertz presents

Antonio Mazzei, Piano, Fabio Rojas, Drums, Bruce Gertz Bass and Carlos Averhoff Jr., Tenor