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Multi GRAMMY Award-winning pianist/composer Arturo O'Farrill and nonprofit the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance present a riveting video performance on Sunday, May 30, 2021 (8:30pm EST on Virtual Birdland) and Friday, June 4, 2021 (7pm EST on La Plaza) featuring repertoire from O'Farrill's famed recording catalogue.
Some would have you believe jazz peaked as an art form in the late 50s and early 60s, but make no mistake: We re in the midst of another golden era of jazz.
Francesco Amenta –
Midtown Walk (Amenta Music International): “New album for the saxophonist and composer Francesco Amenta, with his New York Quartet’s, with Kimon Karoutszos on double bass and Gary Kerkezou on drums. Guest of the band is the American pianist, Cyrus Chestnut, famous musician and well known for years on the American and European jazz scene. The album was recorded and produced by Jhon Lee, legendary double bass player Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and many other jazz legends.There are 8 tracks on the album of which 7 are original compositions and an arrangement of a Duke Ellington song,”Come Sunday”….” (http://republicofjazz.blogspot.com/2021/03/francesco-amenta-midtown-walk-march-2021.html) The performance is truly inviting and beautifully presented. Click here to listen to the songs on this disc.