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SUMMARY:HJS Fundraiser Featuring Danton Boller Quintet's Tribute to Roy Hargrove
DESCRIPTION:The Hartford Jazz Society\, in conjunction with Black Eyed Sally’s and the Greater Hartford Arts Council is proud to present the Danton Boller Quintet in a Tribute to Roy Hargrove. \nThis is a fundraiser for the Jazz Society and all proceeds will go toward funding our programming\, scholarships and educational events. \nDanton Boller – bass \nJustin Robinson – alto saxophone \nHaneef N. Nelson – trumpet \nJeremy Manasia – piano \nWillie Jones III – drums \nDanton Boller is a bassist\, composer\, producer\, and educator in New York City. He has toured internationally and recorded with many top jazz artists as a member of the Roy Hargrove Quintet\, Grammy nominated Roy Hargrove Big Band\, Seamus Blake Quartet\, Ari Hoenig’s “Punk Bop\,” Willie Jones III Quartet\, and the Grammy nominated Anthony Wilson Nonet\, to name a few. \nDuring his time with Roy Hargrove\, Danton was featured on two of Hargrove’s most popular albums – Earfood (RH Quintet) and Emergence (RH Big Band). Hargrove’s “Strasbourg St. Denis” opens with Danton’s captivating bass intro\, and has gone on to become one of the best known new jazz standards around the world\, with over 13 million streams on Spotify alone. Danton is also highlighted on the DVD The Roy Hargrove Quintet – Live at the New Morning\, which has inspired generations. \nTickets will also be available at the door (cash\, Venmo\, PayPal\, NO credit cards). The Hartford Jazz Society thanks you for your support! \n\n\n\nPurchase tickets \n  \n 
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/hjs-fundraiser-featuring-danton-bollers-tribute-to-roy-hargrove/
LOCATION:Black-eyed Sally’s Southern Kitchen & Bar\, 350 Asylum St.\, Hartford\, CT\, 06103
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SUMMARY:A World of Piano: Arturo O’Farrill
DESCRIPTION:Arturo O’Farrill\, pianist\, composer\, and educator\, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Arturo’s professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie\, Lester Bowie\, Wynton Marsalis\, and Harry Belafonte. \nIn 2007\, he founded the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance\, education\, and preservation of Afro Latin music. Learn more about ALJA here: http://www.afrolatinjazz.org \nIn December 2010 Arturo traveled with the original Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra to Cuba\, returning his father’s musicians to his homeland. He continues to travel to Cuba regularly as an informal Cultural Ambassador\, working with Cuban musicians\, dancers\, and students\, bringing local musicians from Cuba to the US and American musicians to Cuba. \nArturo has performed with orchestras and bands including his own Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and Arturo O’Farrill Sextet\, as well as other Orchestras and intimate ensembles in the US\, Europe\, Russia\, Australia\, and South America. \nAn avid supporter of all the Arts\, Arturo has performed with Ballet Hispanico and the Malpaso Dance Company\, for whom he has written three ballets. In addition\, the Alvin Ailey Dance Company has in its repertoire a ballet entitled “Open Door\,” choreographed by Ron Brown to several of Arturo’s compositions and recordings. Ron Brown’s own Evidence Dance Company commissioned Arturo to compose New Conversations\, which premiered in the Summer of 2018 at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket\, MA. \nArturo has received commissions from Meet the Composer\, Jazz at Lincoln Center\, The Philadelphia Music Project\, The Apollo Theater\, Symphony Space\, the Bronx Museum of the Arts\, the Young Peoples Chorus of New York\, Columbia University and the New York State Council on the Arts. \nArturo’s well-reviewed and highly praised “Afro-Latin Jazz Suite” from the album CUBA: The Conversation Continues (Motéma) took the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition and the 2016 Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. His powerful “Three Revolutions” from the album Familia-Tribute to Chico and Bebo was the 2018 Grammy Award (his sixth) winner for Best Instrumental Composition. Arturo’s album “Four Questions” (ZOHO) is the first to embody all original compositions\, including the title track\, which features the brilliant orator Dr. Cornel West. This album won a Grammy in 2021. Most recently\, in February of 2023\, Arturo was awarded his eighth Grammy for the album “Fandango at the Wall in New York.” \nArturo was Artist in Residence for The Greene Space in New York City\, for which he created a four-concert series including a newly commissioned composition. The series title was “Radical Acts and Musical Deviancy.” \nIn 2020 Arturo’s weekly concerts with the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra\, dubbed “Virtual Birdland\,” top the list of 10 Best Quarantine Concerts in the New York Times. \nArturo is Professor of Global Jazz Studies and Assistant Dean for Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion at University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, has been honored as a Steinway Artist for many years\, and is a Blue Note Records Recording Artist.
URL:https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/event/a-world-of-piano-arturo-ofarrill/
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley Street\, Northampton\, MA
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