ELI YAMIN

FRIDAY OCTOBER 16

9.00 PM EUROPE / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00 PM LA

TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00 

BOOKING IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS CONERT

ELI YAMIN, solo piano

Eli Yamin is a jazz and blues pianist, composer, singer, producer and educator. Raised in the bands of jazz masters Walter Perkins, Illinois Jacquet and Barry Harris, his joyful and imaginative piano playing have taken him around the world with his own groups as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. Department of State and led him to perform and teach at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City and President Obama’s White House.

He is a Steinway artist, has performed with his quartet blues band as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. Department of State in Russia, Guatemala, Montenegro Mali, India, China, Brazil, Chile, Greece, Albania and Romania. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC and international festivals including The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (Moscow, Idaho), The St. Petersburg Jazz Festival in Russia, Guatemala Jazz Festival and Marciac in France. He has also appeared several times at the Obama White House.

Eli composes lyrics and melody, such as  “A Healing Song,” about the healing power of the blues and “Rwandan Child” reflecting the wisdom and importance of children.   He has also written scores for films such as Phil Bertelson’s Around the Time and chamber music, Rickshaw in the Rain for clarinet, viola and piano, by Pia Clava, premiering at Carnegie Hall in New York City.  

Eli, performing from his home in NYC, will be celebrating the birthday of Thelonious Monk, born October 10, 1917; the same year as Eli’s piano was made.

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BRUCE BARTH

SATURDAY OCTOBER 17

9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LON / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00PM LA

TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00

Bruce Barth - solo piano

Bruce Barth, solo pianoJazz pianist and composer Bruce Barth has been sharing his music with listeners the world over for more than two decades. Deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, his music reflects both the depth and breadth of his life and musical experiences. In addition to traveling widely performing his own music, he has also performed with revered jazz masters, as well as collaborated with leading musicians of his own generation. And most notably, his performances feature material from his large book of very powerful and imaginative original compositions, written in a voice that is both deeply personal and expressive.

Bruce has performed on over one hundred recordings and movie soundtracks, including ten as a leader. He is equally at home playing solo piano (American Landscape on Satchmo Jazz Records), leading an all-star septet (East and West on MaxJazz), and composing for a variety of ensembles. His trio has recorded live at the legendary Village Vanguard in New York City.

Within a year of moving to Brooklyn in 1988, Barth toured Japan with Nat Adderley. He
started working with Vincent Herring and Stanley Turrentine, and joined Terence Blanchard's quintet in 1990. During the next four years, he toured extensively with Blanchard, recorded six CD's and several movie soundtracks, and played onscreen in Spike Lee's film, Malcolm X.

While in Blanchard's band, he recorded his first two CD's as a leader, In Focus and Morning Call on the Enja label, both which were chosen for the New York Times' top ten lists in their respective years. These recordings displayed not only Barth's piano work, but the scope of his original com positions and memorable arrangements of jazz standards.

He has continued to release a stream of critically acclaimed recordings in solo, trio, quintet and septet groupings, the latter featured on his 2001 release East and West; with an all-star group playing Barth's compositions based on memories of his childhood experiences in the Western United States -- deserts, ranches, and ghost towns. His Live at the Village Vanguard CD was second on the national radio charts, and won international critical acclaim.

He has performed with James Moody, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, Freddie Hubbard, Tom Harrell, Victor Lewis, John Patitucci, Lewis Nash, Vincent Herring, George Robert, Steve Wilson, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, David Sanchez, Terell Stafford, Tim Armacost, Luciana Souza, Karrin Allyson, Dave Stryker, and the Mingus Big Band.

WHAT THE PRESS SAYS

"One of the best pianists in town, period." - Village Voice

"At the piano, no one sounds quite like Barth. His solos are characterized by robust swing, by his ability to tell a story, and by his rich, beguiling sound.
- Newark Star-Ledger

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DUNNING FARRELY MOORE

SUNDAY OCTOBER 18

9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LON / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00PM LA

TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00

Brian Dunning, flutes, whistles & panpipes Dick Farrely, guitars Paul Moore, bass

Brian Dunning is an Irish flautist and composer, largely known for being a member of the Celtic band Nightnoise. He had both Celtic and jazz influences early on. He studied jazz and classical music, and is a former student of James Galway. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in 1977.

 Dunning played the flute and panpipe in Puck Fair, a primarily instrumental "Irish jazz" group formed in New York in 1984 that played traditional Irish songs and original compositions. They released the album Fairplay on the Lost Lake Arts/Windham Hill label in 1987, with Dunning on flute and drummer Tommy Hayes on bodhran, joined by various musicians including Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. The group was later reformed in Dublin with Dunning, guitarist Sean Whelan, and percussionist Robbie Harris, releasing the album Forgotten Carnival on their own label in 2008.

Dunning has also collaborated with keyboardist Jeff Johnson since the late 1980s, recording several albums together, including The Music of Celtic Legends – the Bard and the Warrior (1997), Byzantium (2000), and Patrick (2004).

He can be heard on the soundtrack to Gangs of New York, Windhorse, and The Outcasts.

Dick Farrely multi talented guitarist who moves between genres with ease. He has played and recorded with many greats including Hazel O’Connor, Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones)Blues Band, Sally Oldfield, Van Morrison and Larry Cunningham.

Paul Moore has been playing bass professionally for over 30 years. He has recorded with such artists as Van Morrison ,The Chieftains, Mark Knopfler, Bobby Womack, Mavis Staples, Gregory Porter, Steve Winwood, Natalie Cole, Joss Stone and Taj Mahal.

He has been a member of the Van Morrison band for 14 years and has recorded 5 albums with them. He has also performed live with Andrew Strong, Eddi Reader, Frances Black, Jimmy MacCarthy, Paul Brady, Moving Hearts, Hayley Westenra, Alex Chilton, Rick Astley, Rita Coolidge, Sinead O’ Connor, Jon Lord, Solomon Burke, Gilbert O Sullivan, Chrissy Hynde, Georgie Fame, Lalo Schifrin, Imelda May, Elvis Costello, Glen Hansard, Michel Legrand, Tom Jones, John Scofield and Vince Mendoza.

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