| June 16th, 2008 |
I'm very satisfied about my recent asian tour... I played in one of the few Thai jazz clubs named
the Jazz Pit in Pattaya, and then moved on to Tokyo, Japan. In Tokyo I found gigs thanks
to my friend and manager Mr. Otaka, who hooked me up with old and new friends,
like drummers Tommy Campbell and Yoichi "Monky" Kobayashi among others. With them I played clubs like
Body and Soul, B Flat and Smalls Matsudo, and with singer Kyoko Yokoama
I had a great night at Tokyo Club.
I also have met many excellent young jazz musicians
(and tap dancers too!) and I gave clinics to an array of students.
I am always delighted by the honest , kind and friendly way
most people treat me in Japan, I think westerners should take notes, haha!
Now I'm back in the Big Apple always playing with great musicians. My own quartet
will be at Fat Cat on june 28th and july 9th, and at Smalls on July 31st,
always with the great vibraphonist Christos Rafalides, check us out if you are in NY!
|
Apr. 11th, 2008 |
This year I've partecipated so far to two very nice singer's recordings, one was Antonio Barbagallo's new work
titled Splendida Luce ( but still being mixed), recorded at Micheal Brorby's studio
with saxophonist Stacy Dillard, pianist Craig Hartley, bassist
Ugonna Okegwo, and drummer Chris Brown (With this band I've also repeatedly
appeared at Kitano's and at 55 Bar in NYC). |
feb.29th, 2008 |
Happy 2008 everyone, finally the Bush era is coming to an end, phew, that was a long wait !! |
dec. 1st, 2007 |
Yes it was really great playing at Nublu with Turbulence , Bean on drums ( Jeremy Clemons) ,
Taurus Mateen on bass, Theo Hill on keys
and Kahlil Kwame Bell on percussion, forgettaboutit! They took no prisoners that night,
thanks to the freedom we have in this kind of music.
There is an excellent live recording from which I posted a short version of the tune Resolution on MySpace:
please visit http://myspace.com/fabiomorgera.
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nov. 9th, 2007 |
Please visit http://myspace.com/fabiomorgera :
I've been commuting between continents and
the jet lag is accompanying me throughout the year... but thats the price I have to pay to keep things
"cooking" , and thats satisfying. Now is the time for promoting my new cd
Need for Peace, in New York
on Thanksgiving night at Smalls, and next month in 3 cities in Italy, Rome, Florence and Bologna. |
sept 17, 2007 |
Sorry I havent written in a while,
first of all the MySpace website demanding attention ( http://www.myspace.com/fabiomorgera),
furthermore I've not been spending much time at home... This summer
I've played two fantastic gigs in Austria ( Selfaalden festival) and Sardinia (S.Anna Arresi festival)
with the Nublu Orchestra conducted by Butch Morris, who by the way used to play cornet and told me
some valuable brass secrets... wow!
Also I had the pleasure of performing in beautiful Singapore with british saxophonist Greg Lyons,
in Florence with with another british, excellent pianist Robert Mitchell, and at IschiaJazz festival
with my own group Turbulence ( besides other things). |
june 7, 2007 |
Well, it's official: my new album NEED FOR PEACE is coming out this fall
for the very respectable New York jazz label
Smalls Records, and in Europe for the italian label
Splasc(h).I hope everyone will like this
work that took me long to prepare together with my engineer/partner Andy Heermans and that has wonderful guest singers:
Krystle Warren,
Miles Griffith and
Antonio Barbagallo. |
may 17, 2007 |
Hi there, it's been a little while...
I've been coming to terms with my musical schizophrenia: since I love both extreme calmness and
exuberant chaos I decided I'm going to work on two distinct projects: the first is a lovely acoustic jazz combo including vibraphone and
performing music
from my forthcoming album Need for Peace ( to be released this fall!); the other is called Fabio Morgera's Turbulence, and will
be influenced by Miles in the '70s, George Russell, Butch Morris, some sort of freejazzfunk, electric and dissonant.
I am fortunate to be able to present both projects this month in New York:
saturday 19 my "vibes 4tet" is performing at Fat Cat (75 Christopher st.) and the next saturday may 26 "Turbulence"
is performing at Nublu (ave C bet. 5+4 st.).
I hope to see some of you at the gigs, also at Nublu every monday I play with the Nublu Orchestra conducted by the masterful
Butch Morris! Happy spring!
|
feb 22, 2007 |
In a couple of days I'm going back to the LoHo recording studio to put down two more tracks:
a jazz romp called Emergency featuring my fratello
Jason Jackson
on trombone and another jazz song called
Si Fa Sera
performed in italian by singerAntonio Barbagallo.
Bruce Cox on drums, Joe Ashlar on piano, Gregg August on double bass. If everything goes well these two songs will open
my new album Need for Peace... |
dec 10, 2006 |
GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR
GROOVE COLLECTIVE's
LAST ALBUM "PEOPLE PEOPLE MUSIC MUSIC"!! |
nov 22, 2006 |
Just came back from Greece again, I was invited by my longtime friend
Yiorgos Fakanas to play some very difficult kind of greek fusion
which we performed in Athens and also on the beautiful island Crete,
where everybody is warm and relaxed, haha, just like the weather...
Now I'm back in NYC preparing for my own gig at
Fat Cat, with
my "fratello"Jason Jackson
on trombone, Joe Ashlar on piano,
Gregg August on bass and
Bruce Cox on drums, basically my usual
amazing partners... |
sep 24, 2006 |
Hi everybody, I hope u all had a good summer! I gotta say mine was very busy and very
special, july in Italy and France, and august in Japan with
Tamango and Urban Tap,
and also some freelance gigs with drummer Tommy Campbell around Tokyo in september. With Tamango I performed at
the beautiful Sado island, and it was great to share the stage with KODO,
an amazing japanese group of 50 members, performing on the huge traditional drums and much more,
and every concert was drawing more than 2000 people! |
july 16, 2006 |
Thanks to all those who came to the
NUBLU shows last weekend and
enjoyed our crazy music, we had a blast! The best compliment was when my big infuence
BUTCH MORRIS
was at the show and cheerfully approved of my experiments
( which I've learned from him!). And big thanks to all the great musicians who
participated: Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mark Kelly, Lakeicia Benjamin, Avram Feifer,
Dario Boente and of course my usual fantastic collaborators
Joe Ashlar, Bruce Cox and Daniel Moreno! |
june 20, 2006 |
Just about to go on a european tour with
GROOVE COLLECTIVE, heres the dates: |
may 10, 2006 |
Just back from Dublin, Ireland, where I had 3 nights with the great tap dancer
Tamango, percussionist
Bonga,
plus four traditional Irish musicians and dancers. It was very hip to mix their tradition with our rhythm feel
and jazzblues roots, a very interesting and exciting combination, and in fact the shows were sold out! |
apr 5, 2006 |
I'm finally back from my frequent trips,
New York is as always full of great music and I get to play with many a wonderful musician... |
feb. 9, 2006 |
Well happy belated new year to you all, I hope in a fun soccer world cup this year!
Haha, I will be torn apart when they play USA-Italy, me being a citizen of both countries!
But this is not a sport column so let me stick to the music... I had a chance to try the new tunes last december
in Italy with my man
MICHELE PAPADIA
on organ and some of Italy's best drummers: Davide Pettirossi, Pietro Iodice and Fabio Accardi.
I can see my music going to some kind of FreeJaazzFunk of sort...
I might have been influenced by Butch Morris and also by saxophonist Jay Rodriguez, but I feel I'm finding a more confortable
way of combinining the elements of my schizophrenia, haha! |
dec. 2, 2005 |
Hi everybody, I'm getting ready to go to Italy again, here's the december dates: |
oct.29, 2005 |
Back to NYC from a short tour in France with
GROOVE COLLECTIVE
promoting our new cd People People Music Music that just came out over there.
We played two nights in the ever fascinating city of Paris, I love the bookstands along the Seine, and
the "bar brasserie" cafes at nearly every corner...
Also Nancy has wonderful architecture ( and nice people too!) and we
touched Rennes in Bretagne as well.
The band sounds tight and I'm proud of it, we are also finalizing our american license, and
that is a reward for the music we wrote and recorded when work was slow and we were laying low...
Our next show is scheduled for november 5 at our usual New York venue
TONIC. Also dont miss DJ Fabrizio's monthly
NUBLU party on nov. 17!
Hope to see u at the shows!
|
sept.23, 2005 |
The time spent in Italy was great, the shows successful,
more and more people are getting to know my music,
and The Voice Within is getting a lot of praise, to the point that I'll be featured on the cover
of the october issue of Jazzmagazine!! Wow, my first time... |
july 11, 2005 |
Hello music lovers, |
june 10, 2005 |
So, what do u think? The lovely keyboard work on "Alleria" is courtesy of
Barney McAll,
long time Groove Collective
companion... On Slave of Passion we have Jon Maron on el. bass, Bruce Cox on drums and special guest
Stefano di Battista
on alto, while Fourteen is with the basic trio...
The album is "The Voice Within", soon available on this website!
|
june 5, 2005 |
Hello music lovers, |
may 11, 2005 |
Hi everybody!, |
mar 13, 2005 |
JAZZITALIANO
was a success, and especially for us at ZINC BAR,
we had a great time! Italy's #1 drummer Roberto Gatto came everynight to sit-in with us and we got interviewed by
RAI international and by italian and italian-american press... Also I had the privilege of being photographed by
the great jazz photographer JIMMY KATZ, he's so cool he
extended his time and gave me a free shoot in front of Charlie Parker's house on ave B!
Here are my next engagements: |
feb 22, 2005 |
Ah, its cold here in NYC! But at night all u have to do is going to yr favorite clubs,
and there u'll find warmth and energy, this incredible energy that newyorkers bring with them everywhere they go,
and so much great music! February has been great for me cuz I started playing regularly with some of
BUTCH MORRIS ensembles, the Nublu Orchestra every monday at
NUBLU and the Butchlandband every friday at Zebulon in Williamsburg.
I love playing for Butch, he's a real master of improvisation! If u've never seen him u should definitely check him out!
Right now i'm preparing for yet another task: I was asked to lead a band of Italian-Americans for the
JAZZITALIANO FESTIVAL in NYC.
The festival will be held in several jazz clubs of the big apple and will feature
some of the best jazz from Italy, like fabulous trumpeters Flavio Boltro and Fabrizio Bosso or altoist Rosario Giuliani.
My band will be playing at ZINC BAR on march 1,2 and 3 and will be
made of excellent musicians: trombonist JASON JACKSON
(he's black-italian!), pianist PETE MALINVERNI, and born italians
MARCELLO PELLITTERI on drums and JOSEPH LEPORE on bass.
If u live in NYC please come and join us!
|
feb 5, 2005 |
Hi everyone, it's been a while! I was touring in Italy, then took off to India,
and now I've just come back from two performances at Grinnel College in Iowa with
URBAN TAP. My vacation/exploration of the indian
subcontinent was exceptional, so different from anything I'd ever seen, I have visited Mumbai, Goa, but
it was in Karnataka that I've truly grasped a glimpse of real indian life. I was in Gokarna, a holy village
visited by hindu pilgrims from all over India, blessed with many temples, many traditional celebrations,
jungle vegetation,splendid beaches and perfect tropical weather. I've eaten delicious vegetarian meals
and never had alcohol, but smoked plenty of charas with other hippies, haha! The culture is deeply religious,
it seems like even human passions and desires are dimmed by spirituality, and to be "shanti" (quiet, tranquil)
is regarded in high esteem. I've created an online
PHOTO ALBUM for those of u who
are curious (once u get to MyAlbumMaker page click the "back" button to watch the pics). Tonight I'm back in the New York loop
already playing Tonic with GROOVE COLLECTIVE, more news
later!
|
nov 23, 2004 |
Hello dear music lovers, this november has been a good month, especially
because we were able to get our new party AFROHIP off the ground; in fact tomorrow wednesday 24 I'll be
again at RHONE making it happen, together with
DJ CADET
and many special guests like rappers, singers, percussionists... |
nov 5, 2004 |
Hi everybody! Bush has won the elections, but dont get bummed out,
for the next four years we can still protest against the system as a whole, instead of
accomodating to the lesser evil! So keep demanding peace and real democracy, the movement
can only grow bigger now...
I'm sure my friends will keep the faith, those who say meaningful things even during their musical performances,
like Sabina and Didi of
BRAZILIAN GIRLS,
a great sounding band I've had
the pleasure to start playing with
@ NUBLU in the East Village of NYC, where they perform every
sunday night. I have to say it is at that club that I get my most satisfactory musical experiences,
for instance it was very exciting to play with the Nublu Orchestra conducted
by the masterful BUTCH MORRIS,
with whom I'm probably going to play regularly starting next year.
It's amazing how he conducts the band improvising, giving directions about lenth of phrases,
dynamics, registers, but leaving the choice of notes to the instrumentalists, all this over
an extremely funky and powerful rhythm section with two drum sets, el. bass, two keyboards and
several el. guitars!
And last but not least the monthly party Melting Pot
with DJ Fabrizio of IRMA and
Tommy Cappellato on drums, still at Nublu,
last month we had about 500 people!
Also the west village has open its doors to me this month, I was asked to join
DJ CADET in starting
the new party AFROHIP at the beautiful club RHONE ,
if u live in NYC please come check it out this wednesday,
it's free to get in, and if we have a good turnout we'll make it a weekly affair!
|
oct 19, 2004 |
Last weekend I had the pleasure to be part of the "Candela Festival",
a series of event that includes DJ sets, live bands and visual art at several venues in
beatiful Old San Juan, Porto Rico! I performed with the band Viva Maria, led by my friend bassist
Mario Enser, and with several DJ's from NYC, like old friends Nickodemus, Mariano,
Jephte Guillame and also with Rich Medina and others. I was delighted both by the friendliness
of the portoricans and by the beauty of their island (although spoiled by the ubiquitous
tall construction buildings, which represent a problem that should be dealt with before it's too late).
Now that i'm back in the big apple I'm looking forward to our next party friday oct. 22 @ Nublu with DJ Fabrizio
of Irma records, newyorkers see you then!
|
sept 4, 2004 |
Hello dear readers, I've just come back from overseas and I feel ready to
restart city life with the right foot! In Italy i had a successful tour with my bands that always
included the great philadelphian drummer Bruce Cox, much appreciated throughout our tour. We
touched Florence, Cesenatico, Taranto and Florence again (no wonder, thats my headquarters!). later
I took two weeks off and i ventured to one of my solitary explorations of the world... this
time I went to Tunisia, spending most of the time in Mahdia, a small town blessed with a long
beach and beautiful sea. There is much to say about this country and their people, who are a
mix of berbers and arabs, about the contrast between islamic tradition and western trends, about
the exploitation of the land and the lack of freedom, but also about the warmth and hospitality of
arab people, and their strong sense of friendship and brotherhood, something newyorkers (and even
modern italians) could develop furthermore... So I'm ready to cultivate my current friendships here in NYC,
and to start working again with a calmer mind... Besides some behind the scene jobs that I enjoy very
much like arranging and recording,I'll hit the stage again with Groove Collective at Tonic on
the extremely significant date sept. 11, a good way to remember the innocent victims of the tragedy
that opened this new century in the worst possible way, and to honor them not by blind revenge but
by
seeking the truth.
|
July 23, 2004 |
Groove Collective had much success in Mexico, both the Guadalajara and
the Mexico city shows turned into real fiestas! I also took the opportunity to spend a few days
in the small village Mazunte, one of the few beautiful beaches in the state of Oaxaca where the strong currents
of the pacific do not actually sweep you out and away... just simple basic life and friendly people,
what a relief compared to city life! Now I'm about to travel to Italy , where I'll perform a series
of concerts in Firenze (july 29-30), Bologna (aug 1), Taranto (aug 3-4) and again Firenze (aug 7), this
time I'm inviting the great drummer Bruce Cox, who has performed with the likes of Sonny Rollins,
JJ.Johnson, Maceo Parker... I'm sure the italian audiences will love the rhythm and power of our shows...
Have a good summer!
|
June 16, 2004 |
Hi everybody, I'm back in NYC, wow, it is HOT! I've successfully completed
many tasks while overseas: an excellent swiss tour with Tamango's Urban Tap;
Japan with Groove Collective; an italian tour with my man JD Allen on tenor, including a megaparty
at Florence's racetracks with the Corvini-Iodice Big band; and the final touch to my new album,
a solo on SLAVE OF PASSION by the great altoist Stefano Di Battista... Now I'm planning the next
italian tour with my drummer extraordinaire Bruce Cox (already seen with the likes of Sonny Rollins,
JJ Johnson and Maceo Parker), we should touch Florence, Taranto, Palermo, keep an eye on the South!
Wow, it feels good to be back in NYC and go play soccer in Chinatown, haha! The radio online is KCSM
nevertheless... maybe I'll go see Ravi Coltrane @ Zinc Bar tonite. Friday june 18 I'll b blowing
@ nublu with DJ Fabrizio of Irma records, this time w/compatriot Tommy Cappellato on drums, hope
some of u can make it. Coming up Groove Collective @Tonic next week and soon another
MAKE MUSIC NOT WAR party !
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Apr 20,2004 |
Happy Birthday Taurus! (and I am one). The good weather is
finally here, at least here in NYC, and its "the promised kiss of springtime,
that makes the lonely winter seem long", as the song goes...
It has actually been a very fruitful winter, I've made three great albums!
I've found a title for my last effort, it will be "The Voice Within"... hear it, follow it!
Two new songs were added, my version of Pino Daniele's "Alleria", slower than the original
with just flugelhorn and the luscious keyboard sounds of Barney McAll; and my own "Angel",
with great work from guitarist Saul Rubin and harmonica wiz Gregoire Maret. So we are finally
showing a vulnerable and romantic side too...
Also my long time colleague Josh Roseman added some terrific trombone on the reggae Holy Ganja,
he's amazing with that wah-wah mute!
Last week executive producer Sergio Veschi and friends from Red Records were in town,
I took them to Zinc Bar and they had a blast, many jazzmen were there, including Eric Lewis, James Hurt,
JD Allen, Jason Jackson, all cats who've already recorded for them... they gave me some great news,
our album Red Stars (with the great Victor Lewis on drums) is finally out in Europe and
we just got distribution in the States too!
Tomorrow I'm off to Switzerland for a 3 week tour
with Tamango's Urban Tap, then Florence, Italy for a megaparty with Pietro Iodice Big Band + myself and
JD Allen (I've written 3 arrangement in 3 weeks!). Also there might be one gig in Sapporo,Japan with Groove Collective
at the end of May! Is that enuff work or what?
|
Mar 31, 2004 |
Listening to Clark Terry on WKCR, just soo wonderful...
It was fun last weekend at BBKing's club on 42nd st. in Manhattan, Groove Collective opened for
Oteil ( hope I'm spellin'it right), excellent bassist and singer from downsouth in the USA.
I even sat in with him on the classic jazzfunk piece The Chicken, that Jaco used to play ...
and meantime in the dressing room some hasidic guest musicians were
smokin hash! I know, kind of hard to believe but, doesnt every religion have some sacred drug?
For Catholics it's wine, for Aztecs it's peyote, for Rastafarians it's the holy ganja!
Oh u have to hear the rap that my man Malik ( yes, the wonderful guy at Nublu ) recorded
on my new album! Holy Ganja the Christ he says, haaaa! Its cool for the japanese,
said my sound magician Andy Heermans, oh well, freedom of speech! Malik also sat in with my
trio at Nublu last friday, he's got the energy , he's got the urge.
Other fantastic guests on my album already include my man Jason Jackson on trombone,
the amazing guitarist Saul Rubin, young prodigy keyboardist Joe Ashler, who's previously
recorded with me as Joe Rybczyk jr, cellist Bruno Briscik, DJ Romain,
and the young revelation Krystle Warren,
i love her singing, her improvisational skills, and she's a songwriter too...
do u remember when Norah Jones was singing with my band? Haha, I think I have good taste!
|
Mar 9, 2004 |
Yesterday it was International Woman's Day, and
thats a day I've always loved, it brought several beautiful surprises and
one excellent confirmation: it looks like I'm going to start recording my next
cd in a matters of days! Now I dont mean to unveil everything about it before
it's happening, but I can say the main feature will be the trio with
Bruce Cox on drums and Jonathan Maron on el.bass, to which it'll be my pleasure to add several
surprising guests... I told DJ Romain I'm gonna give him my "world" cd's to
cut & scratch with, hehe... the titles are HOLY GANJA, SLAVE OF PASSION,
DOWN WITH IT, FERTILITY DANCE, POSITIVE, POWER OF TRUTH, BALINESE, FOURTEEN and
more! And many thanks to inventor Matt Shulman, an excellent trumpeter himself,
for having made trumpet playing easier with his ShulmanSystem, a device that takes
off a lot of stress from one's body, I recommend it to any trumpet player!
The next gigs are march 24 @ BBKing's with Groove Collective and march 26 @ Nublu
with my trio + DJ Fabrizio of Irma Records, hope to see some of you then!
ciao!
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| Feb 9, 2004 |
It was nice writing sumthin sumthin 4 Groove Collective, and hanging at
Boom Boom studio ( thats the name of the cat there, what were u thinking?) to help out
finding solutions besides laying down horn sections and fiery solos... I liked very much the alto saxophone
sound of my amigo Jay Rodriguez, he's got the whole span, from baritone up!
Now I have to focus on being a good host for guitarist Pablo Bobrowicky, who's coming from Buenos Aires to Studio900
in NYC,
and on producing his next recording for the italian Red Records label...I'm very honored, of course.
So I provided a stellar rhythm section for him, Edward Simon, Eric Revis, Bruce Cox!
I am arranging 3 beautiful tunes for the occasion, "Y Todavia La Quiero" and "Black Narcissus" by
the great Joe Henderson, and "Plain Jane" by the great Sonny Rollins, and will join on flugel
on those together with my man Jason Jackson on trombone and the young talent flautist from Israel
Itai Kriss. Of course my man Hiro Sanada will be at the engineering board so we'll achieve a nice
live2track sound, what more could I ask for? What? A Valentine?
|
| Jan 28, 2004 |
It's never too late to say... happy new year everyone! Hopefully this year
2004 will bring us more peace, prosperity and... a different american president! I'd go for the
lesser evil, haha! Back to my smaller world, january has been very exciting, I was in Iowa with
the spectacular Tamango's Urban Tap and I've been involved in
recording Groove Collective's new cd, it's still in the works but so far it sounds really good...
If u live near NYC u can see us live at Mercury Lounge saturday jan 31. Also on the day before (jan 30) I'm
joining DJ Fabrizio's Irma records' party @ NUBLU , one of my favorite spots
in New York (ave C bet 4+5 st), and I will bring my trio with bassist Francis Mbappe and drummer Bruce Cox, both world class
musicians AND beautiful people, arent I blessed! I'm excited cuz I'm gonna be playing some tunes
of mine that have been itching to be heard more often, namely Holy Ganja, Positive, Fertility Dance
and the new one, Balinese...
In general I'm much happier and excited about the future than before, maybe Jupiter in Virgo has finally
kicked in and put an end to my middle-life crisis? If so I should also
thank the great philosopher Henri Bergson, whose book Creative Evolution has injected more vitality
in my life. So I hope to see u at the clubs! Peace , Love, Truth, always!
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| Dec 17, 2003 |
Yes it's been a while, and I've been back in the woodshed...But thanx again
2 my buddy "JJ" Jackson 4 his guidance through the difficulties of brass playing, soooo physical!
Being more attracted 2 the methaphysical I gotta stay grounded! I have being writing new tunes to
record with DJ Romain, but the real news is a renewed solidarity within Groove Collective
founding members...haha, although it's great hanging with the great australian born
keyboardist, whom I would definitely promote, once and for all, Barney McAll!
Yes so I will start
the new year playing the Blue Note with the Groovers, jan 2-3, and on the 10th we'll be at Tonic,
LES, New York City! I have 2 do some pumping up 4 this town, please resuscitate! Now that Saddam
was caught just in time 4 Christmas! Again, it is through tough times that the art stays truer to
itself, so be it. We'll start prepare 2004... Happy Holidays!
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| Oct 9, 2003 |
In Greece UrbanTap's show was attended by 2,000 people (!)
in the renowed Lycabettis amphitheater on a scenic hill overlooking Athens, and Dusseldorf, Germany was fun too...
I'm finally back in NYC for a while, I've already recorded a song with DJ Dennis Ferrer and now I'm excited about our next party
MAKE MUSIC NOT WAR, friday oct. 17 @ Nublu in the East Village, newyorkers see u then!
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| Aug 16, 2003 |
due to the major black-out we were forced to cancel this month's party MAKE MUSIC NOT WAR,
too bad! We'll do it again in mid-october... Thats bcuz I'm already heading to Europe again, here are a few dates:
aug 23: Rome, villa celimontana |
| Aug 3 |
Urban Tap did so well at the Montreal Jazz Festival that we were rehired
on the spot for next year's edition! Also I was able to see amazing shows and to jam at night with great
jazzmen like James Carter, Roy Hargrove, Anthony Wonsey, Greg Hutchinson and others...
What followed was my own dreamlike vacation trip to Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand... Bali was the place
that left a mark on my spiritual path, for the omnipresent Spirit that one can feel on the island and more so
near a lake situated in the crater of the great vulcano Mt. Batur. And for the spiritual depth and
happiness of its people, rich in traditional culture, music, dance, architecture, painting, sculpting and
traditional fashion clothing. Now that I'm back in the western world I see the futility of most human
inventions... except Internet! :-)
Next will be our party MAKE MUSIC NOT WAR, to be held in one of our favorite locations in the Big Apple
next weekend, stay tuned!
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| June 14 |
Our party MAKE MUSIC NOT WAR was real fun
this month @ NUBLU. Congratulations to my long time friend saxophonist and now clubowner Ilhan
who in a few years made his place one of the best in New York's underground scene.
And thanks to my new band's
members: poet/dancer Marietta, DJ Romain and percussionist Daniel Moreno, aka THE HEALERS!
We'll have another fiesta this August... now next is Montreal's jazz festival, where I'm gonna perform
with Tamango's Urban Tap june 25-30. Hope everyone is having a good summer, see u soon!
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| May 1st 2003 |
Hi
you all! Welcome to my new website, isnt my new webmaster good? I'm in
Florence, Italy right now, where my close family lives, for some some
quiet time... Urban Tap did great in Venice, everybody including me was
raving about the city, you could literally shoot photos anywhere... we
performed at the magnificent 400 ys old Teatro Malibran, on which stage
the great tapper Tamango ( urbantap.com) asked me again to dance ( or
maybe "move" would be more appropriate) while playing a Bb |