Upcoming concerts at Gallery 345

Jazz on Sunday at Gallery 345
Piano Jazz Masters: The Mario Romano Quartet
June 20 at 3:00
$20/$15 Seniors/$10 Students.



Mario Romano/Piano, Mark Kelso/Drums, Roberto Occhipinti/Bass and special Guest Pat LaBarbera/Sax

Jazz on Sunday at Gallery 345
Piano Jazz Masters: The Hilario Duran Trio
June 27 at 3:00
$20/$15 Seniors/$10 Students.

Hilario Duran/Piano, Mark Kelso/Drums, Roberto Occhipinti Bass.

Hilario Duran - Biography

Born in Havana, Cuba and based in Toronto, Canada, Hilario Duran is internationally renowned as pianist, composer, arranger, and orchestra leader. He is a winner of multiple Juno and National Jazz Awards, an American Grammy Award nominee and recipient of the 2007 Chico O’Farrill Lifetime Achievement Award. Latin Jazz Corner wrote that Hilario is one of the “contemporary Cuban pianists that moved jazz in the 21st century.” Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz orchestra have been selected to perform at the Cultural Olympics 2010. Like many Cuban musicians, Hilario was born into a musical family surrounded by classical, jazz, and popular music. He joined Arturo Sandoval’s band for nine years (1981-1990), touring at major jazz festivals around the world and sharing stage with the late Dizzy Gillespie and Michael Legrand. In 1990, Hilario formed his own band Perspectiva which toured successfully through Latin America and Europe. One year later Hilario participated as a pianist in Jane Bunett’s Juno Award Winning CD Spirits of Havana. Hilario Duran is a member of the Jazz Faculty at Humber College, as adjunct Piano Professor and Ensemble Director.

Fernanda Cunha (vocal) & Camilla Dias (piano)
Wednesday June 30, 2010 at 8 pm
Admission: $20/$15 Seniors/$10 Students

Fernanda Cunha is well established singer on today’s Brazilian jazz scene, doing what comes naturally! Her debut album O tempo e o lugar was recorded in Ohio-USA in 2002. On her CD Dois Coracoes (2004), she’s in distinguished company, performing with esteemed Brazilian composers Johnny Alf and Sueli Costa, her aunt with arrangements from Camilla Dias. And her third Cd Zingaro (2007) she performs songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim.

She has toured in Brasil, USA, Portugal, Spain, Argentina and Canada.
Cunha has been performing in Canada once a year since 2005 (Edmonton Jazz festival, Vancouver International Jazz festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Calgary, etc) .
Regular appearances at jazz festivals here and across Canada have helped to carve out a whole new fan base for Cunha’s post-bossa groove, and now she is repaying the compliment with her new CD Brasil-Canada.

Fernanda has researched the works of songwriters from both countries, to find the right link and movement between the two countries. Her choices reflect the musical affinities between Brazil and Canada. Songs represents important songwriters from both countries: Joni Mitchel , Alex Kramer, Shelton Brooks and Bruce Cockburn and Brazilian songs by Sueli Costa, Noel Rosa, Marcio Hallack .

Fernanda Cunha will be performing at Gallery 345 in June 30th in duo with her long time pianist Camilla Dias. The duo will play songs from Fernanda´s new CD and Brazilian standards by Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, among others.

Genre: jazz, world
Website: www.fernandacunha.com.br
Contact information: : fernandaccc@hotmail.com

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