Arrive Friday
April 16th, Depart Sunday April 16th, 2010
(2-night minimum stay)
Immerse yourself in jazz vocals from ballads to low-down blues,
mellow sax, high pitch trumpet, Latin piano…it is all here at the 33rd
Cape May Jazz Festival April 16-18, 2010. Spyro Gyra opens up the
festival Friday night with music
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Spyro Gyra |
that encompasses straight-ahead jazz, blues, Latin, Brazilian,
instrumental pop, funk and fusion. For more than 3 decades Spyro Gyra
has been dominating the contemporary jazz scene and still has a snap,
originality and fresh sound which appeals to both old and new fans.
Blues singer Shemekia Copeland opens up Saturday night with her huge,
blast-furnace voice which gives her music a timeless power and
heart-pounding
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Shemekia Copeland |
urgency. Her music comes from deep within her soul and from the
streets where she grew up.
Friday night tenor saxophonist Tim Warfield, one of the most impressive
young tenors around, will pay “Tribute to Shirley Scott” with his organ
quintet. Warfield wanted to pay tribute to Shirley using
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Tim Warfield |
the Hammond B-3 to relate his happy, soulful experiences with music
they performed together, songs introduced by her, or original
compositions Warfield wrote with her in mind. Continuing Friday night
guitarist Monnette Sudler will perform in Carney’s Main Room with tenor
Bootsie Barnes, trombonist Steve Turre and Aaron Graves on keys for a
slamming hard-bop groove. For a total change of pace vocalist Marta
Topferova will entertain in Carney’s Other Room with her elegant,
low-key misty voice backed by stellar musicians who include Latin sounds
from Cuban, Argentinean tango to Venezuelan rhythms. Mississippi Heat is
one of Chicago’s hottest blues bands playing traditional
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Mississippi
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Chicago blues with their band leader’s powerful harmonica and
vocalist Inetta Visor permeating Cabanas Friday night.
Saturday afternoon starts out with pre-jams in both rooms at Carney’s
with the up-and-coming youth bands Tom Zmuda and Thursday Night Jazz and
the Divine Jazz Combo followed by jam sessions. Georgie Bonds, a
world-class singer, songwriter and blues entertainer, will continue the
blues tradition with Delta blues in Cabanas.
Saturday night continues with the exciting Cuban piano player Chuchito
Valdes returning for 2 shows in the Grand Hotel Ballroom. Chuchito
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Chuchito
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raised a mountain of rhythmic intensity with power and passion at the
April 2008 festival following in the footsteps of his grandfather Bebo
and father Chuchito Valdes blending elements of Afro-Cuban music, jazz,
bebop, mambo and cha-cha-cha. Another jazz festival favorite Juanita
Williams, along with Fred Hughes on piano, will perform at the Jazz
Dinner and 11pm show in Aleathea’s Restaurant. Juanita came up
musically by way of gospel, was inspired by blues greats Etta James and
Aretha Franklin and sings sweet soul music and gritty blues with
originality, sass and flair. Pianist Fred Hughes, another festival
favorite, compliments Juanita playing dynamic piano solos. Appearing
in Carney’s Main Room B. D. Lenz has been described as one of the
hottest new contemporary jazz guitarists
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B.D. Lenz |
on the scene today fusing jazz and rock complemented by warm chords
of funk, soul, and rhythm and blues. Carney’s Other Room presents The
Shook-Russo Quartet composing their own original music within the jazz
idiom honoring the masters by carrying on the mainstream tradition with
the huge sound and driving groove of Amy Shook on bass and the
incredibly skillful Frank Russo on drums.
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Amy Shook |
Jesse Andrus, a favorite tenor/alto sax and flute player seen at the
jams, will be in the Boiler Room with his group Abstract Truth Saturday
night. Abstract Truth weaves jazz with soul, R&B, African and Latin
rhythms, gospel, blues and funk which creates a sound that is at once
fresh and familiar honoring the masters who came before them while
creating a sound all their own. Performing in Cabanas the
multi-talented Ray Schinnery will stir the soul with his vocals, move
you to hilarity with his lyrics and woo you with his guitar.
Pre-Jam Sunday opens up with the Little Jazz Giants and the Young Lions
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