Igor Butman & the Moscow Jazz Orchestra at Jazz @ Shish Lounge at Shish Restaurant Lounge

Sunday, September 22, 2013 7:30pm
IGOR BUTMAN & THE MOSCOW JAZZ ORCHESTRA featuring vocalist FANTINE - Shish Restaurant Lounge, West Hartford, CT. Tickets - $25. Advance tickets recommended. Dining from 5pm. Free valet parking.

Igor Butman, recognized as the most famous Russian jazz musician in the world today, will conduct the Moscow Jazz Orchestra at Shish Restaurant Lounge, 904 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford on Sunday evening, September 22 at 7:30pm. The concert, Butman’s only New England appearance, will feature world-class vocalist Fantine Pritoula. Separately and together, Butman and Pritoula are praised by both critics and musicians for their virtuosity, energy and soulfulness. Highly respected for his all-round musical ability, Butman is also noted for his eager enthusiasm and the energy that resonates through every aspect of his professional life. A strikingly gifted improviser, and with matchless technique, Butman has become a leading figure in the growing internationalization of jazz. ...

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Sunday, September 22, 2013 7:30pm
IGOR BUTMAN & THE MOSCOW JAZZ ORCHESTRA featuring vocalist FANTINE - Shish Restaurant Lounge, West Hartford, CT. Tickets - $25. Advance tickets recommended. Dining from 5pm. Free valet parking.

Igor Butman, recognized as the most famous Russian jazz musician in the world today, will conduct the Moscow Jazz Orchestra at Shish Restaurant Lounge, 904 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford on Sunday evening, September 22 at 7:30pm. The concert, Butman’s only New England appearance, will feature world-class vocalist Fantine Pritoula. Separately and together, Butman and Pritoula are praised by both critics and musicians for their virtuosity, energy and soulfulness. Highly respected for his all-round musical ability, Butman is also noted for his eager enthusiasm and the energy that resonates through every aspect of his professional life. A strikingly gifted improviser, and with matchless technique, Butman has become a leading figure in the growing internationalization of jazz.
“Butman is an amazing saxophonist... he can play anything with secure pitch, rhythmic ingenuity and that extra gear in reserve, but the sense of joy in his sound wins...
...Joined by world-class vocalist Fantine Pritoula who sang the lyric of “Night In Tunisia” scatting cogently until the famous break... setting up Butman’s warp-speed, crisply articulated solo.”
Downbeat Magazine

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