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Hector Martignon at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
Where
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 W 67th St.
New York, NY
Map
(212) 501-3330
When
Wed, May 9, 2012
8:30pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
Hector Martignon
piano
Seneca Black
trumpet
Chris Washburne
trombone
Chelsea Baratz
saxophone, tenor
Alejandro Aviles
saxophone, altoEnrique Fernandez
woodwinds
Andy Hunter
tromboneSteve Gluzband
trumpetAbout
On May 9th, after a year-long monthly residence at NYC's famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Grammy-nominated pianist Hector Martignon emerges with a new exciting project: His Bandagrande Big Band will join Jazz Camerata at Merkin Hall for an evening of musical exploration boasting a repertoire spanning 4 centuries, re-voiced through the sound-canvas of the traditional 18-piece Big Band and a muscular string-ensemble. The program features works by J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Hermeto Pascoal and Bill Evans alongside several of Martignon’s original pieces. Tickets are $30 / $18 for students.
Through the lens of the symphonic orchestra of the Jazz idiom, Martignon is looking to forge the entire musical canon outside of temporal and geographical constraints into a new standard to create an evening of extraordinary, yet highly accessible, music performed by the best musicians of each genre. In essence, the audience will experience a musical recreation of the Big Bang, a process he calls the Big Band Theory....
