Roger Glenn Latin Jazz Ensemble at Firehouse Theater

The Livermore Rotary Club presents their 2nd Annual Concert Fundraiser with: The Roger Glenn Latin Jazz Ensemble performing at The Firehouse Arts Center Theater, Pleasanton


The Livermore Rotary Club is pleased to announce the headliner for their annual fundraiser. Roger Glenn, master multi-instrumentalist and entertainer on the flute, sax and vibraphone, and son of the late Tyree Glenn who was one of the 57 notable jazz musicians pictured in the historic photo “A Great Day in Harlem” is bringing his six-piece Roger Glenn Latin Jazz Ensemble to the Firehouse Arts Center Theater in Pleasanton, CA on Friday, September 6, 2013....

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The Livermore Rotary Club presents their 2nd Annual Concert Fundraiser with: The Roger Glenn Latin Jazz Ensemble performing at The Firehouse Arts Center Theater, Pleasanton


The Livermore Rotary Club is pleased to announce the headliner for their annual fundraiser. Roger Glenn, master multi-instrumentalist and entertainer on the flute, sax and vibraphone, and son of the late Tyree Glenn who was one of the 57 notable jazz musicians pictured in the historic photo “A Great Day in Harlem” is bringing his six-piece Roger Glenn Latin Jazz Ensemble to the Firehouse Arts Center Theater in Pleasanton, CA on Friday, September 6, 2013.

Roger has performed and toured to enthusiastic, sold out audiences with jazz legends such as Dizzy Gillespie (Bahiana), Mongo Santamaria (Mongo ’70), Rosemary Clooney (Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin), Herbie Mann and Pete Escovedo (Solo Two). Roger’s flute playing is featured on the Grammy-award winning album "La Onda Va Bien" with Cal Tjader, as well as many notable recordings by Donald Byrd (Black Byrd), Peaches and Herb (Reunited), ConFunkShun (Chase Me), Bobby Hutcherson (Ambos Mundos) and Mongo Santamaria (Mongo at Montreux). This show will feature Roger’s original compositions from his soon to be released CD In the Moment. Special guest for this performance is acclaimed Windham Hill recording artist, guitarist Ray Obiedo.

The Livermore Rotary Club is a member of Rotary International, an International Service Organization with over 34,000 clubs and 1.2 million members worldwide, whose overall goal is world peace and understanding. Rotary International has innumerable humanitarian projects across the entire globe.

Locally, the Livermore Rotary Club sponsors and runs the Livermore Rodeo Parade, awards mini-grants to worthwhile school programs, arts projects, and social needs projects, provides music scholarships to middle- and high-school students, supplies support to seniors, and gives back to the Livermore community in countless ways.

The Roger Glenn Latin Jazz Ensemble program will help raise money for the following Rotary projects and grants: Hoof Prints of the Heart, Rotary Interact (a Rotary Club for high-school students), and the Granada High School Music Department.
This will be a truly spectacular evening of hot Latin Jazz with a true Jazz Legend. Come and out for a memorable evening and support these organizations.

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