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Amina Figarova Sextet at San Jose Jazz Winter Fest at Theatre on San Pedro Square
Courtesy of Massimo Chisessi | Posted on February 7, 2014
Where
Theatre on San Pedro Square
San Jose Jazz Winter Fest
San Jose, CA
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When
Sun, March 2, 2014
2:00 pm
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Musicians
Amina Figarova
pianoBart Platteau
fluteMarc Mommaas
saxophone, tenorErnie Hammes
trumpetJeroen Vierdag
bassJason Brown
drumsAbout
Composer and pianist Amina Figarova's 12th album, titled Twelve - her debut release on the renowned independent German label In + Out - celebrates jazz as an international music and New York City as a locale where jazz gypsies may feel most at home. A suite of songs for sextet Figarova wrote swiftly in 2011 after moving with her husband and musical partner, flutist Bart Platteau, to Forest Hills, Queens from their longtime European base, Twelve is suffused with the heightened expectations, sense of adventure and fresh perceptions that voluntary emigrés enjoy, as well as the confidence, creative energies and nuanced fulfillment that artists gain from being in the right place at the right time....