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Lenore Raphael at eighty eights Jazz Bistro
Concert Dates: 01/13/07
Ticket Cost: dinner /jazz
Show Time(s): 8, 9:30, 11
Event Description: Jazz pianist Lenore Raphael has played in various venues and with instrumental groups. This time at 88's she brings in with her, in a trio format Dr. David Champouillon, Bach trumpet artist and Director of the East Tennessee State Jazz department for an evening of standards with emphasis on the music of Clifford Brown. Together, she and Dr. Champouillon make musical magic. Accompanying them will be great bassist Ron Naspo. This promises to be a swinging evening of high octane bebop and delicious ballads.
Artist / Group Bio: Called "one of the top pianists in the creative jazz mainstream", Lenore Raphael is gaining an international reputation for her swinging, upbeat and delightful interpretation of standards and jazz original compositions. With three highly successful recordings and a fourth to be released soon, she is busy with touring and conducting jazz Master Classes. She has performed at the East Coast Jazz Festival, Cape May Jazz Festival, S.S. Norway Floating Jazz Festival, 16th Annual Jazz Showcase in New Bern NC with Wycliffe Gordon and Ken Peplowski. Her concerts and club appearances have steadily been sold out and reviews are glowing. Her Master Classes have received praise from the director of the International Association for Jazz Education and she is an Outreach Artist for the IAJE. She has done jazz workshops at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, the Denver School of the Arts, Colorado Springs Conservatory, The New School (NYC), and high schools throughout Denver. Her recordings have received major airplay on jazz stations internationally including WGBH (Boston), KUVO (Denver), WDNA (Miami), WUCF (orlando), ASFM (Australia), Copenhagen, and JazzFM in Spain. Lenore was co-Director or Project JOY, a 4-week intensive jazz workshop at Montclair State College in New Jersey. Her jazz theory book JAZZ MASTER CLASS was published by Hansen Music and is now available from www.swinginfox.com She has won numberous ASCAP awards for her jazz compositions. She has developed an original story and songs for children with co-writer Marcia Hillman called "Scat Cat's Adventures in Jazzland" which will be available as a book and companion cassette.
Artist's Website: http://www.lenoreraphael.com
Jazz Style: Various Jazz Styles
eighty eights Jazz Bistro Address: 1467 Main Street Rahway NJ 07065 U.S.
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