Concert Dates: 01/06/09 - 01/10/09
Ticket Cost: $10
Show Time(s): 11:00pm
Event Description: Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Welcomes its First Spoken Word Artist to its Stage with Performer/Storyteller David Gonzalez Featuring the Latin-Jazz Sounds of the Poetic License Band WHAT: Latin jazz meets spoken word in a performance exploding with passion, intelligence and energy. A Latin-flavored jazz and funk concert, City of Dreams brings together a quartet of some of New York’s top Latin jazz musicians for a five-night performance series. Led by Bronx-born David Gonzalez, City of Dreams presents an assortment of vivid poems spiced with Afro-Cuban grooves and soulful ballads. With the help of his excellent crew of musicians, Gonzalez's poetry conjures, reflects, and inspires. WHERE: Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Broadway @ 60th Street, 5th Floor, NYC. Train A/B/C/D/1 to 59th Street/Columbus Circle. WHEN: Tuesday-Saturday, January 6 -10, 2009, After Hours Set @ 11:00pm. HOW: General Tickets $10. Student Tickets $5. For more info, call Dizzy’s at 212.258.9595 or visit http://www.jalc.org. WHO: Performer/storyteller David Gonzalez and the Poetic License Band-John DiMartino (piano), Willie Martinez (drums), Phil Palombi (bass), and Erik Lawrence (saxophone). For more information, visit http://www.davidgonzalez.com. MEDIA CONTACT: April Thibeault, AMT Public Relations, 212.861.0990, april@amtpublicrelations.com. For queries regarding Dizzy’s, contact Scott Thompson, 212.258.9807, sthompson@jalc.org. “Inspired and wonderfully evocative.” Orange County Register
Artist / Group Bio: David Gonzalez
With speech, sound, mime, dance and above all, inspired imagination, nationally acclaimed master storyteller/performer David Gonzalez is keeping the ancient art of storytelling alive. His street style humor continues to entertain thousands of young audiences with the 2008-2009 nationwide tour of Aesop Bops! and The Frog Bride, in conjunction with the release of their complementary DVDs. As poet/guitarist/band leader, Gonzalez creates jazz-infused shows that combine his contemporary poetry with the Afro-Cuban rhythms of Latin jazz. His most recent project, City of Dreams featuring the Poetic License Band, is scheduled to run at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in January 2009. Gonzalez’s latest social justice-themed project is Wounded Splendor, a two-year community residency that will culminate in a 2010 world premiere. As a public speaker/poet, he was one of the featured performers at the 2008 National Storytelling Festival, Lincoln Center’s 2008 Imagination Conversation symposium, and the 2008 Alliance for a New Humanity conference alongside Deepak Chopra. http://www.davidgonzalez.com.
Artist's Website: http://www.davidgonzalez.com
Jazz Style: Latin Jazz / Latin Funk
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Address: Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor New York NY 10019 U.S.
About the Venue: "Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola is designed to entertain people in the spirit that Dizzy had...very welcoming," Mr. Marsalis explains. "We just want people to have a good time. We want the musicians to feel comfortable to play. We want people to come in and have a memorable experience. This whole facility is designed for international participation. This is a hall of integration...to bring everything together."
You can expect a spicy variety of musicians to grace the stage. As Jazz at Lincoln Center continues to perpetuate the art form, Monday nights are dedicated to young, upcoming musicians who will showcase their talent. On the other nights, you never know who will show up for a surprise appearance at one of our late-night hang sets. We welcome all to come, enjoy the great music, the great view and the great food.
Phone: 212.258.9595
Ticket Hotline: 212.258.9795
Directions: Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is located in the Time Warner Center, Broadway at 60th Street. Frederick P. Rose Hall can be accessed using the JAZZ elevators located on the ground floor of The Shops at Columbus Circle across from Hugo Boss.
By Car: From Long Island
Take Long Island Expressway to Midtown Tunnel. Follow signs to Uptown/West Side and go cross-town at 34th Street to 8th Avenue. Turn right onto 8th Avenue and proceed to 59th Street. Turn right onto Columbus Circle, making another right onto Broadway. Make a quick left onto West 60th Street. Parking garages can be found on West 60th Street.
From Southern New Jersey
Take the Lincoln or Holland Tunnels.
From Lincoln Tunnel take the exit on the left towards 40th Street and North. Turn left onto West 42nd Street. Turn right onto 10th Avenue, continuing all the way to 58th Street. Turn right onto West 58th Street. Turn right onto 8th Avenue and proceed to 59th Street. Turn right onto Columbus Circle, making another right onto Broadway. Make a quick left onto West 60th Street. Parking garages can be found on West 60th Street. From Holland Tunnel follow signs to Exit 1 (Uptown and Canal Street) into Laight Street. Follow Laight Street to West Side Highway (Joe DiMaggio Highway). Follow to 56th Street, staying to the right after 42nd Street. Turn right onto West 56th Street. Turn left onto 8th Avenue and proceed to 59th Street. Turn right onto Columbus Circle, making another right onto Broadway. Make a quick left onto West 60th Street. Parking garages can be found on West 60th Street.
From Northern New Jersey
Take I-95 North/US-9 North/US 1 North. This becomes I-95 North/Upper Level George Washington Bridge/US-9. Take the Henry Hudson Parkway/178th Street exit. Follow signs to Henry Hudson Parkway South/West Side Highway (Joe DiMaggio Highway). Merge onto Henry Hudson Parkway South. Take the West 79th Street (Boat Basin) exit. Follow the circle and exit onto 79th street. Turn right onto West End Avenue, heading south. Turn left onto West 56th Street. Turn left onto 8th Avenue and proceed to 59th Street. Turn right onto Columbus Circle, making another right onto Broadway. Make a quick left onto West 60th Street. Parking garages can be found on West 60th Street.
From Southern Connecticut
Take I-95 South to Cross Bronx Expressway, taking the last Manhattan exit (leading towards George Washington Bridge). Follow the Henry Hudson Parkway South. Take the West 79th Street (Boat Basin) exit. Follow the circle and exit onto 79th street. Turn right onto West End Avenue, heading south. Turn left onto West 56th Street. Turn left onto 8th Avenue and proceed to 59th Street. Turn right onto Columbus Circle, making another right onto Broadway. Make a quick left onto West 60th Street. Parking garages can be found on West 60th Street.
From Westchester County
Travel south to get onto Route 9 South (from Saw Mill Parkway). Route 9 becomes Henry Hudson Parkway South/West Side Highway (Joe DiMaggio Highway). Take Henry Hudson Parkway South to the West 79th Street (Boat Basin) exit. Follow the circle and exit onto 79th street. Turn right onto West End Avenue, heading south. Turn left onto West 56th Street. Turn left onto 8th Avenue and proceed to 59th Street. Turn right onto Columbus Circle, making another right onto Broadway. Make a quick left onto West 60th Street. Parking garages can be found on West 60th Street.
From Rockland County/Upstate New York
Take New York State Thruway south to Palisades Parkway south to the George Washington Bridge. Cross the bridge and follow signs to Henry Hudson Parkway South/West Side Highway (Joe DiMaggio Highway). Merge onto Henry Hudson Parkway South. Take the West 79th Street (Boat Basin) exit. Follow the circle and exit onto 79th street. Turn right onto West End Avenue, heading south. Turn left onto West 56th Street. Turn left onto 8th Avenue and proceed to 59th Street. Turn right onto Columbus Circle, making another right onto Broadway. Make a quick left onto West 60th Street. Parking garages can be found on West 60th Street.
By Subway:
Take the A, B, C, D, #1 trains to 59th Street/Columbus Circle.
By Bus:
The M5, M7, M10, M11 and M104 bus lines all stop within one block of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
For additional bus and subway information and directions, call the Travel Information Bureau at 718-330-1234, 24 hours a day.
Venue Website: http://www.jalc.org/dccc/index.asp
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