Achtung! Veranstaltung vorbei!

27.10.2008

Sam Newsome & Lucian Ban

THE ROMANIAN/AMERICAN JAZZ SUITE Amulti-movement work by American saxophonist SAM NEWSOME and Romanianpianist LUCIAN BAN combining Romanian folk music with American jazz.

The Romanian/American Jazz Suites bringstogether two points of view: Romanian culturethrough the eyes of an American jazz musician;and American culture through the eyes of aRomanian jazz musician having grown upunder a communist regime.

The Romanian-American Ensemble, featuressaxophonists Sam Newsome and Alex Harding,pianist Lucian Ban, drummer Willard Dyson,along with Romanian guitarist SorinRomanescu and bassist Arthur Balogh.

Mr. Newsome and Mr. Ban first collaborated in 2004 when they performed inRomania at the 2004 Bucharest Jazz Festival and the 2004 Brasov Jazz Festival.They just recently finished a 10-day tour in Romania – which was made possiblewith a grant from Global Connections (Meet The Composer, Inc.) – givingperformances in Bucharest, Iasi, and Brasov, as well giving a lecture at theBucharest Music Academy.

Eintritt: 18,- Euro