ROSE MAX, RAMATIS & BRIAN POTTS

Street Stage Project on the steps of the Old Post Office

No Cover | All Ages

 

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GUITAR SUMMIT IV

The Miami Jazz Cooperative is a nonprofit organization supporting jazz in South Florida by facilitating performance opportunities for musicians, entertaining audiences, and educating the community.

The summit brings twelve world class guitarist together for an evening of exciting performances and  fun!

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Daily Dose Of Jazz…

Robert Conti was born November 21, 1945  in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was an autodidact, first performing locally at age fourteen and mentoring with Pat Martino. In 1966, after four years on the road touring North America, he settled in Jacksonville, Florida.

In 1970, he dropped out of the music business to work in the securities field. Six years later he picked up his guitar and by 1979, he signed with Discovery Records. Conti released Solo Guitar as his debut as a leader and his sophomore project Latin Love Affair. By 1982 he left music again for the business world but again in 1985 he released another album. The following year he headlined the Florida National Jazz Festival, with Jimmy McGriff and Nick Brignola as his sidemen.

In mid-1988 he was offered a position under filmmaker Dino De Laurentiis in Beverly Hills, California. After a lengthy recovery from a back injury in late 1988, he was offered a position as resident jazz guitarist at the Irvine Marriott, a job he held until 1998.

Since starting his website in 2000, he has released 30 educational DVDs on jazz guitar, including pro chord melody and improvisation using his No Modes No Scales approach to teaching jazz guitar. Guitarist and educator Robert Conti, who has his own line of solid spruce thinline archtop jazz guitars since 2009, continues to teach, and perform.

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BILL FRISELL FIVE

Featuring Thomas Morgan, Rudy Royston, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen. Recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists, Bill Frisell was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist in 2012.  He is also a recipient of grants from United States Artists, Meet the Composer among others.  In 2016, he was a beneficiary of the first FreshGrass Composition commission to preserve and support innovative grassroots music.  Upon San Francisco Jazz opening their doors in 2013, he served as one of their Resident Artistic Directors.  Bill is also the subject of a new documentary film by director Emma Franz, entitled Bill Frisell: A Portrait, which examines his creative process in depth.

$5 Minimum Per Person, Full Bar & Dinner Menu | NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES.

All seating is first come, first served. Table Seating is all ages, Bar Area is 21+. Bar Area tickets for patrons under 21 will not be honored. Group Reservations: Groups larger than 10 must purchase a group package at club@bluenote.net, or by calling 212.475.8592. Groups larger than 10 without a group package will be subject to group surcharges added to your bill. Groups arriving late or separately are not guaranteed to be seated together. All seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for best seats.

Through December 4 | Bill Frisell ~ 12/1 | Bill Frisell Trio ~ 12/2~12/4

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Daily Dose Of Jazz…

Warren Battiste was born on November 8, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana and was taught to play the guitar by his father, a banjoist at Preservation Hall. He took four years of instruction at Greenwald Music School in his hometown. Performing at a number of jazz clubs on Bourbon Street, he appeared in the film Shy People with Jill Clayburgh and Barbara Hershey.

As an educator Battiste taught music at Wequachie High School, Essex County College and the Newark Art Center in Newark, New Jersey. He has performed with George Benson, The Platters, The Inkspots, Frank Foster, Barry Harris, Woody Shaw and Illinois Jacquet, among others. Releasing his debut album Street Jazz in 2001, recorded his sophomore release Just Friends three years later and then his album Quiet Storm in 2007.

Guitarist Warren Battiste, who also plays bass, banjo and piano, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Jazz from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and was selected as a Jazz All Star in 2000 from New Orleans Magazine.

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