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MEDIA CONTACT: Polly Burks
561-297-2595; pburks@fau.edu
CALENDAR INFORMATION
CATEGORY: Jazz
Festival
EVENT:
Florida Atlantic University's
first annual Jazz Festival Weekend
WHERE: University Theatre
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton campus
777 Glades Road
WHEN: Saturday, March 20
FAU student and faculty ensembles, Noon-2:30
p.m.
Jazz clinic with guest artist Bobby Shew,
3:30-5 p.m.
FAU's Dame Más and
GONZALO RUBALCABA TRIO, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 21
FAU's Uwwalo Messengers and
BOBBY SHEW, 3 p.m.
COST: Saturday daytime events - FREE
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio and Bobby Shew concerts
General admission -- $15
FAU students, faculty and staff - Free with ID
TICKETS: 561-297-3737,
ucboxoffice@fau.edu, or tickets available at the door
two hours prior to performance.
INFORMATION: 561-297-3820
DESCRIPTION: The Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Trio is known for its fascinating fusion of Jazz and
Latin rhythms. Gonzalo Rubalcaba has released eleven
CDs, with a Latin Grammy for Jazz Album of the Year
in 2002, as well as a Grammy for co-production of a
CD. He also has eight Grammy nominations, including
four for Jazz Album of the Year.
Bobby Shew started playing the
trumpet at age 10. He has played with the Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra, Woody Herman's band and many other
big bands. He has also recorded many of his own
albums and was nominated for a Grammy in 1980. He was
also awarded the Jazz Album of the Year in
1983.
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