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MEDIA CONTACT: Stacia Smith
561-297-2971 or ssmith@fau.edu
Photos available.
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio and Bobby Shew
Coming to FAU's Jazz Weekend
BOCA RATON (March 12, 2004)
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Jazz lovers can get their fill
of jazz at Florida Atlantic University's first annual
Jazz Festival which will take place Saturday, March 20
and Sunday, March 21 in the University Theatre on FAU's
Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. The Gonzalo
Rubalcaba Trio and Bobby Shew will headline the weekend
with other performances by FAU's Uwwalo Messengers and
Dame Más.
Afternoon events on Saturday,
March 20 will include performances by school
ensembles at noon and a jazz clinic with Bobby Shew
at 3:30 p.m. Then, at 7:30 p.m., the Gonzalo
Rubalcaba Trio will perform along with FAU's Dame
Más. On Sunday, March 21, Bobby Shew will
perform at 3 p.m. with FAU's Uwwalo Messengers. The
Saturday afternoon events are free and admission for
either the Saturday night concert or the Sunday
afternoon concert is $15. FAU students, faculty and
staff admission is free for these concerts.
The Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio is
known for its fusion of Jazz and Latin rhythms. The
trio is comprised of Gonzalo Rubalcaba on piano,
Ignacio Berroa on drums and Armando Gola on bass.
Rubalcaba has become quite a sensation in the United
States since his introduction to the U.S. audience in
1986. Since then, he has released eleven CDs. He
received a Latin Grammy for Jazz Album of the Year
for the album "Supernova" in 2002 and a Grammy for
co-production of a CD with Charlie Haden of Nocturne.
He also has eight Grammy nominations, including four
for Jazz Album of the Year.
"More than almost any pianist
since the passing of Bill Evans, [Rubalcaba] truly
has the capacity to make his instrument sing,"
according to the Los Angeles Times.
Bobby Shew started playing the
trumpet at age 10. He has played with the Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra, Woody Herman's band, Benny Goodman,
Maynard Ferguson and many other big bands.
Shew became known for his
strong lead playing and began doing studio work for
TV shows and live productions. He also began
recording his own albums and was nominated for a
Grammy in 1980 and was awarded the Jazz Album of the
Year in 1983 for "Heavy Company."
To purchase tickets for the
Saturday night or Sunday afternoon concert, call
561-297-3737, or email ucboxoffice@fau.edu. Tickets
also will be available at the door two hours prior to
each performance.
FAU's Jazz Weekend is
presented by the Department of Music in FAU's Dorothy
F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters and the FAU
Jazz Club and Jazz Studies Program, and it is
sponsored by the FAU Student Government, Black
Student Union and Hoot Recordings. For further
information about Jazz Weekend, call 561-297-3820 or
email walters@fau.edu. For more information about
other School of the Arts events, call 561-297-2977 or
visit www.fau.edu/artsupdate.
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