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Julie Rose Wilde
Valentines Weekend Concert  -Just Across the River

 “A Gypsy Rose for Django”
The Bohemian Dream Band with Julie Wilde
Sunday, February 12th @ 5 p.m. At the Westin –Savannah

Kissy! Kiss! Kiss! It’s time again for saying those three little words... "I love you!" But now, say it with food, wine and JAZZ.

  The Bohemian Dream Band, led by violinist Ricardo Ochoa and guitarist Sasha Strunjas, has a distinct flavor of both Gypsy and European Jazz.  The Band brings passion, soul and artistry to the stage with their upbeat swing that revives and expands the romantic exoticism of the 1930's "Gypsy Jazz" Parisian club scene.

Their unique styling allows the ensemble to embrace jazz standards alongside of Latin tunes, Tangos with contagious rhythms and haunting melodies.
The performance will be a tribute to “Mamouche Jazz”, the style of music developed by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephan Grapelli.  Fast strumming and exciting melodies will be combined with the seductive voice of vocalist Julie Wilde to captivate and transport audiences to an era of flirtatious jazz.

Ms. Wilde is a singer-songwriter, performer, and music educator. A classically-trained musician, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelor of Music degree with emphasis in Piano, Voice and Music Education and a Master of Science for Teachers degree in Music.
Over the past 5 years, Ms. Wilde has written, produced and recorded three CDs of original music.  
(Cost to general public:  $10 - Free
for CJA members)



Jazz Savannah music festival

The Coastal Jazz Association Invites You To

Jazz – Just Across the River

Seven String Heaven!

Benedetto Players Howard Alden & Howard Paul With Special Guest Ben Tucker

March 11th 5 p.m. @ the Westin in Savannah

Howard Alden was Born in Newport Beach, California, in 1958, He began playing at age ten, inspired by recordings of Armstrong, Basie and Goodman, as well as those by guitarists Barney Kessel, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt and George Van Eps.
Upon moving to New York City in 1982, Alden's skills, both as soloist and accompanist, were quickly recognized and sought-out for appearances and recordings with such artists as Joe Bushkin, Ruby Braff, Joe Williams, Warren Vache` and Woody Herman.


He has continued to win accolades from critics and musicians alike, adding Benny Carter, Flip Phillips, Mel Powell, Bud Freeman, Kenny Davern, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie and George Van Eps, as well as notable contemporaries such as Scott Hamilton and Ken Peplowski to his list of impressive credits.


Howard Alden has been a Concord Jazz recording artist since the late '80s where his prolific recorded output as leader, co-leader, and versatile sideman, has captured an artist of consistently astonishing virtuosity and originality.


Howard Alden was voted "Best Emerging Talent-Guitar" in the first annual JazzTimes critics' poll, 1990, and "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" in the 1996, 1992, 1993 and 1995 Downbeat critics' poll. As jazz critic Wayne Thompson writes simply, in Jazzscene, "If there are better young jazz guitar players in
America than Howard Alden, I have yet to hear them." Howard's growing base of loyal fans couldn't agree more.

Howard Paul, President/CEO of Benedetto Guitars, Inc. readily acknowledges that he is fortunate to combine his vocation and avocation. A highly respected jazz guitarist who detoured along the way to study political science, serve in the military, and rise in corporate management, his enthusiasm for his company is infectious.

 

As a musician, he has performed/recorded with jazz guitar legends including Bucky Pizzarelli, Jimmy Bruno, Howard Alden, Jack Wilkins, Joe Beck, Joe Negri, Frank Vignola, Andreas Oberg and small group performances with bassist Ben Tucker, flutist Ali Ryerson, vibraphonist Chuck Redd, bassist Phil Flannigan, Oliver Nelson, Jr. and piano legend/Grammy winner Bob James.

 

Today, he strikes a delicate but exhausting balance between performance at jazz clubs and concert halls, lectures at universities and music schools, collaborations with artist/endorsers, and running the day to day business of manufacturing and sales at the Benedetto Guitars’ workshop located in Savannah.

 

Ben Tucker is a nationally renowned bassist who has played and recorded with many of the top-shelf players in the jazz idiom.  He has been recognized as an unparallel player as well as an astute businessman.

 

Mr. Tucker has performed for the Newport Jazz Festival, Coastal Jazz Society, Hilton Head Jazz Society, Jacksonville, Vero Beach Jazz Society. He has also been a world traveler playing the countries of Japan, Columbia, Brazil, Argentina and England. (Free for members, $10 for non-members)

 


 

 

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