[Fredslist] Jazz Big Band in the Village, Tuesday, March 11, 8 pm

[Richard G. Klein]

I've heard this Band several times and bought their cds. You will not be
disappointed. Tickets are sold at the door, usually $15 each in cash;
and it includes both the 8pm show and the 9:30 show. Below is copied
from the Jazz Tuesdays mailing list notice I received: Mike Longo
17-piece Big Band featuring vocalist Ira Hawkins returns to Gillespie
Auditorium, Tues. March 11
DON'T MISS THIS GREAT SHOW!  Come out and celebrate with Mike Longo's
swingin' 17-piece Big Band, the "New York State of the Art Jazz
Ensemble", featuring acclaimed jazz vocalist and arranger Ira Hawkins,
at "Jazz Tuesdays" on Tuesday, March 11 in the Gillespie Auditorium at
the New York Baha'i Center at 53 East 11th Street (between University
Place & Broadway).  There will be 2 shows at 8:00 and 9:30 pm.  Call
212-222-5159 ( tel:212-222-5159 )for advanced seating and
information.
 

This is the big band that thrilled a sold-out house this past October
at Dizzy Gillespie's birthday celebration and was voted "Band of the
Year" in the 2004 Brazilian Jazz Poll.  You will be delighted by the
repertoire from the latest CD “Oasis” of the New York State of the Art
Jazz Ensemble (NYSAJE) that topped the charts at # 7 in December 2004
and remained in the top 20 for an unprecedented 16 weeks. The band is
made up from the “cream of the crop” of New York based professional
musicians.
Mike Longo has performed with a list of jazz legends that include
saxophone great Cannonball Adderley,  Henry Red Allen, Coleman Hawkins,
George Wettling, Gene Krupa,  Nancy Wilson, Gloria Lynn, Jimmy
Witherspoon, Joe Williams, Jimmy Rushing, James Moody and many others. 
It was in the mid-60s when Longo’s trio was playing at the Embers West,
that Roy Eldridge told Dizzy Gillespie about this new pianist he had
heard.  Dizzy came to hear him play and soon asked him to become his
pianist.  This started a life-long musical relationship and friendship. 
>From 1966 through 1975, Longo worked exclusively as Dizzy’s pianist and
musical director.  Mike left the Gillespie group officially in 1975 to
venture out on his own, but continued to work for Gillespie on a
part-time basis until his death in 1993.  Since that time Mike has
recorded numerous albums and CDs on various labels with some 45
recordings with artists such as Gillespie, James Moody, etc.  At present
he has over 20 solo albums to his credit.  He is sought after as a music
instructor and is in demand for jazz clinics and concerts at
universities and music schools throughout the world, and has appeared at
the Lincoln Center’s new jazz room “Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola.”  
Mike was voted #1 for acoustic piano in the 2012 South American jazz
poll and his latest CD “A Celebration of Diz and Miles” has made no less
than 6 different lists for top CDs of 2012.   
Longo’s latest venture, Jazz Tuesdays, is dedicated to allowing artists
to retain creative control of their work and providing students and the
general public with an opportunity to hear “world class jazz at
affordable prices.”
Richard G. Klein, Esq.

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