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The dual program will begin with Shorter at 21:30 pm in the Nuevo Teatro Circo
An honor for the festival will be visited by Wayne Shorter, accompanied by the great John Patitucci, Danilo Perez and Terry Line.
The most important jazz composer alive, according to the unanimous agreement of critics and fans, and winner of 9 Grammy Awards, both as composer, solo performer or group, and honorary doctorates from the Berklee College of Music, Wayne Shorter has taken his sax located at the forefront of his time, training as crucial as the Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey, the second Miles Davis quintet, the legendary Weather Report.
Share the stage on Saturday 6 November, explosive night Maceo Parker, a global institution of funk, which will be their only concert in Spain.
Saturday 6 November at 21:30 hours in the Nuevo Teatro Circo Cartagena.
Tickets, on sale last fifty, cost 30 Euros.
Since the influential magazine Down Beat, shortly after breaking into the pop scene hardbop, proclaimed him "Saxo New Star" in 1962, Wayne Shorter (Newark, 1933), has traveled widely and intensively journey to become one of the greatest composers and jazz musicians alive.
Wayne Shorter is many things.
The most important jazz composer alive, according to the unanimous agreement of critics and fans.
The only saxophonist able to break through himself, at a time when John Coltrane was a required reference.
Remarkable improviser, philosopher, movie buff, passionate reader of science fiction.
Shorter was the object of desire of Miles Davis until he could steal his former employer, drummer Art Blakey, and the star of crowds like Weather Report.
Winner of 9 Grammy Awards, both as composer, solo performer or group, and honorary doctorates from the Berklee College of Music, Wayne Shorter has taken his muscular saxophone or lyrical, but always placed at the forefront of your time, formations as crucial as the Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey, the second Miles Davis quintet, the legendary Weather Report or VSOP, luxurious meeting of former employees of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.
Bold musician, who has passed with flying colors from the post-bop to avant-garde atonal, through the merger of the leading rock albums for the future of jazz and Speak No Evil (1965), Wayne Shorter in 2000 formed a quartet with Danilo Perez ( piano), John Patitucci (bass) and Brian Blade (drums) with which, after several years without recording, gave birth as Footprints anthology work life, Joy and his latest album Beyond the sound barrier still proclaiming his extraordinary and mature creativity.
Cartagena Jazz Festival to come along to this training, with the only change to the battery of Terri Lyne.
"... Funk is life, is a good party, a happy new year, Mardi Gras, love, joy, friendship, peace, a rush of good feeling and high vibration, dancing and having a good time, that's clapping ... Funk music for me ... "and he defined his music blows the star of the world's most funky and right hand of James Brown, Maceo Parker (North Carolina, 1943).
Despite start playing soul with James Brown in the 60, jumped into the funk with the band George Clinton fifteen years later, played with a funk acid with Bootsy Colins and Bootsy's Rubber Band and, more recently, the very Prince called him to touch on his latest album Musicology Tour, entering land increasingly "groovys" ... he will not need big names to adorn their curriculum.
Maceo Parker is an institution by itself in the world of funk.
With Pee Wee Ellis and trombonist Fred Wesley-known by the nickname of the JB's Horns ", with which coincided with the horn section of James Brown, Maceo has created various groups such as Maceo & All The King's Men, and has built up Over the years become one of the most emblematic wind sections of soul jazz, a field in which each has demonstrated a high creativity and incredible ease to combine tradition and modernity.
Although Maceo was an excellent traveling companion for many of the best musicians in history, during his solo career in the early 90's, when a greater contribution to the genre of funk.
Acquired a new life on sax, giving center stage this magical instrument and a new sound.
Used to say that the trick is to combine "2 percent jazz and 98 percent of funk."
For 20 years, Maceo has not stopped to inquire into the music inspired by David Fathead Newman, Hank Crawford, Cannonball Adderley and King Curtis, among others, always succeeds in translating his good humor and unflagging energy in their work.
Ray Charles, Ani Difranco, James Taylor, De La Soul, Dave Matthews Band, Keith Richards, Bryan Ferry, All Stars, Living Colour and even the Red Hot Chilli Peppers were among the lucky ones who had the collaboration of the musician unmistakable.
The sixties, which in recent years has visited Spain regularly returns to Cartagena Jazz Festival, which will be their only concert in Spain to present his latest Roots and grooves, which pays tribute to Ray Charles, reviewing this classic master of blues.
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