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“Larry Rosen’s JAZZ ROOTS is the most important new concert and educational jazz series in America! It’s so important that Americans learn about their culture, and this series is simply imperative!” Quincy Jones
JAZZ ROOTS
A Larry Rosen Jazz Series
“The Drums That Came From Africa” The drum: the heartbeat, the pulse in the womb, the throb of love, the metronome of rhythm, the language of expression, the vibrant vessel of deep riches and sacred truths. Africa, the habitat of the drum, may have been depicted by late 19th century British author Joseph Conrad as the “heart of darkness” in his novel of the same name, but the embattled and widely misunderstood continent has proved to be the beacon that illuminated the path to the development of a multitude of modern popular music styles in the western hemisphere, all infused with the animated beat of the drum. From South America to the Caribbean to North America, the drum served not only as the backdrop but also as the instigator of what makes music vital and free. Beginning early in the 16th century, the foreign intrusion into Africa in the name of European colonialism triggered a diaspora. Millions of people were forced to leave their homelands, exported to the New World as slaves. Yet, ironically, this diaspora laid the foundation for vital new styles of music as the two newly wedded cultures blended together, with elements of European classical music colliding with wonderful buoyancy with Africa’s drum rhythms. The spawning grounds of the Africa-rooted, drum-infused music were widespread in the Americas, propagating, long after slavery was abolished, the development of samba and bossa nova in Brazil; son, mambo, rumba, and cha-cha-cha in Cuba; plena and salsa in Puerto Rico; calypso and soca in Trinidad; merengue in the Dominican Republic; compas in Haiti; mento, ska, and reggae in Jamaica; and, originating in the melting pot of New Orleans, blues, gospel, jazz, rhythm & blues, rock, soul, funk, and hip-hop in the United States.
BRAZIL African rhythms took hold of the mainland of South America, most significantly in Brazil, best known for samba and its new-wave,
cooled-down bossa nova, which turned 50 on the occasion of the anniversary of Joao Gilberto’s recording of the Antonio Carlos Jobim tune “Desafinado” (Out of Tune). The biggest bossa nova surge came in 1963, when saxophonist Stan Getz collaborated with Gilberto for the jazz classic “Getz/Gilberto,” featuring the lush tune “The Girl From Ipanema,” sung by Astrud Gilberto. Predating bossa, samba grew out of the late 19th century choro tradition in Rio, where ex-slaves helped to generate a percussive style of music to buoy the Carnaval celebrations with drum soundscapes and syncopated dance beats. In the 1930s, the style became Brazil’s official music. Today’s stars include Gilberto Gil, Ivan Lins, Eliane Elias, Oscar Castro-Neves, Caetano Veloso, and others.
CUBA The styles of music that have emanated from the island are remarkable, all directly tied to African rhythmic roots. African slaves
were imported to work on the sugar plantations and formed social groups called cabildos, out of which grew the Afro-Cuban religion of Santería. Bata drums, congas, and shekere percussion provided the musical accompaniment to the religious rituals. This led to intoxicating mixes of Cuban dance rhythms, including rumba, danzón, and later son, Cuba’s most important style of song and dance music, where the clave rhythm was central.
The mambo, (created by bassist/bandleader Israel "Cachao" López,) led to Afro-Cuban jazz (credited to trumpeter/arranger Mario Bauza) and later Latin jazz (when Bauza and bebop creator Dizzy Gillespie founded cubop). Much of today’s Afro-Cuban rhythms have become fully incorporated into jazz thanks to such pioneering movers-and-shakers as Chano Pozo, Candido, Machito, Perez Prado, and Chico OíFarrill. Today’s keepers of the flame are Grammy-winning trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Paquito D’Rivera, and piano virtuoso Alfredo Rodriguez.
PUERTO RICO While Cuba stands as the capital of salsa (a musical style of modernized Cuban dance that originated in 1961), the music also
took root in Puerto Rico. Salsa became widespread worldwide not just as spicy dance floor tunes but also as jazz-infused performance works, due in large part to such Puerto-Rican American pioneers as timbales titan Tito Puente “El Rey” (the King of Latin Music) and conguero Ray Barretto (recognized as an NEA Jazz Master). Many have followed in these two giants’ footsteps, including flautists Nestor Torres and Dave Valentin, Nuyrican drummer/bandleader Bobby Sanabria, pianist Eddie Palmieri, and pop stars such as Carlos Santana and Mark Anthony.
THE CARIBBEAN Trinidad is best known for calypso, one of the most popular and widespread styles of African-derived music. It developed rhythmically
and melodically out of the work songs of African slaves on the plantations and intermingled with the European-style music of French masquerade balls that marked Lent. The African slaves developed their own celebrations, teeming with rhythm. The two camps of music combined forces to form calypso upon emancipation in 1834. On the island of Hispaniola, both the Dominican Republic and Haiti developed different hybrids.
The Dominican Republic is best known for merengue, a lively, syncopated dance music originating in the 1920s and tradition-
ally played with a two-sided lap drum (called a tambora), a guira (a percussion instrument), and a diatonic accordion. Haiti adopted a slower style of merengue called meringue, with traditional rhythms and guitar instead of accordion. Haiti is also the home of compas, which traces its origins to colonial dance rhythms imported from Africa.
Reggae is Jamaica’s gift to the world, a musical force that has deep roots dating to the late 17th century, when African slaves, primarily from Ghana, escaped into the hills and developed a percussive music for religious rituals. Even after slavery was abolished in 1838, blacks strove to preserve their African culture, and from that developed a drum-driven folk music that was a composite of African, British, Irish, and Spanish vocal traditions. Mento led to fast-paced ska, which led to reggae, popularized in the early 1970s by Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, and the king of them all, Bob Marley, and his band, the Wailers. UNITED STATES
North American slave owners, who feared the beats would incite their workers to rebellion, banned African drums. Despite this, Africans maintained their tradition of drum-based music as work songs morphed into the blues decades later, gospel music grew out of sobering Negro spirituals, and European music melded with elements of African music to create jazz.
So, what is the birthplace of jazz? New Orleans, where musical influences from the U.S., the Caribbean, and Europe com-
mingled freely. The first distinctively American music art form has been perfected throughout its hundred-years-plus history by a roll call of jazz giants, from Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk. The torch continues to be passed by such stars as Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, and many more.
The dance element of African-American music found life in swing and rhythm & blues, which then evolved into rock, soul,
funk, rap, and hip-hop. Marquee names include blues guitar great B.B. King, Buddy Guy, jazz/blues legend Ray Charles, soul star Smokey Robinson, rap star/entrepreneur Diddy, and hip-hop giants Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, Kanye West, and 50 Cent. The music keeps on evolving.
So it is that the strains of the ancient African drums still resonate, whether they’re embedded in bossa nova or thrust to the foreground in the manifold stripes of jazz. They reign supreme as one of the most valuable contributions that the continent of Africa has bestowed on the western world. In his book, Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey Into the Spirit of Percussion, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart writes, “musically, Africa represents an alternative evolution to that of the West, a musical culture whose emotional strategies may be different from but no less successful than European art music.” At the heart of this malleable music is the drumbeats’ throb being the life-giver, as expressed in this African proverb: A village without music is a dead place. Long live the drum and its accents, its staccato, its songs, its ability to create new music to dance and listen to.
Written By Dan Ovellette
LARRY ROSEN, PRODUCER Larry Rosen is a musician, producer, executive producer, and music industry entrepreneur. He is the creator and producer of
JAZZ ROOTS: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.
Mr. Rosen, along with Miami arts patron Carl Randolph, worked for seven years to bring a major world-class jazz and educational program to Miami. It was in the fall of 2007 that the Adrienne Arsht Center asked Mr. Rosen to present this vision as a series at the center. Mr. Rosen created a committee of Miami musicians, business and community leaders, educators, and arts patrons to plan a unique jazz series to address the Miami community. The JAZZ ROOTS series is based on the concept of the drums that came from West Africa at the time of slavery, which became the musical DNA for all the music of the Americas. Thus, the music we celebrate from South America, the Caribbean, and the U.S. all came from the same musical root. The JAZZ ROOTS series launched in the fall of 2008 and has created a groundbreaking, sold-out concert series with a unique educational program that has brought more than 900 Miami-Dade students to the Arsht Center to meet the artists, learn about the music, and see the concerts. The 2009-2010 season was launched on November 4, 2009. Mr. Rosen hosts a radio series on WLRN-FM and radio segments on WDNA-FM, where he interviews jazz artists who appear in the JAZZ ROOTS series. “Larry Rosen’s JAZZ ROOTS is the most important new concert and educational jazz series in America. It is so important that Americans learn about their culture, and this series is simply imperative!” --Quincy Jones
Mr. Rosen is the producer/executive producer of over 350 albums, 80 of which have been nominated for Grammy Awards, as well as numerous award-winning film/video productions and television specials. Mr. Rosen and multi-Grammy-and-AcademyAward-winning pianist/composer Dave Grusin co-founded GRP Records, the award-winning contemporary jazz label featuring major artists Chick Corea, Diana Krall, Patti Austin, B.B. King, Dave Grusin, Ramsey Lewis, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Schuur, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Kevin Eubanks, Spyro Gyra, Lee Ritenour, Gary Burton, Dave Valentin, Larry Carlton, David Benoit, Tom Scott, Gerry Mulligan, Yellow Jackets, and the Rippingtons, among others. Mr. Rosen is currently the chairman of Larry Rosen Productions, and co-chairman of LRS media. He is the creator and producer of the PBS HD television series Legends Of Jazz, and is currently producing a seven-part television series titled Recording: The History of Recorded Music, with hosts Quincy Jones and Phil Ramone, scheduled to air in 2010. Mr. Rosen co-founded N2K Inc. (NASDAQ), one of the Internet’s premier e-commerce and content companies, launching the web sites for The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein, and the music superstore Music Boulevard. N2K was also the first company to offer music downloads to consumers. For these efforts, he was featured in the Forbes magazine cover story "Masters of the Universe" as an Internet Icon in 1998.
Mr. Rosen began his musical career as a drummer with the Newport Youth Band and met future partner Dave Grusin while working as the drummer for singing star Andy Williams and attending the Manhattan School of Music. In 1972, the duo produced vocalist Jon Lucien for RCA Records and went on to form Grusin/Rosen productions, which discovered and produced new recording artists including Earl Klugh, Noel Pointer, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, and more. In 1978, Grusin/Rosen Productions signed a long-term contract with Arista Records’ president Clive Davis to develop new talent for the Arista/GRP label, including Dave Valentin, Angela Bofill, Bernard Wright, and Tom Browne. In 1979, Rosen engineered and co-produced the Dave Grusin album Mountain Dance, the first digitally recorded non-classical album. Mr. Rosen has received the Ernst & Young prestigious “En-
trepreneur of the Year” award in New Media & Entertainment. He serves on the boards of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), Music For Youth Foundation (MFY), Music Education National Council (MENC), the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific, and the Manhattan School of Music Presidents Board, as well as on the Dean’s committee Universitywith of Miami Mr. Rosen began his musical career at asthe a drummer the Newport Youth Band and met future partner Dave Grusin while Frost School of Music. working as the drummer for singing star Andy Williams and attending the Manhattan School of Music. In 1972, the duo produced vocalist Jon Lucien for RCA Records and went on to form Grusin/Rosen productions, which discovered and produced new recording artists including Earl Klugh, Noel Pointer, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, and more. In 1978, Grusin/Rosen Productions signed a long-term contract with Arista Records’ president Clive Davis to develop new talent for the Arista/GRP label, including Dave Valentin, Angela Bofill, Bernard Wright, and Tom Browne. In 1979, Rosen engineered and co-produced the Dave Grusin album Mountain Dance, the first digitally recorded non-classical album.
Mr. Rosen has received the Ernst & Young prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year” award in New Media & Entertainment. He serves on the boards of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), Music For Youth Foundation (MFY), Music Education National Council (MENC), the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific, and the Manhattan School of Music Presidents Board, as well as on the Dean’s committee at the University of Miami Frost School of Music.
DANIEL AZOULAY, PHOTOGRAPHER Daniel Azoulay was raised in Israel and began playing rhythm guitar in a rock band at the age of 14. He continued playing
music in Denmark, where he began his pursuit of photography. He started working as a fashion photographer throughout Europe, and, in the 1970s, as a young professional, he moved to the United States and worked in New York City in fashion and commercial photography, contributing to magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and others. In conjunction with his busy advertising and editorial campaigns, he has traveled extensively for the past 23 years to photograph and build his Americana series, capturing life in the American heartland. He moved to Miami in the early 1980s and continued to work in the fashion and editorial worlds until 1998. From then on his focus shifted from his commercial to his personal work.
Jazz Backstage, Daniel’s most recent body of work, is based on a series of jazz concerts produced by his friend, the re-
nowned musician, producer, and music industry entrepreneur Larry Rosen. With his profound understanding of jazz and unique conceptual approach to music production, Mr. Rosen needed a keen photographer who would help capture the making of the most ephemeral and conceptual of all art forms: jazz.
Having a background in music prior to making the camera his main instrument of artistic expression has enabled Daniel to possess
a deeper understanding of Larry’s concepts. He decided to capture imagery that would reveal the process of concert-making by photographing everything chronologically: from backstage details and artists rehearsing during the sound checks to the peak of the performance. Choosing a cinematic approach as his method, Daniel energetically and obsessively recorded multiple frames close in action, revealing in his photographs amazing details of the stage, audience, and the artists in the process of sound-making.
While capturing the musicians’ emotions, body movement, and synchronization with their instruments and the surrounding acoustic environment, he successfully reveals the invigorating process of sound being transformed by the artist into a powerful tool of communication that deeply affects the audience members, leaving them with an unforgettable experience. Jazz Backstage Volume 02, by Daniel Azoulay, is an exceptional photography book that will take you on a unique visual journey,
commemorating a series of six groundbreaking jazz concerts performed in Miami at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and featuring some of the most acclaimed living jazz artists.
Daniel continues to work on the Jazz Backstage project 2010-2011 in Miami, Dallas and Indianapolis.
The JAZZ ROOTS series in 2009-2010 continued its groundbreaking, sold-out concert series in Miami at the Adrianne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. It is the latest city to present the growing JAZZ ROOTS concert and educational series. The JAZZ ROOTS 2009-2010 series featured over twenty world class Grammy winning artists in 6 concert presentations. All has been captured in photographic excellence by Daniel Azoulay. The JAZZ ROOTS series continues its association with Miami based radio station WLRN-FM in creating and producing interview programs with many of the JAZZ ROOTS artists. These interviews are included in this book to enhance the history and legacy of jazz and the amazing artists who create this body of music today.
JAZZ ROOTS SERIES 2009-2010 THE BLUES “Without the blues, there is no jazz!” Featuring: Buddy Guy & Dr John AN EVENING WITH DAVE GRUSIN “Broadway scores performed live by an all-star cast of jazz greats!” Featuring: Dave Grusin, John Secada, Patti Austin, Gary Burton, Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres and Sammy Figueroa VOCALESE “A singing, swinging evening of jazz favorites!” Featuring: Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, and John Hendricks JAZZ & SOUL “Celebrating Black History Month with two renowned stars and music born out of African - American experience!” Featuring: Al Jarreau and Ramsey Lewis A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA Sinatra’s greatest hits reimagined by today’s finest interpreters of the repertoire! Featuring: Michael Feinstein and John Pizzarelli PIANO LATINO Three of the greatest Latin Jazz Pianists on one programme. Featuring: Eddie Palmieri, Michael Camilo, Alfredo Rodriguez
THE BLUES “The Blues.” Simply stated, without the blues, there is no jazz. Nor, for that matter, so much of the popular music that America has exported to the world, from R&B, rock “n” roll and funk, to soul, hip hop and rap. With this show, we celebrate the roots of American popular music in America. Buddy Guy is a five-time Grammy winning blues legend, whose unique, wailing electric guitar sound has influenced virtually every major blues and rock guitarist, from Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan. While his music originated in the Chicago blues school, Buddy’s playing has transcended that genre, creating a style that defies categorization. Dr. John and his band The Lower 911 open the concert performing their patented version of blues, gospel, funk and jazz. In addition to his unique fusion style, Dr. John is universally recognized for his original blues interpretations of traditional forms of jazz and American classic songs, as well as his elaborate stage shows.
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THE BLUES Buddy Guy
BUDDY GUY
“I learned how to pick cotton and corn, and I didn’t know what running water was until I grew into teen age.” BUDDY GUY
THE BLUES Dr. John
“That was the music of the race, the black race. This was not white people’s music. This was a very segregated world, which it still is.” DR. JOHN
AN EVENING WITH DAVE GRUSIN
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ave Grusin and guests: Jon Secada, Patti Austin, Monica Mancini, Gary Burton, Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres, Sammy Figueroa, the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. “Tootsie” …. “On Golden Pond”... “The Fabulous Baker Boys” ... “The Milagro Beanfield Wars.” Dave Grusin, composer, arranger, virtuoso pianist, recording artist and multiple Grammy and Academy Award winner has given us some the most memorable and moving film scores of all time. In “An Evening with Dave Grusin,” Dave and a host of special guests will bring to life these well-loved soundtracks. The evening will feature Dave Grusin and his guest stars, performing Grusin’s music, and the music of George Gershwin, Henry Mancini, and a rare live performance of Grusin’s classic contemporary jazz score for Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway hit, WEST SIDE STORY. This will be a magical evening.
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DAVE GRUSIN
“If it sounds like I’m only interested in tribute albums, it’s sort of true.” DAVE GRUSIN
PATTI AUSTIN
JON SECADA
NESTOR TORRES
SAMMY FIGUEROA
MONICA MANCINI
ARTURO SANDOVAL
GARY BURTON
VOCALESE
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ake some of the best-known, most complex and sophisticated instrumental solos in jazz, treat them as melodies and add swinging, poetic lyrics: the result is Vocalese, one of the most technically difficult and musically rewarding singing styles in jazz. As the eighty-eightyear-old jazz great Jon Hendricks, perhaps the greatest Vocalese master of all, once put it: “We do what librettists do for opera … we lyricize all the musical action that’s going on.” This show brings together, for the first time. living legend Hendricks with two of the finest Vocalese singing groups on the planet. Manhattan Transfer, the eight-time Grammy-winning jazz/pop harmony vocal group, has been releasing stellar albums and drawing rave concert reviews for over three decades, with their sparkling song stylizations and prodigious vocal talents. Their #1 platinum hit record “Birdland” is a quintessential vocalese recording that has taken this unique style to the world. The New York Voices, a Grammy-winning vocal ensemble is acclaimed for their excellence in jazz and the art of group singing. They have performed at every major jazz festival in the world, and their GRP recordings are among the most important group vocal recordings in jazz. Jon Hendricks, a NEA Jazz Master, Grammy winner, French Legion of Honor awardee, and “Poet Laureate of Jazz”, is the founder of the legendary Lambert, Hendricks and Ross vocal group, whichi is considered one of the originators of the vocalese technique. Hendricks is recognized as one of the best jazz singers of all time.
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JON HENDRICKS
“Well, why don’t you write words to ten Basie arrangements, and we’ll sing ‘em. Then at least, when we die, we’re leaving something that maybe people will appreciate.” JON HENDRICKS
MANHATTAN TRANSFER
TIM HAUSER
CHERYL BENTYNE
JANIS SIEGEL
ALAN PAUL
NEW YORK VOICES
PETER ELDRIDGE
LAUREN KINHAN
KIM NAZARIAN
DARMON MEADER
THE END OF CONCERT THREE
JAZZ and SOUL
I
n honor of Black History Month, JAZZ ROOTS presents an evening of music born out of the African-American experience. We celebrate the blend of jazz, blues, gospel and R&B that, along with cultural, political and stylistic elements from our American history, create the music we call Soul. JAZZ and SOUL spotlights two celebrated stars who took jazz, merged it with soul, and made the result their own signature sounds. Al Jarreau pairs a voice that’s recognized as one of the world’s most precious treasures with his unique and innovative musical expressions. This combination has made him one of the most exciting and critically acclaimed performers of our time. Jarreau’s achievements include five Grammys, scores of international music awards, and numerous hit records. Ramsey Lewis, NEA Jazz Master, multiple Grammy awardee, host of LEGENDS OF JAZZ, the acclaimed PBS TV series, is a true legend of jazz. A pianist and composer, he is often referred to as “the great performer,” a title reflecting his performance style rooted in his early gospel roots and classical training. His recording of “The In Crowd” is a jazz and soul classic.
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JAZZ AND SOUL
AL JARREAU and DEBBIE DAVIS
RAMSEY LEWIS
“That was in the last days of when people danced to jazz. To this day, I really wish that there had been a way where we could maintain this connection to the audience who loved to dance to this music.� RAMSEY LEWIS
A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA
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o many around the world, the sound of American music is the sound of Frank Sinatra. More than any popular musical artist in American history, Sinatra became not only a cultural icon and a face of America to the world, but an artist who defined his generation. By altering the lines between jazz and pop and redefining what it means to speak a lyric, Sinatra forever changed both popular song and American pop culture. Tony DeSare, hailed by critics as the modern day Frank Sinatra, just finished a one year run off Broadway staring in the hit show “My Sinatra.” Tony’s good looks and exciting interpretations of the Sinatra classics are entertaining audiences around the world. John Pizzarelli has had a multi-faceted career as a jazz guitarist, vocalist and bandleader. Internationally known for his interpretations of classic standards and late-night ballads, the easy humor and prodigious technique he brings to his performances creates the perfect mood for an evening celebrating the king of cool. John is accompanied by top eighteen piece big band utilizing many of Sinatra classic arrangements. To add to excitement, John and Tony will sing together with the big band to close out this magic evening.
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A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA
JOHN PIZZARELLI
“I was making my living playing with my father, and then on the weekends I’d play on my rock band, and my father said:
‘You’re the only guy who plays jazz to support his rock n’ roll habit.’”
JOHN PIZZARELLI
TONY DE SARE
PIANO LATINO
Three of the greatest living Latin Jazz pianists on one program! Eddie Palmieri thrills audiences throughout the world with unique style, charismatic power and bold, innovative drive. Michel Camilo, the Dominican-born winner of a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album, is a virtouso pianist with technique to spare, who flavors his tunes with the spice of Caribbean rhythms and jazz harmonies. Alfredo Rodriguez, the Cuban born twenty-three-year-old, is a Quincy Jones discovery. His amazing improvisational skills and beautiful artistic soul represents a new generation of world-class artists.
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PIANO LATINO
“Look, the Palladium Ballroom brought the greatest dancers from really all over. It was just insane. And the orchestras were going one-on-one with the dancers. The reason you went to the Palladium was to dance.� EDDIE PALMIERI
EDDIE PALMIERI
MICHEL CAMILO
“We have all these beautiful beaches, beautiful women, beautiful palm trees. And all of that is in the music. So if you really wanna be Latino, you also have to understand there’s another side to it. It’s not just the rhythm; it’s also the love of live.” MICHEL CAMILO
ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the many people who have made this book possible. As a photographer, my inspiration comes not just from what happens on stage, but from what happens behind the scenes, in the guts of the performing arts center. I am grateful to everyone who generously offered me access to the many aspects of these magical performances, allowing me to document the JAZZ ROOTS series’ inaugural year. That group includes the brilliant musicians themselves, of course, as well as Larry Rosen and the JAZZ ROOTS committee members, patrons, and audiences; the talented, hard-working staff at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of MiamiDade County; Carl and Toni Randolph; Hazel Rosen; Gorgette Azoulay; and, of course, my own wonderful staff at the Daniel Azoulay Studio in Miami.
Daniel Azoulay Larry Rosen Productions Larry Rosen, Creator and Producer Carl Griffin, Co-Producer Audrey De La Rosa, Executive Assistant Leslie Jose Zigel, Esq. Steve Dupler, Writer Hazel Rosen, Inspiration Š 2010 LARRY ROSEN PRODUCTIONS, INC. JAZZ ROOTS: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series are owned and controlled by Larry Rosen Productions, Inc. For more information on JAZZ ROOTS and JAZZ ROOTS products please visit: www.jazzroots.net JAZZ ROOTS Committee Carl Randolph, Chairman Shelly Berg Lilia Garcia Carl Griffin John Richard Larry Rosen Scott Shiller Alberto Slezynger Leslie Jose Zigel Capsule Media Pascal Jacquelin Rick Cikowski Brandon Dumla
Adrienne Arsht Performing Center For The Performing Arts Ricky Ariola, Chairmen John Richard, President CEO Scott Shiller, Executive VP Andrew Goldberg, VP Marketing Kathryn Garcia, Director of Programming Louis Tertocha, General Counsel Sarah Evans, Programming Coordinator Jeanne Marie-Fisichella, Engagement Manager Melissa Messulam, Artist Coordinator Deanna Costa, Director of Education Daniel Alzuri, Director of Productions Andres Puigbo, Technical Director Fred Schwendel, Head Carpenter Tony Tur, Head Electrician Michael Feldman, Head Audio Suzette Espinosa Fuentes, Media and Public Relations Luis Palomares, Creative Services Director Raul Vilaboa, Designer
91.3 WLRN-FM W. Theodore Eldredge, Station Manager Peter J. Maerz, Programming and Operations Manager Alicia Zuckerman, JAZZ ROOTS on WLRN Series Producer The producers would like to thank the following people for their unending support. Carl and Toni Randolph Lin Arison Woody and Judy Weiser Daniel and Georgette Azoulay Carole Ann Taylor Richard and Ruth Shack Larry Wilker Leslie Jose and Natalie Zigel Quincy Jones Dave Brubeck Phil Ramone 88.9 FM WDNA "Serious Jazz" WPBT Channel 2 Our Fisher Island Friends The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
JAZZ BACKSTAGE I.N.C. STAFF Photographer: Daniel Azoulay Photo assistant: Natasha Nesic Color specialist: Randy Mitchel Layout and design: Natasha Nesic, Laura Massa Equipment: Canon and Profoto Audio transcription and editing: Romina Linnell, Josh Malina Website design: Developing Zone, Inc. Publisher: Daniel Azoulay www.jazzbackstage.com info@jazzbackstage.com Copyright Š 2009 by the photographer and author of JAZZ BACKSTAGE, INC., Daniel Azoulay. The book author retains sole copyright to his contributions to this book. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise without written permission of the photographer and publisher. This is a sample draft for exhibition only, not for distribution.
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