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| Former Dizzy
Gillespie Pianist to Appear with his Trio In A Celebration Of Jazz Piano |
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A forty year jazz veteran, pianist/composer Mike
Longo will perform a special concert commemorating the great jazz pianists from Erroll Garner to Herbie Hancock
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date: 08/03/08 |
Contact:
Michael Longo
CAP
Phone: 212 222 5159
Cell: 646 345 5598
Consolidated Artists Productions Inc. 290 riverside Dr. Suite 11-D
New York, NY 10025
Email: bebopyo@aol.com |
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| Two shows
at 8:00 PM and 9:30 PM |
(PRWEB) December,
2007 -- Michael Longo, former pianist for Dizzy Gillespie, will
perform at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium, in the heart Greenwich
Village, August 26th. Longo will appear with his trio with Paul West on bass and Ray Mosca on Drums. The theater, located in the NYC
Baha'i Center at 53 E. 11th St. (between University Place and Broadway),
was dedicated to the late Dizzy Gillespie on Jan. 6, 2004, on the
eleventh anniversary of Gillespie's death. Longo and his 18-piece
band have been raising the roof there with hard-swinging arrangements
that won them the #1 band of the year award in the 2004 South American
Jazz Poll. His appearance on Oct. 22, 2007 to honor Gillespie's
88th birthday was to a standing room only crowd of eager jazz fans.
"I was just amazed at the response," says Longo, who has
been playing jazz professionally for over forty years. "The
house was completely sold out with standing room only, and people
were even paying five dollars just to stand in the lobby to hear
the music without being able to see us." On August 26th,
2008 Longo and his trio will be performing an all new concert of
hard swinging Jazz arrangements with honoring the late, great jazz pianists of the past.
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Longo, who
began his professional career at the age of fifteen with the late
great Cannonball Adderley, wants to bring this quality of jazz to
people at prices they can afford while listening in an acoustically
perfect, smoke and alcohol free environment.
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"Judging
from the overwhelming audience response at our last concert, we
will be filling the lobby area with extra seats this time in anticipation
of the same overflow.," says Longo.
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Tickets are
$15 for adults and $10 for students. To request an interview with
Longo, or for more information contact: Michael Longo Phone: 212
222 5159 Cell: 646 345 5598 Fax: 212 864 3449 Consolidated Artists
Productions Inc. 290 Riverside Dr. Suite 11-D New York, NY 10025
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