Thanks to Steve Ono for these videos from my recent show with Espacio at The Brick Wall.
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Fresno musicians will perform on March 20th at the Starline. All proceeds will go to AmeriCares to provide humanitarian and medical aide to Japan
Saturday, March 5th, Karen will perform as a featured artist at the annual San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival. This festival is one of many around the country which bring together youth jazz bands in an environment where jazz is celebrated. The bands will perform, receive feedback from mentor/judges, and the students will also get to see three concerts by world-class, professional jazz artists.
Karen’s set will be at noon on Saturday, and she’ll be joined by the band Espacio. The other featured artists at the festival will be The Jeff Hamilton Trio, performing Friday night, and the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, performing Saturday night.
Festivals like this one are integral to keeping jazz meaningful to young musicians. The students learn from the chance to perform, receive feedback, and attend professional jazz performances.
For more information about this festival, visit
http://www.sjvjf.net/artist.html
Karen has been asked to open the show for Grammy-winning guitarist Lee Ritenour when he comes to Fresno’s Tower Theatre on February 12th. The band, Espacio, will join Karen for this exciting evening.
The show starts at 8pm, and ticket information is available at http://www.towertheatrefresno.com/.
From Lee Ritenour’s biography: From one of his first sessions at 16 with the Mamas and Papas to accompanying Lena Horne and Tony Bennett at 18, his forty year eclectic and storied career is highlighted by a Grammy Award win for his 1986 collaboration with Dave Grusin, Harlequin; 17 Grammy nominations; numerous #1 spots in guitar polls and the prestigious “Alumnus of the Year” award from USC. He has recorded over 40 albums, with 35 chart songs, notably the Top 15 hit “Is It You,” which has become a contemporary jazz radio classic. In the 90s, Ritenour was a founding member of Fourplay, the most successful band in contemporary jazz, with keyboardist Bob James, bassist Nathan East and drummer Harvey Mason. The first Fourplay album in 1991 spent an unprecedented 33 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s contemporary jazz chart. Adding to this legacy is his latest CD Smoke ‘n’ Mirrors; the recently completed Grammy nominated recording Amparo, (a follow-up with Dave Grusin to their highly-successful 2001 Grammy Award nominated contemporary classical crossover CD) and producer of Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band’s latest CD Act Your Age (which is nominated for 3 Grammys.
More information about Lee Ritenour and his music is available at: http://www.leeritenour.com/
Fresno Folk Concerts presents an evening with Karen Marguth, backed by the wonderful band Espacio. This two hour show will include tunes from Karen’s latest CD, which has received a rare four and 1/2 start rating from DownBeat magazine. Also, Karen and the band will debut some of their newest arrangements.
Join them at the Brick Wall on January 28th, starting at 7:30pm. For tickets and more information, visit http://www.fresnofolkconcerts.com/
