Dizzy at 100: The Juilliard School Celebrates with Elio Villafranca
October 24, 2017 at 7:00pm – 8:30pm
We’re celebrating Dizzy’s 100th birthday in true Dizzy spirit, with a band of young lions from The Juilliard School led by one of the most exciting Afro-Cuban pianists on the scene today, Elio Villafranca. It’s a combination of musical fireworks, global spirit, and good-hearted fun that encapsulates all things Diz, minus that signature goatee.
Featuring:
Anthony Hervey, trumpet; David Milazzo, alto saxophone;
Jeffery Miller, trombone; Joel Wenhardt, piano; Andrea Domenici, piano; Renée Cruz, bass; and Cameron MacIntosh, drums.
Elio Villafranca is at the forefront of the latest generation of remarkable Cuban pianists, composers and bandleaders that has been making major contributions to the development of jazz. In the 2010 Grammy Awards he was nominated in Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year, for his performance, composition and coproduction in the album Things I Wanted To Do by Chembo Corniel. Villafranca is an official Steinway Artist who’s performed as leader and as a sideman with Wynton Marsalis, Jon Faddis, Sonny Fortune, Giovanni Hidalgo, Eddie Henderson, Miguel Zenón, Cándido Camero, and Johnny Pacheco.
Cost: $10 suggested donation. Please reserve tickets online.
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
58 West 129th Street btwn Malcolm X Blvd & Fifth Ave
New York NY 10027
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