Mellon Jazz: Dreaming of Dizzy Continues with "Tin Tin Deo" a Celebration of Latin Jazz with Saxophonist David Sánchez and Special Guests Danilo Perez and Jon Faddis
April 19, 2004
David Sánchez
David Sánchez took up the saxophone at age 12. He studied at the Universidad de Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras before earning a music scholarship at Rutgers University. With such close proximity to New York, Sánchez quickly became a member of its jazz scene. In 1991, Dizzy Gillespie invited the young saxophonist to join his United Nations Orchestra.
Sánchez released his first CD in 1995 to critical acclaim. His fourth studio CD, Obsesión, was produced by Branford Marsalis and garnered Sánchez his first Grammy nomination. He would follow that album with the Grammy-nominated Melaza and his latest release Travesía. Sánchez is due to release a new CD later this year entitled Coral. Coral is the most ambitious manifestation to date of his continuing expansion of the frontiers of mainstream jazz to incorporate Afro-Latin influences. The project was recorded in Prague. As well as recording, Sánchez has been touring constantly. In the summer of 2003 he partnered with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba for a world tour before taking his own band to perform at the Newport Festival in Japan. David Sánchez recently returned from a tour with his sextet in Spain followed by performances with his quartet in Athens and Martinique.
Jazz pianist and composer Danilo Perez is the Artistic Advisor of the Dreaming of Dizzy series. The 36 year-old Perez first attracted the spotlight as the youngest member of Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra (1989 - 1992). With Gillespie as a mentor, Perez solidified his musical style, began touring and went on to earn critical acclaim in his own right. In addition to leading his own trio, Perez is currently the pianist for the Grammy-nominated Wayne Shorter Quartet and the Steve Lacey Duo. Perez teaches at the New England Conservatory of music, the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and Berklee College of Music.
Jon Faddis began playing the trumpet at age 8. By the time he was a teenager, he was sitting in with Dizzy Gillespie at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco and even toured Europe with Dizzy in 1977. Faddis has recorded with a variety of performers such as Duke Ellington, The Rolling Stones, Luther Vandross, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, to name a few. In 1991 Faddis became the music director of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. He has also served as music director for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the 50th Anniversary Dizzy Gillespie Tribute Band and The Newport Jazz Festival 40th Anniversary Tour, among others. Jon Faddis is on the faculty of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase State University in New York.
The Kimmel Center Presents Mellon Jazz: Dreaming of Dizzy series consists of exclusive, one-night-only performances dedicated to the legacy of Dizzy Gillespie. "Tin Tin Deo" concludes this season’s successful series.
Tickets for "Tin Tin Deo" are $33 and $38. Tickets can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. For group sales call 215-790-5883. Mellon Jazz: Dreaming of Dizzy is made possible through the generous support of Mellon Financial Corporation.
A limited number of $10 tickets will be available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance. $10 tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning at 5:30pm for evening performances and 11:30am for matinees. Limit one per person.
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