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Speak
with any jazz artist and they’ll tell you “In House”
concerts are the thing of the present and the future.
Between major event appearances, these more intimate performances keep
the artists and the jazz that
we love alive!
Join us for a Very Special Event coming Sunday, September 7th at 7pm at Masonboro Forest Clubhouse featuring the “Paul Renz Quartet” National Tour and you’re invited!
The
concert is part of guitarist, Paul
Renz’s new “ReBop” CD release national tour.
Enjoy these four extraordinary musicians, Wine, Beer, hors
d’oeuvres and fantastic “live jazz” just $25.
You’ll find the jazz and the Masonboro
Forest Clubhouse at
4900 Nicholas Creek Circle
Directions
PAUL RENZ
With Anders Bostrom (flute), Jonathan Thomas
(bass) and Nathan Fryett (drums)
CD Release Tour for
ReBop
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 7:00 pm
Masonboro Forest Clubhouse
4900 Nicholas Creek Circle
Wilmington, NC
Please contact Mari FitzGerald at
910-262-8092 for information and
reservations.
When planning for his new release ReBop, Twin Cities-based jazz guitarist Paul Renz was hearingthe flute as a key part of the combo. Specifically, he was hearing the flute of his early-1980s
Berklee classmate Anders Bostrom (whose credits include McCoy Tyner.s Latin Jazz group and
premier Broadway productions). Although they had been out of contact for over two decades,
Bostrom enthusiastically agreed to fly in from the East Coast to meet up with old friend, and highlylauded
guitarist, Paul Renz to lay down some tracks. The resulting mix of bebop, blues, funk, Latin
jazz and one poignant ballad flows as seamlessly as a musical conversation amongst like-minded
pals. And it.s not just the fluid and arresting guitar of Renz and the melodious flute of Bostrom
getting in on the warm vibe . Renz generously showcases all of his bandmates for a true ensemble
experience.
ReBop is Paul Renz.s sixth CD release. His previous offering, 2006.s Beyond Blues, had a lengthyrun on the national
JazzWeek radio charts and was honored in Minnesota Monthly.s .Best ofMinnesota. issue. The
Philadelphia Inquirer.s glowing review said, .. guitarist Paul Renz willknock you out.. Renz grew up in the Washington, D.C., area and went on to study with jazz greats
including Herb Pomeroy. The track .Farewell HP. on
ReBop is an elegiac tribute to Mr. Pomeroy,who passed away in 2007. A graduate of Boston.s Berklee College of Music (where he met
Bostrom) and the New England Conservatory, Renz is an educator in his own right at Minneapolis.
West Bank School of Music (Jazz Studies Department Head) and MacPhail Center for Music. He
also conducts clinics throughout the U.S. An accomplished composer, Renz wrote six of the seven
tracks on
ReBop, adding in an inventive reworking of Bud Powell.s .Un Poco Loco..Anders Bostrom is originally from Nykvara, Sweden, and currently resides in New Jersey. After
studying at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, he attended Berklee. Bostrom performs
regularly in the orchestras of major Broadway productions (
Tarzan, Bombay Dreams). This highlyin-demand flutist has performed or recorded with many luminaries including McCoy Tyner, Walt
Weiskopf, Giovanni Hidalgo, Chick Corea, Paula Cole and Gary Burton.
.Hearing Paul Renz.s new CD
ReBop was like meeting an old friend, who is unstoppable..- Peter Kuller, Radio Adelaide, Australia
Media Contacts:
For more information, photos and interviews, please contact:Pat Courtemanche / (612) 746-1776 / pat_court@yahoo.com
Paul Renz / (612) 827-0706 / paul@paulrenz.com
Visit www.paulrenz.com
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Jazz Nite 2008 on Thalian Hall’s Main Stage!
Friday, November 7, 2008 7:30PM
The Cape Fear Jazz Society
Presents
"The Statesmen of Jazz”
The Statesmen of Jazz was organized in 1994 as a pilot program sponsored by the American Federation of Jazz Societies. It has since grown to become a premier performing and educational outreach program for jazz around the globe. The current roster of 30 world class musicians perform concerts at venues and festivities everywhere. These are jazz artists whose creative achievements have contributed to the ever evolving new horizons of jazz. Each performance of the Statesmen is drawn from an ensemble pool of outstanding musicians who have a keen interest in perpetuating jazz traditions and increasing public awareness of jazz music.
Appearing in concert on November 7th
Bob
Cranshaw on bass, 
Micky
Roker, drums Roker's
own career includes heavy lifting with the likes of Dizzy, Sonny, Horace and
Herbie Hancock
Award-winning
jazz pianist Tamir
Hendelman has performed with the Jeff Hamilton Trio, the Clayton-Hamilton
Jazz Orchestra, Harry Allen, Teddy Edwards, Warren Vache, Houston Person, Jeff
Clayton, Nick Brignola, Phil Upchurch, Rickey Woodard, John Clayton and Barbara
Morrison. He also leads his own trio.
Chuck
Redd was featured vibraphonist
with the Mel Torme All-Star Jazz Quintet from 1991 until 1996. While on tour
with Torme, Ira Gitler of Jazz
Times said: "Redd's vibes were equally notable for vigor and
melodiousness.
Houston
Person-Tenor Sax
- Although
he has performed in the hard
bop
and swing
genres, he’s best
known for his work in soul
jazz.
Person is also known for his distinctive sassy sound and his expressive style.
He received the Eubie
Blake
Jazz Award in 1982.
He has more than 75 albums under his own name and currently with High Note
Records. He has recorded and performed with Don
Ellis,
Eddie
Harris,
Cedar
Walton,
Leo
Wright,
Charles
Brown,
Charles
Earland,
Lena
Horne,
Etta
Jones,
Lou
Rawls,
Horace
Silver,
Dakota
Staton,
Billy
Butler,
and more.
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“FIRST FRIDAY JAZZ CONCERTS”
6-8pm
At
Co-sponsor:
The
Here’s
the line up! 2008
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