Tuesday 5th January 2016, at 22:30h.
Blues - Boogie Woogie
Price:
Adv. 17€ / Venue 20€
MARTIN SCHMITT (ALE) PIANO & VOCALS
MIKE SÁNCHEZ (UK) PIANO & VOCALS
LLUíS COLOMA (SP) PIANO
MANOLO GERMÁN (ESP) BASS
MARC RUIZ (ESP) DRUMS
Wednesday 6th January 2016, at 19:30h.
Blues - Boogie Woogie
Price:
Adv. 17€ / Venue 20€
JEAN-PAUL AMOUROUX (FR) PIANO
MIKE SÁNCHEZ (UK) PIANO & VOCALS
LLUíS COLOMA (SP) PIANO
MANOLO GERMÁN (ESP) BASS
MARC RUIZ (ESP) DRUMS
Nova Jazz Cava de Terrassa
Ptge. Tete Montoliu s/n 08221 TERRASSA (SPAIN)Telf. (+34) 93 780 50 12
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Nova Jazz Cava, Ptge. Tete Montoliu, s/n.Tuesday 5th January, from 21h.
Wednesday 6th January, from 18:30h.
To the 12th edition of Blues & Boogie Reunion , annual Blues & Boogie Woogie piano meeting in Spain.
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
A show full of rhythm and joy. 2 pianos on stage, 4 pianists playing the hottest style on the 88 keys, Boogie Woogie. Great Blues & Boogie Woogie piano players as Mike Sánchez (UK), Martin Schmidtt (GER), Jean-Paul Amouroux (FR) and Lluís Coloma will share the stage during two evenings playing each solo sets and some piano duets.
Two magic concerts, the best gift for Christhmas.
MIKE SÁNCHEZ (UK) - Piano & Vocals
British singer, pianist and guitarist Mike Sanchez is one of the most exciting and charismatic performers of Rhythm & Blues and Rock 'n' Roll in the world today. His indelible image as a frenetic front man, pumping powerful boogie-woogie from the piano in a soaking suit, has won him fans from all over the world and attracted a following from many famous rock and blues legends who have lined up to work with him.
The authorised biography 'Mike Sanchez-Big Town Playboy' by Michael Madden with a foreword by Robert Plant and published by Music Mentor Books is available from Amazon and all good bookstores from June 2014. Mike will be busy promoting his new book throughout the year as well as preparing his next new album release as a follow up to his critically acclaimed album 'Almost Grown' featuring Imelda May.
Mike spent four years as a full-time member of Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, fronting the band alongside Georgie Fame, Beverly Skeete, Albert Lee, Andy Fairweather-Low and Eddie Floyd on their annual world tours. The Rhythm Kings released their album ‘Just for a Thrill’ and a fabulous DVD entitled ‘Let The Good Times Roll’, both featuring Mike’s extensive role as a member of the ex-Rolling Stones bassist’s touring band.
In December 2007 Mike was invited to appear as a guest vocalist with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings at one of the most publicised musical events of the year - the Led Zeppelin reunion at London's O2 Arena, a tribute to the memory of the late Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records. Mike performed alongside such soul legends as Solomon Burke, Ben E King, Percy Sledge and Sam Moore.
Mike is currently involved in a number of touring line-ups, most notably his 6-piece outfit Mike Sanchez and his Band featuring Tom Bull on guitar, bassist Nick Whitfield (both Tom and Nick hail from Leicester's Drugstore Cowboys), Mike's long term drummer Mark Morgan, Nick Lunt on baritone sax (Jools Holland's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra) and Martin Winning on tenor sax (Van Morrison). This band's performances continuously receive fabulous reviews throughout the blues and rockin' scenes across the UK and Europe. A 2009 recording project was Mike's second collaboration with top Swedish bluesmen The Beat From Palookaville, creating the hot rockin' album 'Babes & Buicks' out on Mike’s own Doopin Music. In 2003 Mike released a debut 2-hour DVD titled 'Red Hot …Live!' featuring live shows of his own 4 and 7-piece band and The Mike Sanchez Rhythm & Blues Revue, a Johnny Otis 1950s style show starring doo-wop vocal trio The Extraordinaires and Imelda May who shortly thereafter became a household name.
Mike Sanchez was born Jesus Miguel Sanchez in London's East End to Spanish parents Jesus and Manola on the 17th of February 1964. At the age of eleven, his family moved to Worcestershire in the West Midlands where Mike took up the piano, developing a strong love for 1950s' American roots music through his high school years. As a teenager he taught himself guitar and formed The Rockets, a rockabilly trio.
Shortly after, Mike was introduced to former Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown and Steve Gibbons' multi-instrumentalist Andy Silvester by Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, which led to the founding of the Big Town Playboys in 1984, specialising in authentic post-war Rhythm & Blues. Procol Harum pianist Gary Brooker became an early fan and introduced Mike to his friends Eric Clapton and Amen Corner's Andy Fairweather-Low. The latter signed up as guitarist with the Big Town Playboys for two years in the 1990s. Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood is another good friend who regularly involves Mike in his plans wherever possible. Mike recorded a number of albums including the classic Gene Vincent/Cliff Gallup tribute album 'Crazy Legs' with guitar-great Jeff Beck in 1993. The Big Town Playboys had various stints opening for Eric Clapton at London's Royal Albert Hall and appeared at many European music festivals, backing bluesmen like Lowell Fulson, Don & Dewey, Lonnie Brooks, Joe Hughes, Jimmy Nelson, Carey Bell and the great Little Willie Littlefield. Over the years, Mike has also been involved in movie soundtrack producing and recording, most recently for the movie 'I’ll Be There' (2003) starring Charlotte Church and Craig Ferguson. The well-established magazine Blues in Britain voted Mike 'UK Keyboard Player of the Year' for four consecutive years (2000-2004). Mike's main aim has always been to make every live show his best yet as he continuously enjoys growing acclaim and admiration for his electrifying stage performances from new and old fans of all age groups across the world. He is now a family man living with his wife Sarah and their baby son Louie Ray in the Sierra Gredos near Madrid considering the next significant step in his colourful career.
MARTIN SCHMITT (ALE) Piano & Vocals
While part of Martin`s professional development as pianist and singer was based on extensive studies of the great Stride, Swing, Boogie Woogie and R&B masters, like James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, James Booker, Albert Ammons, Ray Charles a.o., he also continued broadening his own characteristic style of playing and singing.
When adding to this his natural entertaining talents plus creating new songs (music and words), Martin`s recognition as an outstanding musician and extraordinary talent increased rapidly with critics and his evergrowing audience.
15 CD/ DVD/ and Book-releases, performances on several international jazz festivals (Paris, Montreux, Moskow, Vladivostok, Ascona, Istanbul, Burghausen a.m.o.), lots of TV-Broadcasts and cultural awards confirm the popularity of the 47-year-old bavarian pianist, singer and entertainer. He has been opening act for Joe Cocker, Eric Burdon, Dr. John, Marla Glenn, Jerry Lee Lewis and has been performing with Chuck Berry, Paul Carrack, Pete York, Victoria Tolstoy a.m.o.
JEAN-PAUL AMOUROUX (FR) - Piano
Born in Cantal, Jean-Paul Amouroux likes to remarks that his first piano teacher was his master Walter Breinl, who started on the instrument when he was 7 years old. But the real shock was at age of 14 when he heard the incredible "Death Ray Boogie" of Pete Johnson.
After try diferents style of jazz when he was a teenager he came back to Boogie Woogie really fast. “Boogie became my way to express with the piano. With it l found contrast, humor and sensuality. I must admit that the devilish left hand basses of Boogie totally hipnotise me and the enthusiatic right hand improvisations transports me to another planet. I believe Boogie es a veritable drug”.
At the beginning of 80s, Jean-Paul Amouroux was, without any doubt, considered as one of the best french specialist. Jean-Paul Amouroux was able to show that he was able to play in front of Memphis Slim, he dedicated and own composition “ Dedicate to Memphis Slim”. Mutual admiration made that the great Memphis a Jean-Paul Amouroux recorded a Cd together with two pianos. Must say that the complicity between them is able to heard it on the attack and riffs.
In february 1989, Jean-Paul Amouroux was awarded with the Great Award of Hot Club of France in 1989 at Hotel Lutetia in París. This condecoration was the highlight of an excepcional year por the artist, he had also the chance to play in three with Sammy Price & Jay Mc Shann, two of the most great pianist of Boogie in the world.
Nowadays, Jean-Paul Amouroux is one of the greatest french swingmen following the passion of the true tradition of Boogie Woogie.
LLUÍS COLOMA (SP) Piano
Born in Barcelona in 1973, Lluís Coloma is one of the most recognized and in-demand pianists in the European Blues scene. After hearing the sounds of Jerry Lee Lewis, Roosevelt Sykes and Alan Price he migrated from stuffy classical lessons to self-taught rock & roll eventually showing a remarkable ability for Blues and Boogie Woogie.
Today Lluis is considered a specialist and garners accolades and awards such as “Best Catalan Musician 2003” and “Artista BluesCat 2006”. When not recording and performing Lluís gives conferences and master classes on the history of Blues and Boogie Woogie piano and is one of the few pianists in Spain able to recreate the primitive styles of the genre. He is the artistic director of the Barcelona Blues Festival, organizes the annual Blues & Boogie Reunion, the Barcelona Blues Society’s Boogie Woogie Jubilee and is a mainstay on the European blues & piano festival circuit.
From the beginning, Lluís has made a mark in Blues & Boogie Woogie penning his own compositions on the critically acclaimed releases REMEMBER (Omix Records 2002), BOOGIEOLOGY (Fresh Sound Records 2003) and LONELY AVENUE (Swing Alley 2006).
In his Cd, BOOGIE PORTRAITS (Swing Alley 2008), Lluís recorded duets with Blues & Boogie Woogie piano greats Carl Sonny Leyland, Barrelhouse Chuck, Mitch Woods, Bob Seeley, Mark “Mr B” Braun, Frank Muschalle and others.
In 2007 Lluís played festivals in the United States alongside David Maxwell, Mitch Woods, Bruce Katz, and Axel Zwingenberger. Naturally, he tours throughout Europe and occasionally as far such as Malaysia’s Miri Jazz Festival in ’06 & ’07. Lluís recorded his first live Cd, 7 NIGHTS AT CENTRAL (Swing Alley 2009), during a week of concerts at Café Central in Madrid wrapped up by a unique atmosphere and a warm audience. After that he recorded ROCKIN’ MY BLUES IN CHICAGO a solo piano tribute to the great Xicago pianist, produced by Barrelhouse Chuck. Lately he released his last Cd INTERNATIONAL BOOGIE WOOGIE EXPLOSION with the living Boogie Woogie legend Bob Seeley, a piano duet Cd where tradition and modernity meets in a natural way.
Lluís is also promoting Boogie Woogie concerts since 2004 in Spain, as Campi qui Boogie! International Boogie Woogie Festival in Barcelona www.boogiewoogie.es, and the Blues & Boogie Reunion www.bluesboogiespain.com
MANOLO GERMÁN (ESP) Bass
Born in Cardona in 1970. Musician since 1997. Founding member of Rockabilly band Headstones. Bassist of Rockabilly band "Gatos Locos" touring several times in Spain from 1997 to 2000. Since 1997 Manolo plays bass in "Dr Swinguez" band. In 1999 he works as a side man of Rock and Roll legend Sleepy la Beef in Albacete.
Member of Lluís Coloma Trio since 2001, Manolo has the chance to play in such emblematic spanish jazz clubs as Café Central de Madrid, Black Note Club de Valencia, La Bilbaína de Jazz Bilbao, Café España de Valladolid... and in importants festivals in France, Malaysia, Serbia and Spain. Since 2000 he is the official bassist of "La Guitarra" jazz club band in Calella de Palafrugell, property of french guitar player and singer Mano Rena. Working in this club, Manolo has the opportunity to play with great musicians and bands as: La Vella Dixieland, La Locomotora Negra, Hook Herrera, Alain Guiu, Dani Doritz, Toni Solà, Erwyn Serruton...
MARC RUIZ (ESP) Drums
Born in Sabadell in 1972. Marc is working as a professional musician since 1995. Founder of Dr. Soul & Mammy Brass, playing with the band from 1995 to 1998 in some local clubs in Catalunya. Drummer of "Midnight Rockets", Blues band with Maurici Morera (harmonica), Eloi Moya (bass) and Octavio Cortés (vocals and guitar) recording two CDs, "El sentío de la vía" and "Midnight Jump" (1995-1998).
In 1998 he starts to play with blues guitar player Álex A. and bassist Eloi Moya founding Funky and Blues band Álex A. & T.N.T, playing regularly in clubs as La Boîte de Barcelona, La Cova del Drac de Barcelona... and in some Festivals since 2003. Nowadays Marc plays with Blues and Boogie Woogie piano player Lluís Coloma, with whom he has recorded three Cds and played at International Blues and Jazz Festivals in Spain, France, Malaysia, Serbia... among others and had also the opportunity to play with great piano players as Axel Zwingenberger, Frank Muschalle, Silvan Zingg, Rob Rio...
