Saturday 5th January 2013, at 22:30h.
Blues - Boogie Woogie
Price: Adv. 15 euros/ Door. 20 euros
CARL SONNY LEYLAND (USA/UK) PIANO & VOCALS
JEAN-PIERRE BERTRAND (FRA) PIANO
LLUÍS COLOMA (SP) PIANO PIANO
MANOLO GERMÁN (SP) BASS
MARC RUIZ (SP) DRUMS
Sunday 6th January 2013, at 19:30h.
Blues - Boogie Woogie
Price: Adv. 15 euros/ Door. 20 euros
CARL SONNY LEYLAND (USA/UK) PIANO & VOCALS
JEAN-PIERRE BERTRAND (FRA) PIANO
LLUíS COLOMA (SP) PIANO
MANOLO GERMÁN (SP) BASS
MARC RUIZ (SP) DRUMS
Nova Jazz Cava de Terrassa
Ptge. Tete Montoliu s/n – 08221 – TERRASSA (SPAIN)Telf. (+34) 93 780 50 12
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INFORMATION & BOOKING
Oficina Jazz Terrassa, c/ Sant Pere 46, 1. Telf.: (+34) 93 786 27 09Office hours: from 16 to 20h.
E-mail: info@jazzterrassa.org
TICKET SALES
Nova Jazz Cava, pge. Tete Montoliu, s/n.Saturday 5th January, from 21h.
Sunday 6th January, from 18:30h.
To the 9th 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 pianist Carl Sonny Leyland (USA/UK) from California, the french Boogie Woogie specialist from Paris, Jean-Pierre Bertrand (UK) and Lluís Coloma will share the stage during two evenings playing each solo sets and some piano duets. Two magic concerts. The best Christhmas gift.
CARL SONNY LEYLAND (USA/UK) Piano & Vocals
Carl Sonny Leyland was born & raised on the South Coast of England, growing up close to the city of Southampton. As a child he was drawn to the American music which he heard on LP records his father would play. It was here that he developed an appreciation for Dixieland jazz, the rock & roll of the 1950s & the country music of Jimmie Rodgers & Hank Williams.
At age 15 Leyland discovered boogie woogie when he heard a school friend working through a written arrangement of a tune called JD's Boogie Woogie. Captivated by the sound of the repeating 8 to the bar left hand pattern, Leyland was inspired to go to the piano & begin on a path that would become his life's purpose.
Initially influenced by boogie woogie greats Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson & Meade 'Lux' Lewis, Leyland went on to fully explore the piano blues genre, becoming an authority on early & obscure styles such as those played by Cow Cow Davenport, Little Brother Montgomery, Montana Taylor & Speckled Red to name a few.
In 1988 Leyland had the opportunity to come to the USA. This initial visit to New Orleans inspired him to relocate to that city where he would spend the next nine years. During that time he was active on the club scene, quickly gaining a reputation for his authentic blues & early rock & roll stylings. Also, he toured with the Dallas based band Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets whose line up included blues great Sam Myers.
In 1997, feeling the need for a change, Leyland relocated to Southern California. By this time his repertoire had expanded to include ragtime & early jazz styles which enabled him to become part of the traditional jazz scene around Los Angeles & San Diego. Whether playing solo or with his trio, Leyland's playing displays an infectious spontaneity, providing plenty of surprises for the listener. While he possesses the necessary vocabulary to pay tribute to the greats of old, he refuses to be limit himself to this & prefers to let each performance be an opportunity to say something new.
JEAN-PIERRE BERTRAND (FRA) Piano
Born in Saint-Germain-en Laye in 1955, Jean-Pierre’s youth, from age 14, was dedicated to the studying of this particular jazz style and was influenced by such performers as Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Sammy Price, Memphis Slim, Lloyd Glenn or Meade Lux Lewis.
Since 1989, he has been the organizer and producer of the “Jazz and Boogie nights”. Since then he has recorded 10 albums, either solo or with the “Jazz and Boogie piano nights”. Performing at jazz festivals, he appeared at the 97’ Cincinnati blues festival (USA), in Detroit in 98 during a Classic jazz special and at the Hannover (Germany) and The Hague (Holland) jazz festivals among many others.
He gave live duet performances with Ray Bryant, Bob Seeley, Axel Zwingenberger, Little Willie Littlefield and often with French master pianist Jean-Paul Amouroux. The base of his style involves Blues sessions and Boogie-Woogie covers of Jazz standards.
.J-P Bertrand’s repertoire consists in a great deal of Boogie references such as "Boogie woogie Stomp", "Honky tonk train Blues", "Pinetop's Boogie"… as well as New Orleans Jazz or Blues themes like "Swanee river Boogie", "All of me", "The Sheik of Araby" and also "My blue Heaven". He also plays his own compositions, a mix of Jazz swing, Blues & Boogie woogie and many standards of Jazz played with the "Boogie groove" !
An ardent and undertaking promoter of Jazz music-P Bertrand travels Europe and the world to share his passion for piano.
LLUÍS COLOMA (ESP) 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...
