Healdsburg Jazz Fest w/ Bill Ortiz Sextet & Amendola vs. Blades tx @ healdsburgjazzfest.org

Schedule

Fri Jun 21 2024 at 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Elephant in the Room | Healdsburg, CA

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Wil Blades and Scott Amendola conjure various sonic deities though only a duo. Their live shows have been generating a buzz around the Bay Area. The two got their start as a group when Scott had the vision of performing Duke Ellington’s “Far East Suite” in duo with Wil. While quite a daunting task translating a suite (originally written for a big band) into duo, the Hammond Organ had previously been used in the 1940’s and 1950’s to emulate the sound of big bands. With Wil’s knowledge of this tradition and Scott’s desire to push boundaries, they were able to pull it off in a explorative, yet cohesive manner. The duo continues to perform the Ellington suite in their live performances, while also developing their original material. In performance, Amendola Vs. Blades cover everything from Jazz, Funk, Bebop, to the Avant, to Rock. With special guest Raffi Garabedian on tenor saxophone, the trio swerves, and moves into many interesting realms. Raffi’s someone who can play anything and helps catapult the trio into super creative territory.
Longtime Carlos Santana's sideman Bay Area trumpeter Bill Ortiz has been one of the most in-demand trumpet players of the Bay Area music scene for the past four decades. For this show he returns to Healdsburg with his Sextet, featuring an array of West Coast greats including percussionist John Santos, presenting material from his new 2022 solo release: Points Of View, a diverse blend of fusion, Latin bravado and straight-up crazy jazz chops. Each of the ten pieces Ortiz re-imagines on Points Of View was chosen because he felt they would be the best vehicles to show-case his voice on trumpet. “At its best,” Ortiz says, “music makes people feel something. I wanted the album to feature important pieces that have been overlooked or forgotten, songs I felt could document the sounds and artists that were important to me in forming my voice while updating and bringing my style to them.”
This is an outdoor concert. Must be 21 and over to enter.
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