Hope all is well...sorry for being commercial but I have just made a =
last minute booking to help out a club with a cancellation...
If you love live music, jazz, or just feel like being seen in NYC's =
newest cool place to be...then check out:
Chico Hamilton & Euphoria
APPEARING IN A LAST MINUTE BOOKING AT NYC=B9S NEWEST UP-AND-COMING HOT =
SPOT!!
Chico Hamilton- drums
Eric Person- alto & soprano saxes
Cary DeNigris- guitar
Paul Ramsey- bass
=B3His current band Euphoria was a huge hit, Hamilton squatting like a =
well fed spider smack in the center of a web, bass skins thundering, =
cymbals hissing, arms dealing powerful blows, driving his band like a =
boxing coach, percussing with enormous power as well as tonal
subtlety: always the mark of a great sticksman. His reach is long, his =
hair glistens, his shirt is open, his medallion twinkles, for Chico is =
an entertainer supreme, a joker, a no-bullshitter, a larger-than-all =
leader, but also, surprisingly, an adventurous gentleman. No mainstream =
nostalgia here, despite a playing history of such monumental =
proportions. Instead, Hamilton looks forward, building structures not =
far
removed from those of Ornette Coleman=B9s Prime Time, although more =
openly influenced by rock, funk and blues. He splices many contemporary =
forms, coming up with the distinctive Euphoria sound.=B2
Martin Longley Birmingham (UK) =B3What=B9s On=B2
May 1997
The Living Legend...
Chico Hamilton & Euphoria
The Original Groove Master
Appearing September 15, 1997
at
Izzy Bar, 166 First Avenue, NYC
tel. 212.228.0444
Three Sets at 9, 11 & 12:30
Come on everybody!!
Thanks.
Peace.
Keep the Faith,
Jeffrey
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JEFFREY ANDREW CADDICK
JOYOUS SHOUT!
P.O. BOX 15244
EVANSVILLE, IN 47716
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER,
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT FOR CHICO HAMILTON,
DIFFERENT DRUMMER COLLECTIVE.
email to joyshout@evansville.net
visit our web site at www.joyousshout.com (newly updated 7/21/97!!)
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