In case anyone's interested in GREAT live music:
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** August 5, 1998
JOYOUS SHOUT!! is proud to announce that legendary jazz drummer and
bandleader Chico Hamilton and his Euphoria group will be performing
August 25th thru August 30th, 1998 at the Iridium, 18 West 63rd Street,
NYC Tel. 212.582.2121 with two sets during the week and three sets
over the weekend. The Euphoria group features Eric Person on alto &
soprano saxes, Cary DeNigris on guitar and Paul Ramsey on bass. Chico
and his Euphoria group are about to begin recording their first album
as part of a new recording contract soon to be announced. Then
continuing the year with dates over the Summer in the States and in
Europe and in Japan in the Fall, Chico is also keeping busy with
speaking engagements following up on his being featured on the cover of
the journal "Black Issues in Higher Education", and working on his
autobiography, a children's book, and a screenplay based on his early
years on the Central Avenue scene in Los Angeles.
We are happy to bring to your attention that Ovation, the new cable
arts network, presenter of the US TV debut last Fall of the Chico
Hamilton documentary film, DANCING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER, rebroadcast
the film twice on April 4th , and again April 8th and April 9th. We are
even more proud to announce that Chico will be receiving the Mannes/New
School "Beacons of Jazz" award, in recognition for his "significant
contribution to the evolution of jazz." Throughout the Fall of '97,
Chico and his Euphoria group performed to a SOLD OUT audience on the
JAZZ AT WOODSTOCK series, and performed on their first tour in Greece
to SOLD OUT audiences for 7 nights in Athens, and 1 night each in
Kastoria and Thessaloniki. We are looking forward to an imminent
announcement of a new recording deal for Chico, and building upon the
successes of the last few years we feel that 1998 will really be a
remarkable year in the further adventures of Chic, Chic, Chico!! In
1997, Chico and his Euphoria group were honored to spend 5 days in
Albi, France where Chico was Artist in Residence (doing clinics, master
classes, a performance with a local big band doing arrangements of his
music, and several shows with his Euphoria group), and if you will
remember Chico's 10 city tour of France in 1996 was declared the
Cultural Event of the Month by a national daily newspaper. Also in 1997
was a 7 day tour of the UK with barnstorming dates in Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Newcastle,Liverpool, Cambridge, Birmingham, Norwich and
London. In London Chico also shot a feature for the NBC Europe show
'Talking Jazz' which broadcast this past Fall, following up on the
success of the European premiere of the documentary film 'Chico
Hamilton- Dancing To A Different Drummer' on the French/German Arts
Network ARTE which was seen by 165,000 viewers.
Still reverberating is all the talk about the incendiary performances
by Chico and his Euphoria group Summer of 1996 at the Festival Int'l De
Jazz De Montreal (broadcast throughout all of Canada by CBC French
Radio), at the Ford Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival on two different
stages in one day (broadcast throughout all of the US by NPR), at the
Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors Festival for 9000 people, at the Brecon
Jazz Festival (broadcast throughout Wales on BBC Wales) in Wales, and
Chico's first ever performance in Portugal on the Jazz Em Agosto
Festival.
Also continuing is Chico's impressive run in the Down Beat Reader's
Poll placing his 'Arroyo' CD in the 'Jazz Album of the Year' category
in 1992, his 'Dancing To A Different Drummer' solo drum CD in the
'Jazz Album of the Year' category in 1995, his Euphoria group placing
in the 'Electric Jazz Group' category again in 1997 and the past 6
years, and Chico himself placing in the 'drums' category several times
in the past 5 years.
Thanks.
Peace.
Keep the Faith.
Jeffrey Andrew Caddick
Joyous Shout!
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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 right now!!)
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