Jazz Concert: Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo (UMaine Machias)
April 18, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
UMaine Machias Performing Arts Center
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Jazz Concert: Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo (UMaine Machias)

Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
UMaine Machias Performing Arts Center

News from the 2024 Grammy Awards! The Grammy for best Latin jazz album went to Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo for El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2. and now you can hear them live on our stage!

Zenón, a multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow,  represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between jazz and his many musical influences.

Ever since he came to New York in 1993 from Venezuela, Perdomo has emerged as one of the most in-demand sidemen – as evidenced by his celebrated work with a wide array of jazz and Latin stars – from Ravi Coltrane to Ray Barretto, and by his six critically- acclaimed recordings as a leader. The release of his magnificent new, Hot Tone label debut CD, 22, features bassist Mimi Jones’ supple, deep basslines and drummer Rudy Royston’s quicksilver rhythms, in a trio he christened The Controlling Ear Unit. “I wanted to create an environment where a sensitive player could make his own musical choices, without fear of the consequences,” Perdomo says. “The word ‘unit’ is appropriate because although the current group is a trio, it doesn’t really have to be restrained to that. It could have a different format, depending on what the music calls for.”

Admission for this concert is by donation. Please RSVP on the button above to help us get a headcount.

This concert, presented in conjunction with the UMaine School of Performing Arts and the gWatson Gallery in Stonington, will also be performed at the Performing Arts Center at Minsky Hall at UMaine on Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m.

This project was funded by a University of Maine Arts Initiative Grant

 

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