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 Herbie Mann was THE premier jazz flutist…. voted Number One jazz flutist for 13 years by Downbeat Magazine. Long before "world music" was coined Herbie was exploring the rhythms of Africa, India, Cuba, Jamaica and especially Brazil.
Mann performed to a sell out crowd at the Cape May Jazz Festival April 1999 and November 2002. At his last appearance he asked if Cape May would honor the music of Herbie Mann at one of the festivals….and the promise is being kept. Carol Stone states "Herbie was so loved by both musicians and jazz aficionados for his musicianship, honesty and being the gentleman he always was.
The finest musicians were on his gigs and his recordings and many will be here Friday night in Convention Hall to honor him including Dave Valentin, Larry Coryell, Edson Café' DiSilva and his original band with his son Geoffrey on drums and Saturday night David "Fathead" Newman."
Hubert Laws, a native of Los Angeles, opens Saturday night in Convention Hall with David "Fathead" Newman to honor Herbie. Hubert, one of the finest classical and jazz flutest in the world, performed with the Jazz Crusaders in the 50s and gigged with Mongo Santamaria, Benny Golson, James Moody, Clark Terry while Newman spent 15 years with Herbie's band.
Gerald Veasley Quintet featuring Chuck Loeb on guitar and Gerald Veasley on bass, an adventurous smooth jazz group turning it up and out, will appear Saturday night at the new state-of-the-art Theatre at Lower Regional High School. Two jazz vocalists will appear at the Pelican Club: Friday night "Andy Bey, who ranks as one of the 2 or 3 great male standard-bearers, keeps getting better and better while Saturday Mary Stallings will appear having a voice with the soulful flare of Dinah Washington and a sweetness that is all her own" according to Stone.
Charlie Hunter, a favorite with the enthusiastic younger audience who masters jazz, funk and rock on an eight-string guitar, will appear Friday night at the Star of the Sea Auditorium, while Saturday Philly favorite Bobby Watson's Horizon with Terrell Stafford on trumpet will thrill the audience with their familiar hard-bop music and stunningly unexpected rifts.
Cape May's favorite Tim Eyermann and East Coast Offering will appear Saturday night in the Boiler Room at Congress Hall. New….Café Promenade at the Montreal Inn. A total of 24 events over the weekend include many more plus jams, blues, gospel and complimentary guitar, horn and improvisation workshops and a memorial to Oscar Brown, Jr. in Convention Hall Saturday at 10:30am.
Call 609-884-7277 for additional information. Tickets go on sale Sept 15 by calling 877-7CM-JAZZ.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and presented by Discover Jersey Arts: |
