Seven St. Louis Blues Musicians have been hand selected by Dr.
Attila Varga, the commissioned Curator of the Debrecen, Hungary
"Jazz Days", to perform a special St. Louis Blues Showcase
at the festival this year. The invited group of musicians are
to compose a program that would introduce the various aspects
of the musical traditions of St. Louis to the Hungarian audience.
The
five hour show, which will take place on Friday, September 26
at the prestigious Larvarda Auditorium in Debrecen, is being
arranged by Rich McDonough and Dr. Varga. The musicians selected
to attend the show are: Rich McDonough,
Marty Spikener, Craig Thornton, Matt Murdick, Kim Massie, Gus
Thornton and Lew Winer III.
Debreceni Jazz Napok, or Jazz Days in Debrecen, is over thirty
years old and held on the last week in September every year.
The festival provides a wide variety of music ranging from Dixieland
to Free Jazz. The organizers invite two or three world stars
each year. So far they have welcomed stars such as The Marcus
Miller Band, SBB, The Bill Frisell Band, Wayne Shorter and Lee
Konitz as headliners of the festival. This year's headliner,
the "St. Louis Blues Showcase" is well anticipated
by the Jazz Days Committee and it's Chairman, Gabor Turi, the
Deputy Mayor of Debrecen.
In addition to the St. Louis Musicians who will be traveling
to Debrecen, Rich
McDonough and Dr. Varga are very pleased to announce that
they will be joined by Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne of
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kenny Wayne is the hottest
boogie-woogie piano player on the international festival circuit
and his style of melding traditional blues with boogie-woogie
piano will make an excellent enhancement to the showcase.
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