Guitarist Diego Figueiredo and Trumpeter Warren Vache
WHEN: 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 7
WHERE: Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road in Madison, NJ.
TICKETS: $10 for members and $15 for non-members. There will be light refreshments for purchase.
To order tickets, log onto https://madison-arts-and-culture-alliance.ticketleap.com/new-jersey-jazz-society-concert/. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
On March 17 at the Sarasota Jazz Festival, guitarist Diego Figueiredo joined with legendary pianist Dick Hyman to electrify the crowd with duo versions of three Antonio Carlos Jobim tunes, along with Jerome Kern’s “All the Things You Are”, the traditional Irish folk song, “Danny Boy”, and Ernesto Lecuona’s “Malaguena”. For good measure, Figueiredo added a solo performance of Zequinha de Abreu’s “Tico Tico”.
Figueiredo will perform with another
jazz veteran, trumpeter Warren Vache, at the New Jersey Jazz Society’s Jersey
Jazz LIVE! concert in Madison.
In 2020, Figueiredo was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, for “Marry Me A Little” on the Cyrille
Aimee Mack Avenue album, Move On: A Sondheim Adventure. In his
review of Figueiredo’s 2022 Arbors album, Follow the Signs, Edward
Blanco of AllAboutJazz, described him as “one of the finest
acoustic guitarists in the world. A classically trained musician influenced by
Brazilian masters Joao Gilberto and Baden Powell,” Blanco continued, “he has
also integrated the styles of American guitarists George Benson, Pat Metheny,
and the great Joe Pass into his playing.”
DownBeat’s Frank Alkyer wrote that Figueiredo “weaves
magic over the fretboard, demonstrating his command of the instrument and his
art. The music of Diego Figueiredo has the ability to take your breath away in
so many ways.”
Vache appeared earlier this month at the Chicken Fat Ball in
Maplewood, NJ, and was one of the performers at NJJS’ 50th Anniversary
Concert last October in Morristown, NJ. The New York Times’ John
S. Wilson once wrote of his “gorgeously warm tone”, adding that he “adds
rough-toned vitality to the brass section.”
There will also be an opening act of Rising Stars from Mount Olive
High School. The quintet will be led by tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Gabe
Serna, who recently won a Gold rating in the Highly Competitive Division of the
Sparta High School Jazz Festival. Other band members are trombonist Alex
Marichal, guitarist Ange Ahart, drummer Nate Miller, and bassist Sydney
Gouveia.
Funding for the NJJS Socials has been made possible, in part, by funds from Morris Arts though the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a partner agency of The National Endowment for the Arts. This concert is generously sponsored by Rachel Domber/Arbors Records.
PHOTO BY CAROL LO RICCO