Hector Martignon at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

On May 9th, after a year-long monthly residence at NYC's famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Grammy-nominated pianist Hector Martignon emerges with a new exciting project: His Bandagrande Big Band will join Jazz Camerata at Merkin Hall for an evening of musical exploration boasting a repertoire spanning 4 centuries, re-voiced through the sound-canvas of the traditional 18-piece Big Band and a muscular string-ensemble. The program features works by J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Hermeto Pascoal and Bill Evans alongside several of Martignon’s original pieces. Tickets are $30 / $18 for students.

Through the lens of the symphonic orchestra of the Jazz idiom, Martignon is looking to forge the entire musical canon outside of temporal and geographical constraints into a new standard to create an evening of extraordinary, yet highly accessible, music performed by the best musicians of each genre. In essence, the audience will experience a musical recreation of the Big Bang, a process he calls the Big Band Theory....

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On May 9th, after a year-long monthly residence at NYC's famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Grammy-nominated pianist Hector Martignon emerges with a new exciting project: His Bandagrande Big Band will join Jazz Camerata at Merkin Hall for an evening of musical exploration boasting a repertoire spanning 4 centuries, re-voiced through the sound-canvas of the traditional 18-piece Big Band and a muscular string-ensemble. The program features works by J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Hermeto Pascoal and Bill Evans alongside several of Martignon’s original pieces. Tickets are $30 / $18 for students.

Through the lens of the symphonic orchestra of the Jazz idiom, Martignon is looking to forge the entire musical canon outside of temporal and geographical constraints into a new standard to create an evening of extraordinary, yet highly accessible, music performed by the best musicians of each genre. In essence, the audience will experience a musical recreation of the Big Bang, a process he calls the Big Band Theory.

Colombian star-harpist Edmar Castañeda will perform the World Premiere of Martignon’s Concert for Harp, Big Band and String Ensemble. J. S. Bach’s Erbarme Dich, from St. Matthews Passion will reveal a whole new set of dimensions through a revolutionary Big Band arrangement backing up vocalist Brenda Feliciano who will be counter-pointed by trumpet-virtuoso Joe Burgstaller.

Icons like bassist John Benitez (Chick Corea, John Scofield, Eddie Palmieri, et. al.), vibist Christos Rafalides (Wynton Marsalis, Mingus Big Band, et. al.), percussionist Samuel Torres (Richard Bona, Arturo Sandoval, et.al.), and Vince Cherico, one of the most requested drummers in the New York Jazz scene, form the rhythmic core of this revolutionary project. They provide a harmonic-rhythmical canvas for their own virtuosic improvisation and a sonic universe for the strings, woodwind, brass and vocal to expand in. Luminaries in the Latin Jazz and Classical scene will perform alongside Jazz Camerata, an accomplished string ensemble, and you'll get the ideal of ALL worlds as predicted in the Big Band Theory...

Hector Martignon's
Jazzics, from Classix to Tropix
PRESENTS:

THE BIG BAND THEORY

BANDAGRANDE Big Band:
Louis Fouché, David De Jesus (a. sax)
Chelsea Baratz, Alejandro Aviles (t. sax),
Enrique Fernandez (Bar. Sax)
John Walsh, Steve Gluzband
Julie Desbordes, Seneca Black (trumpets)
Chris Washburne, Andy Hunter
Rafi Makiel, Alvin Walker (trombones)
John Benitez (bass)
Vince Cherico (drums)
Samuel Torres (percussion)
Christos Rafalides (vibes)

JAZZ CAMERATA
Ali Bello, Alan Grübner, (Violin), Samuel Marchan (Viola), Rufus Cappadocia (Violoncello)
INVITED SOLOISTS:
Edmar Castañeda (harp)
Brenda Feliciano (soprano)
Joe Burgstaller (trumpet)
Hector Martignon (piano, accordion, conductor)

PROGRAM

W. A. Mozart Mozart Interrupted
Hermeto Pascoal Sorrindo
Bill Evans Interplay
Hector Martignon Trombon Choral
Bruno Martino Estate
Hector Martignon 99 MacDougal Street

INTERMISSION

Hector Martignon Hell's Kitchen Sarabande
Hector Martignon Fruit Vendor's Last Dream
J. S. Bach Erbarme Dich
Hector Martignon Nostalgias del Futuro [WORLD PREMIERE]
Hector Martignon Maestra (dedicada a Amparo)

Orchestrations by Hector Martignon

PROGRAM AND PERSONNEL SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Produced by AMPETTO Music Consultants Inc.

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