Rio Clemente at The Watchung Arts Center

The Watchung Arts Center is proud to welcome the Bishop of Jazz, Rio Clemente, as he presents the first of three ImpresaRio Jazz Concert Series performances of the 2014-15 season, on Friday, November 21 at 8PM. The evening will include a dessert reception and an opportunity to meet Rio Clemente.
Additional performances in the ImpresaRIO Series are scheduled for Friday, March 6, 2015 and Friday, June 5, 2015.
Rio Clemente draws the audience up in a musical embrace and then takes them on an extraordinary journey of fanciful melodies and scintillating rhythms. As a master pianist, educator, composer, arranger and recording artist, Clemente mixes a strong classical background with a rich knowledge of jazz history, and then adds an amazing sense of creativity and interpretation...

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The Watchung Arts Center is proud to welcome the Bishop of Jazz, Rio Clemente, as he presents the first of three ImpresaRio Jazz Concert Series performances of the 2014-15 season, on Friday, November 21 at 8PM. The evening will include a dessert reception and an opportunity to meet Rio Clemente.
Additional performances in the ImpresaRIO Series are scheduled for Friday, March 6, 2015 and Friday, June 5, 2015.
Rio Clemente draws the audience up in a musical embrace and then takes them on an extraordinary journey of fanciful melodies and scintillating rhythms. As a master pianist, educator, composer, arranger and recording artist, Clemente mixes a strong classical background with a rich knowledge of jazz history, and then adds an amazing sense of creativity and interpretation. The result is a smorgasbord of music that is different from others, and nearly always produces a standing ovation and cries for “more.” With his passionate musicality, impressive technique and nimble facility at the keyboard, Rio brings something very special and decidedly unequalled to his audience.

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