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 TURIYA MAREYA LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE LIVE AT HERMAN’S
JAN 19TH AT 8:30 PM
$10 Students and Seniors $5
Children Free
Herman’s Jazz Club
753 View Street Victoria BC
(250) 388-9166 info@hermannsjazz.com
MAREYA MYSPACE
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 FEATURING NOAH BECKER ON SAXOPHONE Years of international travel have seasoned the Victoria-raised tenor saxophone player, Noah Becker, who, this year won the Monday Magazine Award for “Favourite Jazz Artist” in the Victoria area. This outrageously talented musician has gigged with the likes of Wynton Marsalis and Roy Hargrove,
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 SPECIAL GUEST ADONIS PUENTES – VOICE AND BONGOSAdonis Puentes is a key personality in the ever expanding latin music scene. He opens up the marvelous world of Cuban music to his audiences the second they hear his rich voice. A major star and Juno Winner in Canada Adonis is currently burning it up with his band in Los Angeles, recently completed a tour with Maraca and is performing also with the Los Angeles Latin Jazz All Stars. He appeared with Turiya Mareya at the Puerto Penasco Jazz Festival in 2007.
Adonis Puentes My Space |
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 SEAN DRABBITT- BASSOne of the most in demand bassist in BC , this talented artist has performed in over 40 countries with top Jazz artists such as Nicolas Payton.
Sean Drabbit My Space |
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 HUMBERTO MENDOZA – CONGASOne of the Island’s favorite performer, Panemanian percussionist Humberto has performed with Adonis Puentes and is on of the Mainstays of the Latin scene in BC.
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 TURIYA MAREYA
Mareya was raised in the vibrant border of Tijuana and San Diego. She started playing with Mexican dance bands at a young age and later studied Jazz under the direction of Mr. Daniel Jackson, one of the West Coast Jazz Legends. She studied also at the Creative Music School in Woodstock but most of her musical instruction came from the streets, the clubs and fellow musicians. She began playing Latin Jazz with the Tambu International Ensemble, moving to Vera Cruz and living later in Mexico City. Returning to the border she was active in the jazz and latin music scenes. She became the musical director and pianist for the Kokopelli Latin Jazz Ensemble.
In 2003 Turiya began working as a solo artist going first to Juneau Alaska where she performed with Afro-Cuban Percussionist Antonio Diaz and to Anchorage where she performed with Hector Diaz y su Orchesta Tropical. She moved to Madrid in 2004 and was active in the music scene there. In 2005 she toured Canada working in Toronto with her band which featured some of the top Toronto Cuban artists. She also toured British Columbia and where she worked Cuban Artists with Adonis Puentes and Gilberto Moroeax on Vancouver Island.
She returned to Tijuana in 2008 where she was Artist in Residence at Arte Sana in Playas de Tijuana.She headlined at the Ensendada Jazz Festival and the Rocky Point Jazz Festival in Sonora Mexico She also headed the Binacional Jazz Descarga in Tijuana. In Spring of 2008 she toured the Yucatan Mexico performing in Festivals and Jazz venues there. She was featured at the Afro-Carribbean Festival , the Baja Jazz Festival and the M-Fest Jazz Festival. She performed in October for the 2nd year at the Puerto Penasco Jazz Festival in Sonora Mexico and is currently performing in Canada.
TUIRYA MAREYA PERFORMANCE HISTORY
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