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Danza Meets Jazz: Angel David Mattos 7/23 at the Triad in NY |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Wednesday, 20 July 2005 |
 Over the past few years, a new approach and vision of "latinjazz" is
being produced by a new generation of jazz musicians who are no longer
relying on afro-cuban cliched standards and are opening a wider window
into the latin american musical spectrum and fusing it with the
inclusivity of the Jazz language. Among the individuals breaking new
ground is composer and educator ANGEL DAVID MATTOS of Puerto Rico. He
has managed to create a hybrid between the Puertorican musical form
known as "Danza" and America's own homegrown product: Jazz. This
unprecedented fusion has culminated in a recording entitled DANZZAJ.
Six tracks of original compositions penned by Mattos and four
traditional standards composed by the pioneers of the Danza genre,
maestros Manuel G. Tavarez and Juan Morel Campos.
On Saturday July 23rd, 2005, Angel David who has performed with an
array of stellar jazz artists such as Jon Lucien, Eddie Gomez, Dave
Valentin, Alex Acuna, and Mike Stern, amongst others, will be making
his New York City debut as a leader at the great room that is the Triad
club, located at 158 W. 72nd St, bet. Columbus & Broadway. A 130
seat performance space whose intimacy and acoustics are perfectly
suited to experience the type of jazz that Angel David brings forward.
Accompanying Angel David on this musical journey will be grammy winning
bassist JOHN BENITEZ (Chick Corea, Eddie Palmieri, John Scofield, David
Sanchez, Claudia Acuna, etc.), up and coming saxophonist JORGE CASTRO
(Hilton Ruiz, Dave Valentin, Ray Vega, Steve Berrios, Giovanni Hidalgo,
etc.) and one of the premiere and in demand drummers on the island of
Puerto Rico, HECTOR MATOS (Humberto Ramirez, Amuni Nacer, Paoli
Mejias, Ramon Vazquez, etc.) 
This presentation will allow New York Jazz audiences to
experience music from Angel David's groundbreaking Danzzaj CD, as well
as music from his previous release Preludio. Angel himself has baptized
his group as the Jazz Boricua Quartet in honor of the fact that both
Angel and his musical colleagues were born and raised in "Boriken" (The
ancient taino name of the island of Puerto Rico).
To learn more about Angel David Mattos and his music, you can visit him
on the web at: http://www.angeldavidmattos.com
DANZA MEETS JAZZ: Angel David Mattos & the Jazz Boricua Quartet
featuring John Benitez, Jorge Castro and Hector Matos; Saturday July
23rd, 2005 at 8pm; $10 admission plus 2 drink minimum; Doors open @
7:30pm; The Triad is located at 158 W. 72nd Street, bet. Columbus &
Broadway, NYC; Reservations: 212-362-2511; www.triadnyc.com |
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