Metropolitan Room Presents: A night of Global Jazz: Oscar Penas Crossroads, Uri Gurvich 4tet & Petr Cancura’s Down Home
Friday, January 15th, 2016
9:30 pm to 11:30 pm
@Metropolitan Room
34 West 22nd street
New York NY 10010
Three jazz improvisers from three different cultures and traditions decided to settle in New York, bringing their roots and flavors into their own original compositions, while making a unique contribution to the world of JAZZ.
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Oscar Peñas Crossroads
Oscar Penas guitar
Pete Rende piano
Kim Cass bass
Rogerio Boccato drums
“The music will certainly leave the listener with a joyful and playful feeling; Peñas’ focus on making good heartfelt music is a breath of fresh air.” JazzTimes
Spanish jazz guitarist and composer Oscar Peñas is well known for his unique style of music that has been described as "transnational cool," fusing traditional jazz with hints of flamenco and South American grooves.
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Uri Gurvich 4tet
Uri Gurvich alto sax
Leo Genovese piano
Peter Slavov bass
Francisco mela drums
"Jazz is an indigenous American art form, but it is also a thoroughly global enterprise. And few of the music's practitioners embody its universality more completely than saxophonist Uri Gurvich." Downbeat
Uri Gurvich is a saxophonist and composer originally from Israel, residing in New York for the past decade, where he is an in-demand saxophonist and a critically acclaimed bandleader.
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Petr Cancura's Down Home
Petr Cancura saxophone, banjo
Kirk Knuffke cornet
Brian Drye trombone
Garth Stevenson bass
Jason Nazary drums
"Incisive polyphony surrounds the leader’s gutbucket statements on the shambolic cut “Roasting”, its gestures of stateliness and rollick a perfect followup..." The New York City Jazz Record
Petr Cancura, a saxophonist with knowledge of Jazz, Balkan, African and American folk traditions, Petr performs on banjo and mandolin, all of which influences each other into a roots song & improvising music machine with a visual sensibility.
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