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| Acclaimed Jazz Group returns from Africa to Los Angeles On Wednesday, April 27, 2011 7:00 PM. Jazz for Peace featuring Singer / Pianist / Composer Rick DellaRatta, considered by many to be one of the finest Jazz Artists performing today, will perform a special Benefit Concert for Amigos Sin Barreras / Friends Without Barriers - A Better Community For All at James Armstrong Theater located at 3330 Civic Center Drive North in Torrance, CA. DellaRatta has offered 2 dynamic performances dedicated to the Earthquake/Tsunami Victims in Japan Amigos Sin Barreras / Friends without Barriers and ABC4All have united! Together and with participation by Jazz For Peace Foundation, all 3 groups are focusing on raising funds for continuing programs for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Amigos has a dream to set up a hospice so that clients do not die alone as discovered during morning rounds. A Better Community For All is launching the FOREVER Campaign for Global Humanitarian Relief. ABC4All focuses on the betterment of citizenry and communities via a give-back model of conducting business in the world: Maximizing Charitable Contributions on and off the Internet.(tm) Support is offered for charitable causes worldwide. ABC4AllWorldSolutions!(tm) provide opportunities to reach unimagined "Health Heights(tm) ." A healthier water and application of advanced technologies bring the potential for humanitarian relief wherever it is needed throughout the world in emergent/non-emergent situations. Having performed with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Paquito D' Rivera, Rick DellaRatta is now considered by many to be one of the finest Singer/Pianists performing today and one of only a handful of Jazz Artists who can make a successful musical presentation to a large audience without having to abandon the true art form of Jazz. His unique and original piano playing and composing has been compared in print to Chick Corea, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner and Thelonius Monk while his signature vocal sound and style has been likened to Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Michael Franks and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Recently, Rick DellaRatta was included in the Book "Jazz Singers" as one of the top Jazz Vocalists of all time and by The Foundation Center in their list of the top musician philanthropists of our time along with Bono (U2), Elton John, Peter Gabriel and Sting. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |