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| Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble Spins & Grooves to a Busy Performance Schedule  Described as "a cross-cultural collaboration that spins and grooves, " by the New York City Jazz Record, Eugene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble's busy performance schedule into the first half of 2012 allows ample opportunities to experience them live. The quintet includes: award-winning founder/leader/arranger/pianist Eugene Marlow, multi-Grammy and Latin-Grammy nominee drummer Bobby Sanabria, Phi Beta Kappa bassist Frank Wagner, NEA Performance grantee saxophonist Michael Hashim, and Nuyorican virtuoso percussionist Cristian Rivera.Schedule: Friday, 11/11/11The Heritage Ensemble will present "An Intimate Evening of Brazilian Inspired Music" with special guest, guitarist, Ben Lapidus at the Brazilian Endowment for the Arts, 240 East 52nd Street, NY, NY. Concert starts at 8 p.m., TICKETS: $15 and $10 (Students and BEA members) Sunday, December 4, 2011, The Heritage Ensemble will perform its "Judeo-Latin-Jazz Holiday Adventure" at Congregation Mt. Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn, NY. Joining the Ensemble will be cantor Shira Lissek. Performance starts at 4 p.m., TICKETS: $20, $8 students Call 718-875-9124 or e-mail: info@congregationmountsinai.org Thursday, December 15, The Heritage Ensemble will present its "Judeo-Latin-Jazz Holiday Adventure" program at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY. Concert starts at 7 p.m., TICKETS: $25, Students Free with ID, (646) 312-5073 or http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/calendar Friday, January 27, 2012Nuyorican Poets Café, 236 East 3rd Street, NY, NY. Performance starts at 8 p.m., TICKETS: $10; $5 Students with valid school ID, (212) 780-9386. Sunday, February 5, New York Foundation for the Arts Festival, Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY. Concert starts at 4 p.m., TICKETS: $5, (646) 312-5073 or http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/calendar Thursday, April 7, Brooklyn Academy of Music Café, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 9 p.m., TICKETS: TBA(718) 636-4100 Sunday, May 6, The Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queens Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, Queens, NY, 4 p.m., TICKETS: TBA 718-281-5770. Of its most recent album "A Fresh Take" (MEII Enterprises 2011) Jeff Wanser, JazzReview said: ". . . the group takes each beautiful melody in turn and works through its theme, explores its possibilities, and never overstays its welcome." According to Grego Applegate Edwards (gapplegateguitar.blogspot.com): "The Heritage Ensemble is doing something that no one else is doing in quite this way. And they do it very well." The Heritage Ensemble's CDs (and other albums from composer/arranger Eugene Marlow) can be found at cdbaby.com. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |