Miami, FL (Top40 Charts/ John Gilliat Official Website) Langley rumba flamenco guitarist John Gilliat will be teaming up with Los Angeles spanish guitar virtuoso
Benjamin Woods for a performance at the Fort Langley Chief Sepass Theatre with John's fiery rumba flamenco, latin jazz quartet.
John Gilliat, a long time resident of Langley, has dedicated himself to a fiery, world beat fusion of Rumba Flamenco and Latin Jazz.
For three decades this Westcoast Music Award Nominee has toured throughout North America and Japan. Performance highlights include representing Canada at Japan's 2005 Expo, performing at Canada's 2010 Winter Olympics, performing for Canada's former Prime Minister Jean Chretien and winning the 2009 Canadian National Loopstation Championship at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
John's recordings have been used for radio, documentaries, TV and film in North America, Japan, Ireland and the UK.
Benjamin Woods is one of the few (if not only) American flamenco guitarists ever featured in Spain's No 1 newspaper "El Pais" and in Spain's No 1 selling flamenco magazine: ALMA 100 (March 2008 issue). Benjamin is also the founding member of LA's flamenco, metal fusion group Flametal.
For one night only these two master guitar technicians will be presenting a musical night you may not want to miss. Also joining John and Benjamin will be bass guitarist Brent Gubbels,latin percussionist Lyndon Dewitt and flamenco dancer / vocalist, Stephanie Pedraza.
Stephanie Pedraza is a unique combination of singer, song writer, and flamenco dancer/cantaora (traditional flamenco singing) based in Vancouver BC.
Born in to a latin american family and having moved to Colombia at a very early age, she has been constantly immersed in her latin roots of song and dance.
The performance is Saturday, March 12th at 8:00pm in the Fort Langley Fine Art School's Chief Sepass Theatre. Tickets are available at Long & Quade Music in Langley and at Wendles Bookstore Cafe in Fort Langley. You can also purchase tickets online at www.johngilliat.com or by calling 604.882.2112
Advance tickets are $25 general admission or $20 for seniors and students. Tickets at the door will be $30.
For more information and videos visit www.johngilliat.com
