Miami, FL (Top40 Charts/ Henry Grimes Official Website) The Argentinian saxophonist ROBERTO PETTINATO, our featured artist here, is a surprise to the world of jazz. He has long been a major celebrity in Argentina, nationally known there as a music critic, writer, humorist, agent provocateur, and TV and radio host, but not at all as an "avant-garde" jazz musician, and his power and originality in this music cannot be explained. As a youngster growing up in Argentina, 5,OOO miles away from the U.S., Roberto fell in love with the recordings of our revolutionary jazz heroes from the '6Os and thereafter. But back in the '8Os, instead of attempting to play that music, Roberto began playing saxophone in Sumo, a cult band in the local rock scene, and during the early '9Os with Pachuco Cadaver, another cult band in Spain. Amidst all his other activities during the last decade, Mr. Pettinato has recorded a few solo albums (such as the notable "Anticomercial" in 2OO3), and he has performed live with pop bands such as Divididos and Las Pelotas. But earlier this year, Mr. Pettinato finally fulfilled his dream of playing the music of his passion in New York City, and he recorded here with Henry
Grimes (one of his all-time music heroes) and young Tyshawn Sorey. And now, for the first time ever, Roberto Pettinato is playing a jazz concert here in New York City, in the Village of Harlem. As Mr. Pettinato recently explained in an interview for 10musica.com, "The recording we made in February is a true free jazz album, absolutely free of preconceptions or issues or anything to hold onto. The freedom is the truth. There is no other way to say it. It is the Plain Truth, without religions, in the realm of the Hereafter, outer space, and infinity. From now on, I'll just do this music, and I will defend it to the death."
CD release celebration and concert
Friday, August 12th, 2O11, 8-9:3O p.m. (doors open at 7:3O)
Black River Cultural Center, 345 Lenox Ave. (same as 6th Ave. or Malcolm X Blvd.) betw. 127th and 128th St's, Village of Harlem, New York City, in the cultural heart of Harlem, 1-5 blocks from the Apollo Theater, Lenox Lounge, State Office Building, Studio Museum, Sylvia's Restaurant, and many other Harlem landmarks
TICKETS: $15
TRANSPORTATION: No 2, 3, B, or D train or M-7 or M-1O2 bus to 125th St. (see map at )
MORE INFORMATION: 347-434-4O55 (Black River Cultural Center), 212-841-O899 (Henry Grimes)
BIOGRAPHIES FOR THE REST OF THE GROUP:
https://www.henrygrimes.com
https://www.daveburrell.com
https://www.tyshawnsorey.net
