Jazz Festival in Playa del Carmen November 24 – 26, 2011
The 9th International Riviera Maya Jazz Festival will be held in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico November 24 – 26 at Mamita’s Beach, a 5 minute walk from Porto Playa Condo Hotel and El Taj Ocean Condo Hotel. Both hotels are offering a 40% off package. For rates and availability contact Laura.
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Here’s the lineup for the 2011 Playa del Carmen Jazz Festival November 24. To see artists schedule for November 25,click here.
Jeff Lorber
November 24th
Keyboardist and composer Jeff Lorber is a prominent figure in the new movement known as jazz fusion – a marriage of traditional jazz with elements of rock, R&B, funk and other electrified sounds.
Jeff Lorber
Natalia Lafourcade
November 24th
Natalia took flute lessons, dance, painting, theater, piano, guitar, saxophone and singing. When she was 10 ventured into Mexican traditional music. She recorded her first instrumental album with the National Youth Orchestra from Veracruz. Last year she was invited to participate in a concert with “La Big Band Jazz de Mexico”, this was one of her dreams.
Natalia Lafouracde has won several MTV Latin awards and was nominated for a Latin Grammy.
Randy Brecker
November 24
Randy Brecker has been shaping the sound of Jazz, R&B and Rock for more than four decades.
His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of Artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and ParliamentFunkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, David Sanborn, Jaco Pastorius, Horace Silver and Frank Zappa.
The following years Randy found a balance between touring the world with his own bands and guesting onstage and in the studio with a wide array of artists. As a composer, performer and in-demand Yamaha clinician, Randy Brecker continues to influence and inspire young musicians around the world.
Randy Brecker has been a jazz musician for more than 40 years
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