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Live Concert Combines Live Webcast June 6
Kansas City USA – The Westport Coffeehouse Theater will be the venue location for a live concert performance by the Christopher Burnett Quartet with special guest, Michael Jefry Stevens at 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., June 6.
Tickets are $10 at the door for local audiences and $5 to watch the live webcast online from anywhere around the world.
The live webcast of the concert will begin at 7 p.m. using the Concert Window platform at this link https://www.concertwindow.com/cbjazz
Emcee and event producer, Toni Gates will serve as host of the live concert which will feature a program of original compositions by both, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Burnett. The music will be performed by jazz quintet, and selections selected from the following original works:
• Analog Networking (Burnett)
• Breeze (Stevens)
• Dance (Stevens)
• Hauptbahnhof (Burnett)
• Movements (Burnett)
• Only Love (Stevens)
• Parallel Lines (Stevens)
• Perspectives (Burnett)
• Point of View (Stevens)
• The Moffett Family (Stevens)
• The River Po (Stevens)
• Tina Ballerina (Stevens)
• Today This Moment (Stevens)
• Trinity (Stevens)
• What About The Future?
CD Recordings will be available at the ticket table. And, all music is available at the major digital music stores like Apple Music, iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon. Several compositions will be debut performances.
Pianist, Composer and “Steinway Artist,” Michael Jefry Stevens has released over 80 CDs and composed over 340 works for both large and small ensembles. An active bandleader for over 40 years, his current working musical ensembles include the “Conference Call Quartet,” the “Fonda/Stevens Group,” “Eastern Boundary Quartet,” his collaboration with New Orleans horn man, Brian “Breeze” Cayolle and “Trio Generations” featuring saxophonist Oliver Lake.
Also, see www.MichaelJefryStevens.com
Burnett (Selmer Saxophone Artist), guitarist Charles Gatschet, bassist Andrew W. Stinson, and percussionist Clarence Smith are members of Christopher Burnett’s guitar quartet. The quartet also forms the basis of an international ensemble, The Dino Massa Kansas City Quintet, whose critically acclaimed debut release titled “Echoes of Europe” is available worldwide via the Kansas City-based ARC label. Christopher Burnett’s ensembles have performed at the top venues in Kansas City, and the quartet is also scheduled to perform at the 28th Annual Roots Festival in Paola, Kansas on Aug. 26.
Also, see www.BurnettMusicCompany.com
Westport Coffeehouse opened in 1996 and is a full-service coffeehouse with an exceptional “black box” theatre. Also known as an oasis in the middle of Westport” “Entertainment District,” amenities and attractions include high-speed Internet, theater and comedy events, and live music performances in the Westport Coffeehouse Theater. Drinks are a specialty with choices ranging from smoothies to ice cream and of course exceptional coffees. Grilled panini sandwiches and baking “by Pam” add to the offerings.
Also, see www.WestportCoffeehouse.com
Westport Coffeehouse Theater and the
Artists Recording Collective label present
Christopher Burnett QUARTET
+ Michael Jefry Stevens
IN CONCERT
TUESDAY JUNE 6 / 7 P.M. + Video Recording
Westport Coffeehouse Theater
4010 Pennsylvania Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
816.756.3222
$10 cover at the door
$5 webcast cover online
Contact:
operations@artistsrecordingcollective.biz
www.ArtistsRecordingCollective.biz
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Cost: Payment required – Christopher Burnett Quartet + Michael Jefry Stevens at Westport Coffeehouse Theater in KC – LIVE online show Tuesday, June 6th at 8:00 pm EDT 7:00 pm CDT. NOTICE: CONCERT WINDOW TICKETS ARE FOR THE LIVE STREAM ONLY. THE LIVE STREAM IS A WAY TO BE “AT THE CONCERT” NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD! JOIN US. WE WILL STREAM A SEGMENT OF THIS EVENT BEGINNING AT 7:00 PM CST.
+ Live Webcast Ticket $5 (pay online)
+ Live Concert $10 (pay at the door)
o TKAY MAIDZA, Always Been, da “Tkay” – Kitsuné Musique
o DIE FØRM, No Kill, da “La dimensione umana” – Officina Fonografica Italiana cd OFI006
o KING AYISOBA, Dapagara (feat. Orlando Julius & Zenabu), da “1000 Can Die” – Glitterbeat GBCD 044
o MICHEL EDELIN, This Way Please, da “Kalamania” – Rogue Art ROG-0070
o COH, 132, da “Music Vol.” – Editions Mego 222
o COH, 2000 lieues, da “Music Vol.” – Editions Mego 222
o PĘKALA/KORDYLASINSKA, Vermont Counterpoint, da “Werke Für Schagzeug und elektroacustische Geräte” – Gagarin Records GR2037
o PĘKALA/KORDYLASINSKA, Modular#1, da “Werke Für Schagzeug und elektroacustische Geräte” – Gagarin Records GR2037
o JAAP BLONK, Aspera, da “August Ananke” – Kontrans 561
o VITTORIO MEZZA TRIO, Tammurriata nera, da “Napoli Jazz Songs” – Abeat Records ABJZ142
o CIRO RICCARDI, I marinai di Kronstadt, da “Racconti di vinile” – Alfa Music AFMCD190
o DINO MASSA KANSAS CITY QUINTET, Tarantella, da “Echoes Of Europe” – Artist Recording Collective ARC2680
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SHOW: “Jazz Collective” HOST: Jason Church
I got the CD in just enough time to get “Echoes” in for this Saturday night’s show!
I tagged the band’s FB page in the post, but just in case, here are the various ways that folks can listen in:
107.3 FM in St. Louis
96.3 HD-2 in St. Louis
www.rafstl.org/listen (Online and worldwide!)The show airs from 9p – 11p (CST)
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A big part of producing a recording is the team of creative geniuses who contribute their talents to the project.
All of the amazing professional photographs on this website and used within the graphic design layout for the compact disc product are the work of Kansas City based photographer, Duane Hallock.
As you see, his work is brilliant and evocative. When we saw his photographs, we knew they’d be a perfect match for the musical aesthetic of the Dino Massa Kansas City Quintet debut recording, “Echoes of Europe” (ARC-2680).
We are honored that he was willing to let us use his work in this context.
We are further honored by Duane’s esteem in the remarks he posted upon receiving his personal copy of the disc.
See below …
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“My morning commute was smooth and mellow as I listened to the jazz of my friend Christopher Burnett. He is an alto saxophonist who collaborated with Dino Massa, from Naples, Italy to produce “Echoes of Europe.”
They met years ago when Christopher played in the official band of the Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces of Southern Europe. On his first night in Naples, Christopher found himself in a local jazz club gigging with, Massa. Now, years later, they have teamed up to produce this incredible album.
My small claim to fame is that Christopher was the very first person to buy photos off my new website. He used them in the design of the CD label, album cover, liner notes and promotional materials.”
~ feeling inspired.
My adventure with photography began in the fourth grade when I bought my first camera. Through the years, my hobby has allowed me to photograph presidents campaigning, volcanoes erupting and children being born.
In college I took photography classes, but was disappointed when we spent too much time talking about f-stops, film speeds and apertures. Important as those are, the mechanics of a camera will always be a means to an end. I wanted to learn more. I wanted to understand photography as a form of artistic expression.
Somewhere along the way, I lost my focus. Over the years my interest in photography waned, and I only shot the obligatory events like birthdays, graduations and family reunions.
Then, a life-changing event helped to transformed my relationship with photography. Several years ago, melanoma claimed the sight in my left eye. After undergoing very specialized treatments, I am now cancer-free. Yet the disease took its toll.
I hated being half-blind and it took time to adjust to my new reality. Slowly, however, something magical happened.
As my eyesight declined, my vision increased.
With the vision remaining in my one eye, I gradually began seeing things I’d never noticed before. I became more aware of the beautiful world around me. I began to realize that within the ordinary I could always find something extraordinary. Photography became a way for me to increase my awareness of the abundant beauty that had always surrounded me.
Now, as I share my pictures here online, my hope is that together we will see old things in new ways, that we will become more aware of the incredible beauty that is often hidden in plain sight, and that we will see the extraordinary embedded within the ordinary circumstances of everyday life.
VISIT: DuaneHallockPhotography.com
The episode No. 749 of “ANIMAJAZZ“, conceived and conducted by Bruno Pollacci , aired on Thursday 16 February at 19.30 Italian time (1:30 pm Kansas City time) on Puntoradio, also streamed over www.puntoradio.fm and instantly podcast on http://animajazz.eu will open with the pianist and composer DINO MASSA with his “Kansas City Quintet” (Christopher Burnett, as, Charles Gatscher, g, Andrew W. Stinson, b, Clarence Smith, d / pc), from the CD “Echoes of Europe” we will listen to the same original composition that gives the title track (in the first photo on the left).
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//ENGLISH TRANSLATION//
DINO MASSA KANSAS CITY QUINTET
Echoes of Europe
Recording Artist Collective (ARC)
Poignant echoes of the Mediterranean set to music by Dino Massa, a pianist and composer from Naples. Massa, recorded his fifth album as a leader in Kansas City, Missouri, with the support of saxophonist Christopher Burnett, label owner, who met Massa in 1990 when Burnett was with the NATO Jazz Band and based in Naples.
Twenty five years later, thanks to Facebook, the two find each other again. Massa is invited to the States for a series of performances with great musicians at venues in the Kansas City area.
Encouraged by the positive feedback they received from these performances, Massa came back to Missouri in April 2016 to record his music in the company of Burnett, guitarist Charles Gatschet, bassist Andrew Stinson and drummer Clarence Smith (plus a few guests on flute and flugelhorn).
Five original compositions by Massa, plus two songs composed for the occasion by Burnett and trumpeter guest Marcus Hampton, for an album of contemporary jazz marked by a strong melodic vocation and a great formal elegance.
~ Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag no. 54, February 2017 (Italy)
//ORIGINAL ITALIAN//
DINO MASSA KANSAS CITY QUINTET
Echoes of Europe
Artist Recording Collective (ARC)
Struggenti echi di Mediterraneo nella musica del pianista e compositore napoletano Dino Massa, che ha registrato il suo quinto album da leader in quel di Kansas City, nel Missouri, grazie anche al sostegno del sassofonista Christopher Burnett, proprietario dell’etichetta, incontrato da Massa nel 1990 quando Burnett era in forza alla NATO Jazz Band in quel di Napoli.
25 anni dopo, grazie a Facebook, i due si ritrovano, Massa viene invitato a raggiungere gli States per una serie di esibizioni con ottimi musicisti dell’area di Kansas City.
Incoraggiato dai riscontri positivi ricevuti, nell’aprile 2016 Massa è di nuovo nel Missouri per registrare la sua musica in compagnia di Burnett, del chitarrista Charles Gatschet, del contrabbassista Andrew Stinson e del batterista Clarence Smith (più un paio di ospiti a flauto e flicorno).
Cinque composizioni originali di Massa, più due brani composti per l’occasione da Burnett e dal trombettista ospite Marcus Hampton, per un album di jazz contemporaneo all’insegna di una forte vocazione melodica e di una grande eleganza formale.
~ Guido Bugatti, Drumset Mag n. 54, Febbraio 2017 (Italia)
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READ ENTIRE REVIEW: Dino Massa Kansas City Quintet – Echoes of Europe By Raul da Gama
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