AL Event: Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame/Carver Theatre Presents Cuban Jazz Funk Artist Miguel Romero

Date: 6 Jun 2003 20:38:28 -0700
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The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame/Carver Theatre for the Performing Arts
preesnts Cuban Jazz Funk Artist Miguel Romero in concert Saturday,
June 7, 2003 at 7:30PM. This concert is sponsored in part by the
Southern Arts federation and the NEA. ""Romero is a heavyweight by any
musical standard." -Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Romero studied at the famed Harlem Jazz Mobile with such greats as Max
Roach, Sonny Redd and Freddie Waites. Romero went on to study at
Lehman College in the Bronx and graduated with a B.S. degree in Music
Composition. He also studied the Schillinger System of Musical
Composition with Bob Bianco. He studied big band arranging and film
scoring with Don Sebesky.
Miguel performed at the 2001 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux
Switzerland. Romero headlined at the 2002 Colorado Springs Jazz
Festival where he performed for over 20,000 people. Romero was a
panelist at the 2002 International Jazz Educators Conference. Romero
received a Composer in Residence grant from the Arthur Blank
Foundation and the Composers Forum for his work at the James T.
Anderson Boys and Girls Club. Miguel is a 2002 Hambidge Residency
Grant recipient. Romero is a member of Composers Forum and Chamber
Music America an is on the touring roster of the Georgia Council for
the Arts.
"Hear the solid Cuban style piano of Romero blending with an array of
grooves from straight-ahead jazz to deep funk". Performer Magazine
Miguel Romero has written and produced for dance diva Jocelyn Brown.
He wrote and produced Michelle Weeks, dance single "Wake it Up" which
climbed to # 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Breakout Chart. Romero and
his first CD Island Breeze were voted one of the top 15 Independent
and Budding Artists of 1999 by Fred Scott. Both "Island Breeze" and"
Cuban Jazz Funk" feature all original compositions by Romero.
"Cuban Jazz Funk" was voted CD of the week by the Boston Herald and
one of the years top 10 CDs by JazzUSA For further information call
(205)254-2731.
SHOWTIMES: Saturday June 7 at 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: Carver Theatre, 1631
Fourth Avenue North, Bimingham, Alabama TICKETS: $10.00
www.jazzhall.com www.miguelromero.com 1631 4th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203 U.S.A. (205) 254-2731 * email-address-deleted
Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m./Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
(Closed on Mondays)
http://www.jazzhall.com
http://www.miguelromero.com