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State: Lima
Country: PE
Signup Date: 1/3/2008

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Friday, November 06, 2009 

Hello friends, Hola amigos! It's "Grammy nomination" time again . This year my friends of The AUREA PROJECT and I at ArtistShare are excited to be in the running for Grammy nomination 2010 in the categories of the "Best Latin Jazz Album" and "Best Improvised Jazz Solo", "Best Instrumental Composition". Quiero comunicarles con mucha alegría que el CD AUREA de Geoffrey Keezer en donde tuve la satisfacción de formar parte del proyecto tocando la batería y percusión ha sido nominado al GRAMMY NOMINATION 2010 AWARD en la categoría como "Mejor Latin Jazz Album" y otras categorias más.

Mis amigos del PROYECTO AUREA de
Geoffrey Keezer, ArtistShare y yo estamos muy emocionados en el camino de ser ganadores dentro de los candidatos y las categorias. Los invito a escuchar los
audios completos entrando al link siguiente. disfrútenlo!!!

PRESS THE LINK FOR LISTEN ALL AUDIOS COMPLETE:
ENTRAR A ESTE LINK PARA ESCUCHAR LOS AUDIOS COMPLETOS DEL CD.
http://www.artistshare.com/grammy/aurea/flash.html by ArtistShare cortesy.

Musicians AUREA PROJECT: Geoffrey Keezer, Essiet Okon Essiet, Hugo Alcázar, Steve Wilson. Ron Blake, Mike Moreno, Jon Wikan, Sofia Rei Kousovitis, Phil 0'Connor, Peter Sprague, Susan Wulff.

Category: Field 10 - Jazz Category 49 - Best Latin Jazz Album AUREA Field 10 - Jazz Category 46 - Best Improvised Jazz Solo Geoffrey Keezer Field 21 - Composing/Arranging
Category 84 - Best Instrumental Composition
Una Bruja Buena - Geoffrey Keezer, composer

About AUREA more information
http://hugoalcazar.blogspot.com/search/label/with%20Geoffrey%20Keezer%20-%20%22Aurea%22

NEWS:
"ArtistShare is proud to announce that there are 9 artists up for Grammy nomination consideration. All of these projects are fan-funded releases, made possible by participation by the fans. In celebration, we have posted FREE full streaming audio of the releases for you to preview hope you enjoy the music." for listen the audios visit: http://artistshare.blogspot.com/2009/09/artistshare-8-artists-up-for-grammy.html

The Artists and Projects up for consideration are as follows:
Hemispheres Jim Hall/Bill Frisell - "Hemispheres" Brother to Brother The Clayton Brothers - "Brother to Brother" Ultrahang Chris Potter - "Ultrahang" Two Shade Gerald Clayton - "Two Shade" Aurea Geoffrey Keezer - "Aurea" Field 10 - Jazz 49 -Latin Jazz Album 011 - AUREA Perfect Strangers Todd Coolman - "Perfect Strangers" Field 10 - Jazz 47 - Jazz Instrumental Album 053 - Perfect Strangers - Todd Coolman The Telephone Game Kate Schutt - "The Telephone Game"
Friday, November 06, 2009 

THANKS SANTINA, GABRIEL AND TREVOR FOR ALL IN TUTUMA SOCIAL CLUB!!!
WORKSHOP: Master Peruvian drummer Hugo Alcázar is giving percussion master classes at Tutuma Social CLub. Saturday, October 17th. Come learn to play the cajón in a fun, supportive environment. Gabriel Alegria's Afro-Peruvian Sextet - Live @ Tutuma Social Club - Oct. 15 From: TutumaSocialClub | October 18, 2009
The Afro-Peruvian Sextet performed with new member John Benitez on bass. They played music from their soon-to-be-released album entitled Pucusana. Gabriel Alegria - trpt Laurandrea Leguía - sax Yuri Juárez - guitar Freddy "Huevito" Lobatón - cajon Hugo Alcázar - drums John Benitez - contrabass On Saturday night, Ritmos Negro del Peru packed the house, bringing up many people from around the world to dance with them on stage.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 

AFRO-PERUVIAN MUSIC SHOWCASE
hosted by the NYU STEINHARDT Afro-Peruvian Jazz Ensemble with Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet.

Sunday, February 1
Blue Note Jazz Club





Friday, January 23, 2009 
Hugo Alcazar incluido en la lista de artistas
VIC FIRTH

ENTER-ENTRAR

SOBRE
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Vic Firth es la compañia de baquetas (sticks) para tambor y "mallets" mas grande del mundo fundada en 1963, Actualmente la compañia brinda "endorser" ó respaldo a muchos percusionistas y bateristas de gran trayectoria mundial tales como Alex Acuña, Peter Erskine, Airto Moreira, Gregg Bissonette, Omar Hakim, Dave Weckl, Jojo Mayer y muchos más.

Hoy en dia Vic Firth tiene alrededor de 300 productos en su catálogo llegando a fabricar 12 millones de palillos al año, diversas clases maestras, una activa página web y el reconocimiento internacional de calidad en sus productos.

ABOUT...
Vic Firth is an American drum stick and drum mallet manufacturer founded in 1963.
The company bills itself as the world's largest manufacturer of drum sticks and mallets
Today, Vic Firth has gone from the SD1 and SD2 to having around 300 products in its catalog and manufacturing 12 million sticks a year.

Signature Artists
The world's top drummers and percussionists choose the world's best sticks and mallets.
Vic Firth endorses many percussionists around the world.

Artists that design sticks or mallets exclusively for Vic Firth are known as signature artists. Some of the most notable include the following:
Alex Acuña, Peter Erskine, Airto Moreira, Gregg Bissonette, Omar Hakim, Dave Weckl, Jojo Mayer and more.
Friday, January 23, 2009 

Tour USA - Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Jazz Sextet

NORTH AMERICA:
January 10,
2009 Wenatchee, WA
Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee
January 11, 2009 Seattle, WA
Lance and Laurie's
January 13, 2009 Los Angeles, CA
The Jazz Bakery
January 14, 2009 Los Angeles, CA
Calabasas High School
January 16, 2009 Seattle, WA
Tula's Jazz Club
January 17, 2009 Yakima, WA Buy tickets!
Seasons Concert Hall
January 18, 2009 Edmonds, WA
Edmonds Center for the Arts
January 19, 2009 Washington DC
Blues Alley
January 22, 2009 Davidson, NC
Duke Performance Hall
January 23, 2009 Davidson, NC
Davidson College
January 24, 2009 Brattleboro, VT
Vermont Jazz Center
January 29, 2009 Montclair, NJ
Trumpets Jazz Club
January 30, 2009 Rochester, NY
Exodus to Jazz
January 31, 2009 White Plains, NY
Slater Center (Quipunet)
February 1, 2008 New York, NY
Guest appearance at the Blue Note
February 5, 2009 New York, NY
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
February 7, 2009 RECORDING in New York City
February 8, 2009 Flushing, NY
Flushing Town Hall
February 9, 2009 Flushing, NY
Community workshops
February 10, 2009 Bloomington, IN
Indiana University
February 11, 2009 Chicago, IL
The Old Town School of Folk Music
February 12, 2009 Denver, CO
Dazzle Jazz Club
February 13, 2009 Santa Fe, NM Free admission!
O'Shaughnessy Performance Space
February 14, 2009 Albuquerque, NM
National Hispanic Cultural Center
February 17, 2009 Pittsburgh, PA
Cabaret at Theater Square
February 19, 2009 San Antonio, TX
Pearl Stable
February 20, 2009 San Antonio, TX
Synergy Studios Fundraiser
February 21, 2009 Brooklyn, NY
BAM Cafe
February 25, 2009 Laramie, WY
University of Wyoming
February 26, 2009 Laramie, WY
University of Wyoming
February 28, 2009 New Orleans, LA
Snug Harbor
March 1, 2009 New Orleans, LA
Snug Harbor
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 

Category: MySpace

Hola amigos he sido nominado dentro los mejores exponentes de batería
del año según "The Latin Jazz Corner" Best Latin Jazz of 2008 por mi
participación difundiendo los ritmos afro-peruanos en el último CD
Nuevo Mundo - Gabriel Alegria Jazz Sextet.

La votación estará abierta hasta el 23 de diciembre, así que sientase
libre de votar en cualquier momento antes de esa fecha. Anunciarán los
ganadores en pequeños grupos cada día entre el 27 de diciembre y 31 de
diciembre. ¡Es una manera emocionante de terminar el año! y me
gustaría contar con su apoyo.
Para la votación solo debes marcar tu preferencia en la categoria Drum
Kit Player of the Year y presionar el recuadro que dice VOTE.

LINK informativo:
http://hugoalcazar.blogspot.com/2008/12/he-sido-nominando-para-mejor-drum-kit.html

LINK directo:
http://www.chipboaz.com/blog/best-of-2008/

¡Además encontrarás otras nominaciones de músicos peruanos!Esta
nominado tambien Cotito Medrano, Huevito Lobaton, Gabriel Alegria,
Yuri Juarez, Lima Limon, Eric Kurimski

Envien a sus contactos!

Best Latin Jazz of 2008
Welcome to the voting page for the Best Latin Jazz of 2008 Awards!
Thanks for joining the process - it?s a great way to recognize the
outstanding work that Latin Jazz musicians have done this year.
A few things to remember . . . Make your choices carefully - you can
only vote in each category once. After you place your vote, your IP
address will be logged and your will not be able to vote in that
category again. If you don?t see the artist or album that you?d find
deserving, just click ?add an answer? and you will have the
opportunity to add your own selection.
Voting will be open through December 23rd, so feel free to vote
anytime through that date. Winners will be announced in small groups
each day between December 27th & December 31st.

Hugo Alcázar
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