For Immediate Release: May 10, 2009
Darren Sigesmund Quintet tours Europe
2009 Strands European Tour (May 11 - 24)
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Personnel:
Darren Sigesmund (trombone)
Luis Gonzalez Denis (alto sax)
Reg Schwager (guitar)
Jim Vivian (bass)
Ethan Ardelli (drums)
Canadian trombonist Darren Sigesmund tours his Strands project to Europe for the first time. The European tour features music from the CD Strands and the upcoming release Strands II in performances across Spain, Germany, the UK and Ireland. Strands is a contemporary blend of jazz, Latin and classical influences that Sigesmund has showcased in over 100 concerts and clinics across Canada, Australia and Asia since 2003. This leading Canadian ensemble has garnered national and international credentials through past performances in Japan Expo 2005, the Canadian Embassy Theatre in Tokyo, premiere clubs throughout Australia, South Korea’s Jarasum International Jazz Festival, Shanghai’s renowned club JZ, Hong Kong’s historic Loke Yew Hall, and the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival. The band’s upcoming second CD Strands II features New York tenorman Tim Ries and vocalist Eliana Cuevas.
The band line-up features alto saxophonist Luis Gonzalez Denis, guitarist Reg Schwager, bassist Jim Vivian, and drummer Ethan Ardelli. This European tour is generously sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts.
TOUR ITINERARY:
SPAIN
· Tuesday May 12 – 15 (Madrid) Café Populart (11pm)
Calle de los Huertos, 22, Madrid
Tel. 91 429 84 07
www.populart.es
GERMANY
· Saturday May 16 (Nürnberg) Jazz-Studio Nürnberg e. V. (9pm)
Paniersplatz 27, 90403 Nürnberg
Tel: +49 911 224384
www.jazzstudio.de
*** Live recording on Bayerischer Rundfunk “Studio Franken”
· Monday May 18 (Leipzig) Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy”(1pm)
Masterclass
Department of Fachgebietsleitung Jazz/Pop/Instrumental
Grassistraße 8, 04107 Leipzig
www.hmt-leipzig.de
· Tuesday May 19 (Marburg) Jazz Club Cavete/ Jazz Initiative Marburg (9pm)
Steinweg 12, Marburg
Tel: +49 (06) 421.66157
www.jazzini.de
UK
· Wednesday May 20 (London) Charlie Wright’s International Bar (8:30pm)
45 Pitfield, Hoxton, London
Tel: +44 (0)871 917 0007
www.charliewrights.com
IRELAND
· Thursday May 21 (Cork) Triskel (8pm)
Tobin Street, Cork
Tel: +353 (0) 21 4272022
www.triskelartscentre.ie
UK
· Friday May 22 (Birmingham) Birmingham Conservatoire (4pm Concert/ 5:30pm Clinic)
Paradise Place, Fletchers Walk, Birmingham
Tel: +44 (0)871 917 0007
www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk
· Saturday May 23 (Edinburgh) The Jazz Bar (9pm)
1A Chambers St., Edinburgh
Tel: +44 131 220 4298
www.thejazzbar.uk
Tour sponsorship: Canada Council for the Arts www.canadacouncil.ca
Tour poster design: Marc Lafoy @ Screen Images www.screenimages.com
Poster Printing: Digital Won Imaging Inc., Toronto
Photography: Graham Powell Photography www.grahampowell.com
The Darren Sigesmund Quintet would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts and Cathy Mitro at Humber College for their tour support.
For more information, please contact: Darren Sigesmund
(416) 922.1695
Email: info@darrensigesmund.com
Website: www.darrensigesmund.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/darrensigesmund