Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Suzanne Ciani on tour in Spain



The one-of-a-kind keyboardist Suzanne Ciani starts, on July 6, in Lorca, her new Spanish tour. I first became acquainted of Suzanne's artistry in the late 70s, through her impeccable synthesizer programming on such CTI albums as Yusef Lateef's "In A Temple Garden", Art Farmer/Joe Henderson's "Yama", Ray Barretto's "La Cuna" and, in 1980, on the first "Fuse One" all-star session produced by Creed Taylor and featuring Stanley Clarke as musical director. Then I got a copy of Suzanne's solo masterpiece "Seven Waves" and, although more new-age oriented than I expected, it was love at first sight.

Suzanne Ciani and The Wave

July 2007 Spain Tour
July 6 in Lorca - 11:00 PMCASTILLO DE LORCA “Noches del Castillo”

CARRETERA LA PARROQUIA, S/N
Venue details: an old castle in Lorca, a town in the region of Murcia, SW Spain. Capacity 2500. This concert is part of a 2-week Music Festival Series in Lorca which will feature performers from the Rolling Stones to Joe Cocker to Suzanne Ciani and the Wave!


July 8th in Valencia - 9:00 PMJARDINES DEL REAL - JARDINES DE VIVEROSSAN PÍO V, S/N 46010 VALENCIA
Venue details: this is an open air space within the garden area with capacity for 3,000 seated. This show is part of the events held in Valencia for the America’s Cup. Suzanne Ciani and The Wave return to Spain. Select the picture above to view a promotional poster. You can also visit the Spanish website of her concert at....http://www.espirelia.lorca.es/detalle.asp?id=147.

Exclusive Podcast Interview with Suzanne Ciani from GentleSounds.comSuzanne participated in a unique 80-minute interview with host, Phil Paranicas (Casale & Paras) of GentleSounds.com. Suzanne shares her journey from the days as an electronic music pioneer to her more recent jazz, solo piano, orchestral and live productions. The Podcast interview is available from http://www.gentlesounds.com/suzanne_ciani_interview.htm.

An uninterrupted version of the interview is available on Compact Disc from GentleSounds.com.
More Vintage CIANI movies coming to YouTubeVery soon, another website that would contain more historical footage of Suzanne early career will be posted on YouTube.Use your favorite web browser to bookmark this site. http://www.youtube.com/suzanneciani

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