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Giacomo Gates, Art Hightower, and the ABC's of Jazz at BeanRunner Cafe
Courtesy of Ted Bitter | Posted on December 9, 2015
Where
BeanRunner Cafe
201 S Division Street
Peekskill, NY
Map
914-737-1701
When
Sat, December 19, 2015
8:00 pm
At Door
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Musicians
Giacomo Gates
vocalsAbout
"Mr. Gates is a solid example of a performer who is doing something that no one else does. He evokes an age...when musicians were entertainers and entertainers were musicians, and a sense of humor was as important as a sense of rhythm." Will Friedwald, The New York Sun.
Blessed with a full-bodied and mellifluous voice, extraordinary rhythmic precision and an unerring sense of lyricism, Gates' total command of the vernacular, boundless creativity and exuberant passion sets him apart from nearly every other vocalist on the scene.
Giacomo has performed with Kurt Elling's The Four Brothers vocal ensemble, Lou Donaldson, Freddie Hubbard, Richie Cole, and Rufus Reid, among others; plays the major U.S...