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Sunday Evening - Bill O'connell Latin Jazz Project at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on July 2, 2015
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Sun, July 12, 2015
7:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
Bill O'Connell
pianoSteve Slagle
saxophone, altoDavid Finck
bass, acousticRichie Morales
drumsTomas Martin Lopez
percussionAbout
Featuring some of the finest jazz and Latin cats around!
Bill O'Connell/Piano, Steve Slagle/Sax/Flute, David Finck/Bass, Richie Morales/Drums and Tomas Martin Lopez/Congas
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For many years Bill O'Connell worked as the go-to pianist and arranger for artists such as Mongo SantaMaria, Dave Valentin, Gato Barbieri,The Fort Apache Band among others. Bill has, perhaps more that any other pianist, developed a true melding of Latin and Jazz music. His playing, from robust chordal comping to exuberant and sometimes knotty solos, transcends categorization and combines rhythmic complexities with glittering single note runs in a sort of Bud Powell-meets-Chick-Corea sound...