Reus International Jazz Festival is now in its tenth year, offering 10 performances

Reus. Costa Dorada. 14th March 2012. The Association of Friends of Jazz Reus presented this morning at the facilities of the Department of Culture of the tenth Reus Reus International Jazz Festival 2012 "John James Memorial Magriñà". This time the competition keeps the level reached in previous editions with a range consisting of ten concerts between the proposed international, state, and the artists of the city of Reus and Tarragona, as it has sought to highlight the musician and member of the organization Paul Teruel, who was accompanied at the presentation by the Councillor for Culture of Reus, Joaquim Soria and the festival director Jimmy Juan. The opening concert of the festival will be offered on Saturday 17 March at 21.00 at the Joint Theater American singer and pianist Dena DeRose, leading his own trio. The presence of this artist who was for years one of the desires of the organization and now has finally been achieved. Pianist of great individual, Dena DeRose has often been compared to Diana Krall. At the Joint Theater will perform accompanied by Mario Gonzi, on drums and bassist Reggie Johnson, the usual festival. This concert will feature a special guest, trumpeter Raynald Colom acting finally Catalan Jazz Festival in Reus. Tickets can now be purchased in advance at the Service. In addition to the action of opening a new edition of the Jazz Reus-concert dinner will be made upon reservation, the restaurant's Circle of Reus and will feature two groups of very interesting Mayte and her Bailiff Quartet (16 March) and Josep Maria Domenech Trio & Serge Castan (23 March), will play a repertoire based on music of Art Pepper. The festival will also provide the opportunity for local groups such as the octet Angie Rodriguez 8 (Keyboard, March 22) concert or offer same day that the young pianist and singer Laura Noah Reus next too young trumpeter Felix Rossy, descending a family of jazz musicians first rate. Like last year, and rythm'blues jazz music can be heard in the streets of the center of Reus attended Saturday afternoon after 12 hours of training from the Priory Street, Street Soul Machine. The festival concerts will also complete the high level such as the quartet led by Luke Casares that can be heard on Sunday night at 18 Keyboard from 20:30 pm to the same local presence but on Saturday, 24 to 21: 30 hours of Francesc Capella Quintet & David Pastor, who will Reus drummer John Teruel to close the festival (Keyboard, Sunday, March 25, 20 hours) the final jam session after the prior action by Marcos Serrano Quintet, a group led by the young saxophonist. Exposure to Reus A new edition of this Reus Jazz 2012 will be an exhibition of posters commemorating the 10th anniversary of the festival, Anna Crespo and photos of musicians have passed through several editions over the years. This exhibition will be open to Reus from 16 to 25 March, during the 2012 Jazz Reus. Precisely in this space on Wednesday 21 March at 20.00 you can hear the proposal vs. Two. Two Quartet with free admission. A prestigious festival The Festival International de Jazz de Reus was born in 2002 driven by the Friends of Jazz Reus and especially its founder, John James Magriñà. Throughout this decade have gone to town over a hundred musical groups including prominent names have great international fame such as Ahmad Jammal, Monty Alexander, Kenny Garrett, Mulgrew Miller, Alvin Queen, Jimmy Cobb, Benny Green, Bebo Valdes, Michel Camilo and Cyrus Chestnut and the major artists of the state of the genre such as Ignasi Terraza, Javier Colina and Chano Dominguez, to name just a few examples, in addition to the opportunity provided by the Jazzist city ​​of Tarragona

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