HOWL and Free Films In Tompkins Presents "Chico and Rita" on Thursday August 8th!

A very special tribute to the legendary Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés
, in collaboration with Spain Culture New York-Consulate General of Spain: a Member of the network Spain Arts and Culture, and Pragda and its CineArt Spain program...

CHICO and RITA

"Lushly scored and magical; the best music film in any genre in a long time!"

Michael Phillips, The Chicago Tribune

Thursday, August 8, 2013  

On the Lawn in Tompkins Square Park, NYC 

Free Admission

Gates open at 6 PM. 

Live Music By The Rebeca Vallejo Trio at 7 PM. 

Film at sundown.

Free Churros sponsored by La Churreria from Socarrat Paella Bar

Oscar®-winning director Fernando Trueba and Spain’s legendary illustrator Javier Mariscal celebrate their passion for the music and culture of Cuba with an epic story of love, passion, and heartbreak. Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams... and each other...  from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary five-time Grammy®-winning composer Bebo Valdés, one of the greatest Cuban Jazz musicians of all time who inspired the story of Chico.

Chico & Rita captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, featuring the music of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, and others. Recipient of multiple awards such as the Goya Award, the European Film Award, a Gaudi Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Film. 

Before the film, enjoy the sounds of the Rebeca Vallejo Trio with its Andalusian roots soaked in funk, bossa nova, soul, jazz and flamenco. Equal parts nomad and musician, Rebeca Vallejo's life has led her across several continents and infused her music with an awareness and understanding of a multitude of cultures. 

"Hailing from Spain, using her own body to incorporate percussive accents, she is an earthy grounding rod for some powerfully streaming wattage."  --Katie Bull The NYC Jazz Record. 

Churros y chocolate

Free Churros, the perfect movie-watching food,
will be offered by La Churreria
from Socarrat Paella Bar. These mouth-watering fried
 bits of sweet dough are often dipped in
or filled with chocolate or guava
or sprinkled with sugar, and nick-named the Spanish donut. 

Ella Lounge Joins the Howl! Festival with a week of performances to benefit the Howl! H.E.L.P. Fund

Ella Lounge, the first and only place to bring the Hollywood glamour of the roaring 20s and 30s to Avenue A, has joined the Howl! Festival’s esteemed list of sponsoring venues.  The formidable line-up includes popular female jazz vocalists Teresa Mora, Baby Jane Dexter, Nanette Natal and Jahneen/Jeannine Otis, Melange, the inimitable singer/actor/Broadway veteran Larry Marshall, Laura Stilwell and Company featuring Ivan Rosenberg, Kimistry and The Living Museum and Wei Sheng Lin & Friends.

The confirmed schedule is as follows:

Monday,

September 13th                   8-10 PM          Teresa Mora, vocalist

A distinguished jazz musician, Teresa Mora’s amazing ensemble will begin Howl’s Jazz series.  A Detroit native, she has her own unique blend of jazz, soul, and blues.

                                                                                                                 

Tuesday,

September 14^th                    8-10 PM        Baby Jane Dexter, Larry Marshall, and

                                                                       Jahneen /Jeannine Otis

Reno Sweeney Diva Baby Jane Dexter, Broadway, jazz and soul singer Jeannine Otis and Broadway jazzman Larry Marshall (“The Color Purple,” “ Hair,” “The Full Monty,” to name a few), join voices in an outstanding night of sizzle, standards and sensational stylin’ !

Wednesday,

September 15th                   8-10 PM         Laura Stilwell and company featuring Ivan Rosenberg

Laura Stilwell is a fine vocalist as well as the award-winning choreographer/director of the smash hit  "This Joint Is  Jumpin'."

Thursday,

September 16th                   8-10 PM         Nanette Natal

Jazz vocal stylist Nanette Natal performs in the grand tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

Friday, September 17^th        8-10 PM         Melange

Haitian-born vocalist, Melange and her ensemble perform a unique blend of soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. Melange is also very committed to the preservation traditional music of Haiti.

Saturday,  Sep 18th               8 -10 PM   Kimistry and The Living Museum

KIM KALESTI is a musician and composer whose music is spirit-filled, timeless and thoughtful. 

Sunday, Sep 19^th                   8-10 PM   Wei Sheng Lin & Friends

WEI SHENG LIN's music is an exciting blend of musical styles that reflects his love of jazz classics as well as rock, pop music and rhythm and blues. 

Please visit the calendar at  www.howlfestival.com for updates and further details.  Ella Lounge is located at 9 Avenue A, between 1^st and Second Streets.  Admission for each show is $10 per person. For ticket information, please visit www.howlfestival.com

*The Howl Emergency Life Project (H.E.L.P.)

was created to provide emergency financial assistance and social service support to artists who have participated in the annual Howl Festival or who make their careers in New York City's East Village and Lower East Side arts community and whose work challenges the traditional boundaries of dance, theatre, music, multimedia and the spoken word.

Services include counseling and referrals for personal, family or work-related problems. Linkage to community resources for such needs as medical care, legal services, public benefits or elder care. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics and include: finding affordable housing, financial education as well as health insurance options.

Financial assistance is available for rent, utilities, mental health and medical care as well as other basic living expenses. Grants are approved on a case-by-case basis based on need.

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Nanette Natal and Company

HOWL ! ARTS PROJECT 2009: MUSIC
45 Bleecker Street Theater
(NE Corner of Lafayette at Mulberry Street)
(By subway: #6 train to Bleecker Street Station)

Saturday Sept 26, 11pm

JAZZ: JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Nanette Natal and Company
Nanette Natal performs in the grand tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Her latest CD ‘I Must Be Dreaming’ is a 2008 Village Voice Jazz Consumer Guide listing.
Admission $10 to benefit the HOWL ! HELP Fund
Advance tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79374
Cash only tickets available at the door at 9pm to showtime.

Nanette Natal’ s music has always defied categories. One of the most interesting and exciting singers working in jazz today, she is a consummate artist in the grand tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan and has delivered her socially conscious rhythmic blues/ rock message alongside Mahalia Jackson and Odetta. Rooted in jazz, blues, gospel, and New Orleans style, her latest CD "I Must Be Dreaming" is a 2008 Village Voice Jazz Consumer Guide listing. She has garnered consistent raves throughout the U.S. and Europe including: "Ms. Natal bends and twists her notes in unexpected fashions, makes startling leaps around the scales, and has the daring to expand and extend what might be a satisfactory note to open up a fresh and revealing color”(NY Times) and "...she's a hell of a singer...the extended improv marvels are the most fascinating, like an intense 'You Go to My Head' that ends up somewhere close to Coltrane's 'Equinox.' This is jazz singing at its highest level." (Cadence).
www.benyomusic.com
www.myspace.com/nanettenatal

(Photo credit: Nanette Natal courtesy the artist. Used with permission.
All rights reserved. Copyright Nanette Natal.)

Hayes Greenfield and Company

HOWL ! ARTS PROJECT 2009: MUSIC
45 Bleecker Street Theater
(NE Corner of Lafayette at Mulberry Street)
(By subway: #6 train to Bleecker Street Station)

Friday Sept 25, 11pm

JAZZ: JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Hayes Greenfield and Company
Hayes Greenfield has headlined the Blue Note, Birdland, Knitting Factory and CBGB and performed with Jaki Byard, Rashied Ali, Paul Bley, Barry Altschul and Richie Havens.
Admission $10 to benefit the HOWL ! HELP Fund
Advance tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79371
Cash only tickets available at the door at 9pm to showtime.


Hayes Greenfield – producer, composer, saxophonist, filmmaker, bandleader, and educator – has been active on the New York City jazz scene since the late ‘70s. As sideman, he has built enduring associations with such notable artists as Jaki Byard, Rashied Ali, Paul Bley, Barry Altschul, and Richie Havens. As bandleader, Hayes has recorded and produced a number of critically acclaimed CDs and played throughout the U.S. and Canada, headlining in such popular New York City clubs as the Blue Note, Birdland, the Knitting Factory, and CBGB’s. European tours have taken him and his bands to Vienna, the Aalen Jazz Festival in Germany, Brighton Jazz Festival in the U.K., the Albi, Coutances, Bordeaux, Amiens, Hyeres, and Avignon Jazz Festivals in France, and the Aarhus Jazz Festival in Denmark.

(Photo credit: Hayes Greenfield and Cooper Moore courtesy the artist.
Used with permission. All rights reserved. Copyright Hayes Greenfield.)
(Photo credit: Hayes Greenfield courtesy the artist. Used with permission.
All rights reserved. Copyright Hayes Greenfield.)