The Kareem Kandi World Orchestra feat. Eric Verlinde
The Kareem Kandi World Orchestra will be performing in the
Spanish Ballroom at McMenamins Elks Temple on Sunday February 5th.
I’ll be joined by Greg Feingold on bass, Stefan Schatz on
drums, and special guest John Hansen on piano. We’ll also be featuring several
students from our Weekly Jazz Workshop.
The first set will be livestreamed. It will be free to view
and can be watched at these locations:
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/kareem.kandi
Youtube:
www.tiny.cc/kkwo
About our guest:
John Hansen is regarded as one of the most in-demand jazz pianists in the
Northwest. A studied and musical ensemble player with a strong melodic
vocabulary, John has always been recognizable for a unique personal voice.
His performance history includes such venues as NYC's Birdland, The Jazz
Standard, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, DC's John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing
Arts, Seattle's Jazz Alley and Tula's, and international festivals and tours in
France, Japan, Korea, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Russia and Central America.
During his career, John Hansen has performed and recorded
with many of the Northwest's premiere, award-winning bands including: the Jay
Thomas Quartet, Jim Knapp Orchestra, Kelley Johnson, and The Bill Ramsay-Milt
Kleeb Band with Pete Christlieb. He has been invited to perform with The
Seattle Symphony, Rick Margitza, Randy Brecker, Ingrid Jensen, Ernestine Anderson,
The Woody Herman Orchestra, Bud Shank, Bobby Shew, David 'Fathead' Newman, and
more.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Ted Brown Music, KNKX, Tacoma Creates, Titus Will Cars, Edward Jones Financial
Consultant, Rick Gray.
- Facebook:
- https://www.facebook.com/kareem.kandi
- Website:
- https://www.cassiovianna.com/
- YouTube:
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rYAp5eDMycjiHd-juwgcQ