The 10th International Festival Reus Jazz 2012 will be held from 16 to 25 March

Reus. Salou. Costa Dorada. 29 February 2012. The jazz will be heard strongly in the city of Reus with the celebration of the tenth edition of "Jazz Festival Reus 2012 Jaume Juan Magriñà Memorial", which again will be organized by the Friends of Jazz Reus. From March 16th to 25th, 2012 different local areas of the city scheduled a dozen concerts and activities related to jazz. In this tenth edition, star concert highlights of the festival, which will place the night of March 17 (21:30 pm). the Joint Theatre in Reus, a performance the elegant American pianist and singer Dena DeRose, presented first in the city accompanied by two musicians from throughout tour, drummer Mario Gonzi and bassist Reggie Johnson, two players have gone to Reus in other editions of the event. Dena DeRose is to act after  London and will do so in a  exclusive visit to Catalonia to present the standards set out in its latest album "Live at Jazz Standard, Volume Two" (2009) and a selection of His long career (new releases), which has ranked among the leading voices in jazz today. Tickets for this performance will go on sale with prices ranging from 20 to 12 euros. A lack of full program Reus Jazz 2012, which will be released in few days and will be available on the festival website, are also confirmed the actions of some important groups of our country, such as a concert pianist , composer and arranger Francis Chapel offered on Friday night March 23 to Keyboard Jazz Lounge (16 euros). Chapel will lead a quintet, among others, for musicians as David Shepherd, the trumpet, or Reus Joan Terol, in the battery. Before these two performances, the festival will begin at El Circol Restaurant on Friday 16 March at 22.00 hours. It This is a dinner concert accompanied by the music of Mayte Alguacil Quartet, a group led by the singer and is completed with pianist John Monné, bassist Paul and drummer Joan Teruel. Two days later, on Sunday 18 March at 20:30. at Keyboard Jazz Lounge (12 euros) you can listen to the proposal Lluc Casares Quartet, led by training young tenor Barcelona Lluc Casares and complete with three musicians of the last batch Catalan artists such as pianist Xavi Torres, bassist Paul Lligadas and drummer Joan Casares. Exhibition  in Reus A new edition of this Reus Jazz 2012 will be exhibition of posters commemorating the 10th anniversary festival and Anna Crespo photos of musicians have passed through different editions over the years. This exhibition will be see the Reus from 16 to 25 March, during the Jazz Reus 2012. 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, Jaume Juan Magriñà. Throughout this decade have gone through city ​​more than a hundred of which have musical names of prominent 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 or also been the major artists of the genre such as Ignatius Terraza, Javier Colina and Chano Dominguez, to mention only some examples, in addition to the opportunity provided by the Jazzist city ​​of Tarragona.

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