The Soul Of Miami

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present A Celebration of Music of Legendary Jazz Divas featuring Debbie Orta
Thursday, December 15, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

Featured are: Pete Wallace, piano, Nicky Orta, bass, John Yarling, drums, and Ed Maina, woodwinds.
For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Born in New York, Debbie performed American music until moving to Miami, where her Spanish roots drew her to the Latin sounds of the city where she performed for several years with a salsa band called “Clouds”. She was later offered a spot as lead female vocalist with an American show band at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was there that she later auditioned for the main showroom at the Sands, featuring Jose Luis Rodriguez (“El Puma”). She was hired on the spot as a backup singer on his world tour, also playing flute parts in the show for several years. During this time she performed as singer/dancer with another Latin heartthrob, Chayanne. Back home to raise her two children, Debbie has returned to her jazz roots, enriched by years of travel in the U.S., South America, Mexico, Canada, Australia and Europe. She has shared the stage with notable jazz musicians such as Mike Orta, Othello Molineaux, Turk Mauro, Jim Gasior, Brian Murphy, Carlos Averhoff, and Silvano Monasterios.

Now based in South Florida, Debbie Orta is accompanied by an outstanding quartet of esteemed jazz musicians. Since its inception, “The Debbie Orta Jazz Quintet” has performed at Jazz Festivals and clubs including the SunTrust Sunday Jazz Brunch Series, Hollywood Beach Concert Series, Arturo Sandoval’s Jazz Club, The Seminole Hard Rock Casino, Jazziz, The Van Dyke Café in South Beach, and is a regular performer at the world famous Setai Jazz Brunch on South Beach, among others. She is a featured performer in the prestigious Sunshine Jazz Organization of Miami. Debbie was the only South Florida jazz artist invited to perform at South Florida’s premier music festival, SunFest 2009, opening the Sunday Jazz Brunch for jazz fusion group, “Spyro Gyra”.

Debbie recently presented her 2010 seminar, entitled, “Jazz Gals” at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida; a retrospective of the great female jazz vocalists of the 20th Century and today. The multi-media seminar included a slideshow, video clips, discussion and a live performance by Debbie accompanied by a pianist.

Debbie and her smokin’ band perform a terrific jazz repertoire from the Great American Songbook, as well as Brazilian and Latin jazz arrangements, and jazz/funk feels flexing her voice over several octaves. Debbie’s swinging jazz and smoky ballads are always intriguing, whether classic or contemporary, sad or joyful.

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present Tiempo Libre
Saturday, December 10, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach.

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

The three-time Grammy-nominated Cuban music group Tiempo Libre is one the hottest young Latin bands today. Equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs and dance venues, Tiempo Libre’s Miami-based members are true modern heirs to the rich tradition of the music of their native Cuba. Classically trained at Cuba’s premiere conservatories, today, the group is a hit in the U.S. and abroad, celebrated for its incendiary, joyful performances of timba, an irresistible, dance-inducing mix of high-voltage Latin jazz and the seductive rhythms of son.

The group’s new Sony Masterworks timba recording, My Secret Radio, was released May 3, 2011. The album pays homage to Tiempo Libre’s teenage years in Cuba, a time when the government forbade its citizens to listen to American music and Russia had pulled its support from the island. Inspired by their Afro-Cuban tradition, but eager to catch the new trends and sounds coming from the U.S., Tiempo Libre’s members would fashion homemade antennas and secretly listen to the music pulsating from Miami radio stations at night. These secret radio sessions fueled Tiempo Libre’s dreams of living in America, free to perform their songs and build the careers they wanted while helping them gather the strength that it took to leave it all behind – families, friends, a country, a life – to pursue those dreams. The CD is their tribute to the many powerful voices, including Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Gloria Estefan and Earth Wind & Fire, that rocked their world. The album features guest performances by jazz singer Rachelle Fleming and reunites Tiempo Libre founder Jorge Gomez with the legendary Cuban songstress Albita.

Tiempo Libre’s first recording for Sony Masterworks, Bach in Havana, was nominated for a Grammy award for “Best Tropical Latin Album” and featured tracks with Paquito D’Rivera and Yosvany Terry. The CD, a fusion of Bach with Afro-Cuban rhythms, reflects the duality of Tiempo Libre’s childhood days studying classical music and nights spent playing timba music. Released in May, 2009, the album received airplay on more than 200 radio stations, was hailed by Latin Jazz Network as “a landmark recording in the sense that Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue was approximately 50 years ago” and was selected as a best pick in new Latin music by The Miami Herald. The group performed “Tu Conga Bach” from the CD on the October 27, 2009 Dancing with the Stars. In conjunction with the release of Bach in Havana, the family behind Bustelo Café – for the first time in 80 years – changed its Bustelo Café coffee can to feature Tiempo Libre with a free music download

In addition to their performing and recording careers, the members of Tiempo Libre are particularly committed to the sharing of their rich musical traditions through outreach and educational activities and have participated in artist in residence programs at Michigan State University and Interlochen Academy. The group has also become known for its inspiring classes on rumba, Latin jazz and traditional Cuban music, designed to reach audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
Tiempo Libre is: Musical Director Jorge Gomez on keyboard; Raúl Rodríguez, trumpet; Leandro Gonzalez, congas; Tebelio (Tony) Fonte, bass; Armando (Pututi) Arce, drums; Joaquin (El Kid) Diaz, lead vocal; and Luis Beltran Castillo, saxophone & flute.

Felipe Lamoglia & Urban Beats
12/12/11, 9:00 P.M.
The Van Dyke Cafe
846 Lincoln Rd.
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
thevandykecafe.com

Grammy Award winning Saxophonist,Felipe Lamoglia presents one his newest projects, Felipe Lamoglia and Urban Beats. He will be joined by several outstanding musicians and guest Dj to deliver this amazing new sound to Miami.

Felipe Lamoglia is a Grammy-winning saxophonist, composer and arranger. Born and educated in Cuba, he is a graduate of the prestigious Superior Institute of Art (ISA). By the age of 18 he was a member of Cuba’s acclaimed dance band, NG La Banda. In 1992 he moved to Brazil where he lived for seven years, absorbing the country’s musical and spiritual wealth and playing with great artists such as Raul de Souza, Arismar do Espirito Santo and others. With Bocato he recorded two albums and participated in the Montreux Jazz Festival. While in Brazil, Felipe founded his own quartet, Tumbao, and taught at the University of Free Music in Sao Paulo.

In 1999 Lamoglia relocated to the U.S. where he immediately began performing with the late Celia Cruz. In 2001 he began playing with Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval, performing all over the world and recording on Trumpet Evolution, as well as two DVD releases: Live at the Blue Note NYC and Live at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. In 2004 he joined Grammy winner Gonzalo Rubalcaba, recording on his Grammy-nominated album, Paseo (Blue Note).

In 2006 Lamoglia arranged and played on Ignacio Berroa’s debut album Codes, also released on Blue Note and nominated for a Grammy. In 2007 Felipe contributed as arranger, performer, and composer for Arturo Sandoval’s Grammy-winning album, Rumba Palace.

Throughout the years he has continued to develop his solo work and in 2007 released his first solo CD, Dimensions, recorded in Brazil. This album incorporated Felipe’s Afro-Cuban roots with a blend of Brazilian music and straight-ahead jazz. He is currently promoting his quintet, Afro-Cuban Beats.

Felipe has shared the stage with musical giants such as Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Wynton Marsalis, Eldar, Dafnis Prieto, Ignacio Berroa and many others, participating in Major Jazz Festivals in the U.S. and abroad including JVC, Playboy, Newport, Henieken Jazz, Red Sea and in venues such as Blue Note, Iridium, Jazz Standard, Yoshi’s, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola and many more.

December
Upstairs at Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL
www.thevandykecafe.com,

Van Dyke’s most celebrated performers are back this month: double Grammy nominee Sammy Figueroa, Nicole Henry and Conjunto Progresso. Special nights include the Christmas Soulful Celebration Party on Dec. 23rd and a New Year’s Eve to remember with Bobby Stringer.,

12/1, Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series, Michael Campagna, One Of The Most Original And Exciting New Saxophone Talents In Jazz Today
12/2, Sammy Figueroa & The Latin Jazz Explosion, Double Grammy Nominees, With Legendary Percussionist
12/3, Rhythm & Blues Series, Ike & Val, Soul & Blues Revue
12/4, La Nueva Onda Latina Series, Hosted By Adrian Guerra, Showcasing The Finest In Latin Rock And Pop
12/5, Freddy Cleo, The Quintessential Piano Man & Vocalist Entertainer Who Knows Your Favorite Songs By Heart.
12/6, 20/20, Unique Standards, Original Soul
12/7, Nicole Henry, Top 10 Billboard Jazz Vocalist
12/8, Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series, Rolando Grooscors Ensemble, An Incredible Guitarist With An Amazing Musical Vocabulary
12/9, Jimi Ruccolo, Blues & Beyond
12/10, Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series, Artist Of The Month, Tiempo Libre, Top Timba Group In The Us, With Three Grammy Nominations
12/11, Latin Jazz Series, Oriente, Afro-Cuban Fusion
12/12, Dj Spinning Grooves And, Live Musicians Featuring Felipe Lamoglia
12/13, Rockst*R & Da Fundamentals Present, A Soulful Holiday Celebration (Brought To You By Godsrockstar Music)
12/14, Eugenia Mendez, Pianist/ Singer, Explores Fusing Elements From Jazz, Latin And Traditional Music
12/15, Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series, Debbie Orta, A Celebration Of The Music Of A Century Of Jazz Divas By One Of Miami’s Top Vocalists
12/16, Matt Farr, Soul Of The Piano Man And Vocals. Your Favorite Piano Songs And Originals
12/17, Kcc Annual Christmas Jam, Featuring Lisanne Lyons
12/18, Cuban Music Series, Conjunto Progreso, Grammy Nominated Cuban Son & Descargas Cubanas
12/19, Swedish Music Night, Joanna Holstein & Sofia Talvik, Two Of Sweden’s Finest Artists One Evening Of Stunning Acoustic Pop And Rock.
12/20, Jean P Jam, Deep Roots Reggae Night Tribute To Bob Marley
12/21, Rod Pratt, Presenting “Holiday Cheer” A Singer/Songwriter Showcase,
12/22, Kcc Productions Jazz Night Series, Silvano Monasterios, “Best Jazz Musician In Miami”
12/23, Christmas Soulful Celebration Party, Presented By The Novell Nu-Soul Series “An Unforgettable Musical Night Of Nostalgic And Soulful, Christmas Favorites!”
12/24, Juanita Dixon, Blues And Jazz Vocals Of The Highest Caliber Featuring The Bob Grabowski Band
12/25, Songwriter Nights Series//Songwriters In The Round, Hosted By Randy Singer Featuring The Best Acoustic Singers & Songwriters In South Florida Where The Concert Turns Into A Party!
12/26, Robert Elias, The “singer’s Singer” From R&B And Soul To Classic Rock And Pop Influences Incorporating Latin, Melodies And Rhythms
12/27, Randy Singer’s “Airplay”, New Visions In Jazz & Pop
12/28, Jacob Jeffries With Sheriff Ariff & The Wali Sanga, Vocals, Piano-Popster,
12/29, Randy Bernsen, Randy Bernsen Guitar, Uzi Nizri Organ And David Nizri Drums Join Together In A Jazz-World Groove Improv, Performance. Come Celebrate The Release Of Their New Cd “AppTeaser”
12/30, Chris Alvy, Classic Soft Rock Singer Era Is Back
12/31, New Years Eve, With Bobby Stringer, R&B And Motown Party

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present The Rolando Grooscors Sextet
Thursday, December 8, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Guitarist Rolando Grooscors is a rare find on today’s jazz scene: a unique voice that strengthens and expands the jazz idiom with sensitivity, clarity, and uncompromising integrity. Rolando’s warm, expressive tones and impeccable phrasing have been delighting audiences wherever he goes.

A two-time Latin Grammy nominee, Rolando Grooscors was born in Caracas, Venezuela. His love for Brazilian music motivated him to start different projects where Brazilian music was infused with Latin and Jazz influences. Here he began to develop a Jazz/Fusion style. The experience greatly influenced Rolando’s musical development.

Leading his own band, Rolando has recently released his debut CD, “THANKFUL”. The band is a sextet including Piano/keyboards, Bass, Sax/wind controller, drums and percussion.

His compositions have been called “masterful” and with the attention already received, Rolando is pushing himself to have his voice defined in music, both as a sideman and as a band leader.

Rolando’s music is best described in renowned singer and pianist Darryl Tookes’ own words: “Rolando’s guitar playing is on another level, Yet on this higher plane, Rolando’s soulful, creative, twelve-tone improvisatory style is always completely accessible and joyous. Rolando displays a wide variety of styles and concepts with his harmonic and melodic imagery capturing the essence of musical freedom, spirit and sensuality.”
–: Darryl Tookes