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SUMMARY:Tim Mayer & The Latin Jazz Allstars
DESCRIPTION:ALCHEMIST\n\n3/29/2009 10:00 PM at Tim Mayer & The Latin J
 azz Allstars\n\nCost: Always Free\n\nTim Mayer’s exposure to music, 
 namely jazz and exotica, began at age 4, when he learned to work his p
 arents’ record player. His favorite records were by Wes Montgomery, 
 Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, and Martin Denny. He started playing saxophon
 e when he was ten, and began learning jazz at Florida State University
 ’s Summer Music Camp in 1980, where he found himself studying with m
 any young and talented musicians including Marcus Roberts. In December
  of 1990, Tim began what was to be a three-year stint working aboard t
 he cruise ships. This provided him with the opportunity to study a var
 iety of styles and play in big bands that accompanied entertainers Al 
 Martino, Vic Damone, Diahann Carrol, Bobby Rydell, Connie Stevens, Jac
 k Jones, and many others. In September of 1993, Tim attended Berklee C
 ollege of Music in Boston where he studied privately with Andy McGhee,
  George Garzone, and Bill Pierce. In 1998, Tim opened for Chucho Valde
 z at the Baranqui Jazz Festival in Baranquilla, Columbia. In February 
 of 2003, he performed and recorded with the RG Jazz Orchestra in Tener
 ife, in the Canary Islands of Spain. That same year, he partook in the
  4th Seminar and Jazz Festival in Jalapa, Mexico as a performer and cl
 inician. Tim has performed locally with visiting artists John Faddis, 
 Bob Mintzer, Marvin Stamm, Arturo Sandoval, Nick Brignola Bobby Shew, 
 and Ed Calle, percussionists Eguie Castrillo, Horacio “El Negro” H
 ernandez, and Giovanni Hidalgo; trombone greats Phil Wilson and Slide 
 Hampton, and pianists Kirk Lightsey (in Seville), and Danilo Perez. Ti
 m Mayer and Rusty Scott have collaborated to perform a tribute to the 
 Tough Tenors (Johnny Griffin/Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis) and the Boss T
 enors (Sonny Stitt/Gene Ammons), which has featured on different occas
 ions as special guests Bill Pierce or Andy McGhee. Since 2001, he has 
 been on the Berklee faculty teaching at the Saxophone Weekend, the Fiv
 e-Week Program, and filling in for various faculty members during the 
 year.\n\nFor more information visit http://neighborsforneighbors.org/e
 vents/tim-mayer-the-latin-jazz
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CATEGORIES:live, jazz
LOCATION:The Alchemist Lounge
WEBSITE:http://www.myspace.com/alchemistloungejp
URL:http://www.myspace.com/alchemistloungejp
CONTACT:617-477-5741
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