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An Evening of Music: From the Heart CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Price: $15 adult, $10 students (additional donations encouraged) Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St.,
Syracuse
Peter Mack brings "An Evening of Music - From the Heart" to Jazz Central for an evening of Latin-tinged jazz to benefit CNY Jazz and the Spanish Action League. "From the Heart" is an international quartet led by Mack, the well-known bassist, business executive, and a community philanthropist from Auburn. The group includes Harvey Sorgen, a world-renowned percussionist with rock and pop credits including Hot Tuna, Paul Simon, Bruce Hornsby, Greg Allman, and Carlos Santana, and jazz collaborations with Jimmy and Percy Heath, Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, and many others. Pianist Angelica Sanchez has worked with Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Motian, Ralph Alessi, and Susie Ibarra, and leads her own quintet as well. Guitarist Omar Tamez is an international musical force, a leader, composer, and producer who studied with Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, and logged thousands of hours collaborating with luminaries including Rashid Ali, Sonny Fortune, and Sam Rivers.
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