Join us on August 18th at Unison Arts for a performance by Rave Tesar with Jeff Ciampa & Frank Pagano as part of the 13th annual Hudson Valley Jazz Festival.
This year 2022 The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival will kick off it's line up with a performance at Unison Arts featuring a performance by the Rave Tesar Trio. The groups history reaches back several decades and has enjoyed a long standing tradition of praise by audiences and critics for it's inventiveness and ability to hold the interest of both ardent jazz fans as well as casual listeners. Pianist and leader Rave Tesar along with his background in jazz is also the pianist and musical director for the British progressive rock band 'Renaissance', well known for it's merging of rock and classical music. This affiliation serves to further broaden the musical sensibilities of the jazz trio.
The line up for the show on August 18th will include Rave Tesar on keyboards, Frank Pagano on percussion and Jeff Ciampa switching off between guitar and bass. Frank Pagano is also a member of the group ' Renaissance' and is also a busy sideman who has performed or recorded with a large list of artists including Phoebe Snow, Darlene Love, and Bruce Springsteen. Jeff Ciampa has worked with a wide range of artists from the popular singer Harry Belafonte, to the avant garde jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman.
This will be a unique performance by the Rave Tesar Trio as it will be the first to include this specific combination of musicians. The repertoire will also include new pieces written for this show along with other original pieces by the group and familiar jazz standards as well.
To learn more about the Rave Tesar Trio you can visit www.ravetesar.com
Listen to a music sample here: https://www.ravetesar.com/nowplaying
Now in its 13th year, the HVJF has hosted Wallace Roney, Arturo O’Farrill, Buster Williams, John Abercrombie, Dave Liebman, Lenny White, and The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, along with many others and maintains its commitment to not just present “the big names”, but a celebration of jazz primarily featuring groups led by Hudson Valley NY resident jazz artists - Musicians deserving of wider recognition and those who folks have expressed interest in hearing.
For more information about the festival visit: www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org