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July 18, 2009 / 8pm
Jazz In July Concert Series
Chico on Piano with The Jazztet Band
Nominated for a Latin Jazz Grammy Award
 Chico Mendoza - performing July 18, 2009 as a part of the 2009 Jazz In July Concert Series |
Chico has been playing professionally since the age of sixteen. He is an only child coming from a musical family, which included his Uncle, Charles Singleton, who penned “Spanish Eyes” and “Strangers in the Night”. He plays all percussion instruments, including piano, vibraharp, marimba, xylophone, and many exotic drums from foreign nations. He’s an accomplished composer, arranger and performer who has been nominated for the prestigious Grammy award. Chico has shared the stage with such lumi- naries as Paquito D'Rivera, Tito Puente, George Benson, Ray Barretto, Jon Faddis, Arturo Sandoval, Hilton Ruiz, Aretha Franklin, Billy Taylor, Michel Camilo, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan and Al Hibbler. But it was surely during his early trial and error experiences, with lesser known artists and musicians, that he set the pattern for the rest of his life. Invariably, it is the learning process which ultimately gives the artist his or her impetus.
He has played on three of the five continents and has received dozens of awards and commendations in the fields of jazz, Latin jazz, gospel, and musical instruction. In 1974, Chico began his tenure at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, as instructor and later as director of its Latin Jazz Studies. Thirty two years have passed and he is still conducting the William Paterson University Latin Jazz Ensemble. It is the longest running musical ensemble in that university's history. Within that time frame, Chico continued to write and perform great music, with other groups as well, both as a sideman and as an arranger. In 1979, he was asked to host a Latin jazz show on Newark's WBGO, a station that now holds the distinction of being the premiere jazz station on the east coast. Through his association with that non-pro.t entity, he would go on to host and emcee the popular series, "Salsa Meets Jazz," which took place every Monday night at the world renowned Village Gate, in New York City.
Chico Mendoza on Piano
Max Morden on Trumpet ~ Ronnie Olender on Alto Sax
Charlie Torres on Timbales ~ Willie Miller on Congas
Nick Scheuble on Bongos ~ Jesse Stern on Bass
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Jazz In July 2009
“Jazz in July”, a four concert series, begins Saturday, July 11th at 8pm at Centenary College in Hackettstown NJ. See Directions.
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Single Tickets Carrie Jackson Sextet / Chico Mendoza Jazztet / Allan Harris Quartet Series Pricing |
Tickets can be purchased by calling Centenary Box Office 908-979-0900 or CEI 908-637-6455, or through the Centenary Stage Company Secure Online Ticketing System, or at any of the following locations:
Mama’s Restaurant & Cafe’ Baci • Skylands Community Bank (Mountain Ave.)
Inn At Panther Valley • Hackettstown Trading Post • Valley National Bank
Hackettstown Carpet • Long Valley
Music Center
Note: The Series not available through the online ticketing except as comment request.
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of WNTI Radio & WRNJ Radio & Centenary Stage Company Jazz in July is a fundraiser for Centenary Stage Company. Thank You for your Support! |
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