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The Bluesfalos Murcia, more representative group of Spanish blues opened Sunday night at the Festival de Jazz de San Javier which come with the "Tour 21" which celebrated its 20 years in active and performed over 2,000 concerts.
Led by guitarist and singer, Manuel Gomez, the band featuring the saxophonist Carlos Turbine, bassist and drummer Chico Moya Pedro Navarro, pioneered in our country blues singing in Castilian making it easy from the first contact with the Korean public as hymns some of her legendary "Blues as I like the blues" or "Give me another whiskey."
With 6 albums released, and all the clubs in Spain tours, Bluesfalos are now an essential band to talk about the blues in our country.
One of the most prestigious journals in the world blues "Living Blues" published by the University of Mississippi has set on them with critical acclaim and ranks as the relating of the blues in Spanish.
Also looked at these artists as Joe Cocker The invited group chose as their Spanish tour in 2000.
Bonnie Books, Big Joe Turner, Ronnie Baker, Big Time Sarah, are other artists that have touched the Murcia Bluesfalos which premiered at the Festival de Jazz de San Javier.
The second part of the night brings together two great musicians, guitarist Robben Ford and saxophonist Bill Evans have joined in a project especially appealing in that blend blues, jazz, rock and country and they have called " Meets Soulgrass Blues. "
With that title has toured exclusively in Europe, with a spectacular training which includes the brilliant Cameroonian bassist Etienne N `Bappa that for many years was a member of The Zawinul Syndicate, Toss Panos on drums, and Ryan Cavanaugh the banjo.
Both Bill Evans as Robben Ford have played in the formation of Miles Davis and both have outstanding ability in musical fusion. The saxophonist Bill Evans served for five years after the Miles Davis band of the recorded several albums, from 1980 to 1984.
From there he went by different bands such as Mahavishnu Orchestra led by guitarist John McLaughlin, or Petite Blonde in which coincided with guitarist Chuck Loeb.
Moreover, this time turned around and recorded with Mick Jagger, Herbie Hancock, Lee Ritenour and Michael Franks, among others.
His taste for the merger of all kinds of musical styles resulted in a bold discography, which also has room for more melodic sound, or soul, jazz funk and high voltage for your wonderful work "Soul Insider".
The innovative way in which Robben Ford fused jazz and blues seduced that included Miles Davis as a guitarist on tour in 1986.
Robben Ford has performed and recorded with artists like the famous blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon, George Harrison, Joni Mitchell, or the Yellowjackets, among others.
Robben Ford, blues roots, he recorded his first solo album in 1972 "Discovering the Blues."
Since then he has recorded over twenty albums, many of which were gold record as "Talk to Your Daughter" (1986), up to "Truth" (2007), considered by itself Robben Ford as their best work alone, both as composer and guitarist.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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