Detroit Torino Jazz Project Live @ Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe
Live Broadcast
April 24 & 25, 2009
6:00pm EST
BE A PART OF THIS HISTORICAL URBAN ARTS EVENT:
THE DETROIT/TORINO URBAN JAZZ PROJECT
A week of live performances at one of the areas finest Jazz Clubs, the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe.
This live CD will be released -- September, 2009
Dates: Wednesday through Saturday, April 22 to April 25
Location: Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms (Map link)
Reservations: 313-882-5299
Friday & Saturday: 6:00 pm, 8:30 pm and 11:00 pm ($10 cover charge)
Friday & Saturday: Live Internet Streaming
Wednesday & Thursday: 6:00 pm and 8:30 pm. Open Seating, no cover.
Featuring leading jazz musicians and photographic artists from Detroit, USA and Torino, Italy (AKA "THE DETROIT OF EUROPE")
Chris Collins and Emanuele Cisi will be joined by Cliff Monear (piano), Sean Dobbins (drums), and Nick Calandro (bass) in this live recording session.
Photography: Piero Ottaviano (Torino) and Geoff George (Detroit)
A TRUE SYNAESTHESIA OF JAZZ, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, AND URBAN INDUSTRIAL CULTURE
The live recording will be Detroit-Torino Jazz Project's first commercial DVD (to be released as a multi-media DVD to include the visual elements of this collaborative project.)
Attendees will experience the new composition and stunning improvisation of this powerful quintet enhanced by the visual images captured in both Detroit and Torino. Additionally, audience members can request a coupon for a free copy of this historic recording to be published in September, 2009.
Detroit is not alone in its economic ties to the rise and fall of the automotive industry. The city of Torino, Italy shares this identifying feature. As the home of Fiat motors, Torino has often been identified as the Detroit of Europe. Economic evolution, living environments, social structures, and indeed the arts in both cities have followed parallel courses.
Globalization has swiftly influenced trade, employment opportunities, social climates, and political atmospheres in both cities, The changes in these social, cultural and pragmatic issues have dramatically changed the living environments, financial stability, outlook, and priorities of all citizens. These issues have particular poignancy in Torino and Detroit where there has been a long-term reliance on a single economic base – the auto industry.