Hi Jazz Enthusiasts!

Well, the really big news is coming next week (hint: looks like we are going to Panama!), but things start off this weekend with an amazing development. The Panama Jazz Festival has partnered with us at New York Jazz Academy, and we are hosting a music masterclass and concert by one of Panama’s top jazz groups, JOSHUE ASHBY & C3 PROJECT, and you’re invited!

NYJA CONCERT AND MASTERCLASS
Presented by Danilo Perez’s Panama Jazz Festival and New York Jazz Academy

Saturday, July 9
2pm-5pm

JOSHUE ASHBY & C3 PROJECT
Panamanian Music Masterclass and Concert

@ Club Bonafide
212 E. 52 St. 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
between 2nd and 3rd Aves.

MUSICIANS:
Joshue Ashby: Violin, Vocal, Cowbell
Ricardo De León: Guitar, Vocal
Eric Blanquicet: Percussion, Vocal
Fernando Alvarado: Bass, Vocal

Also featuring NYJA student performers and the NYJA Faculty Ensemble, featuring:

Javier Arau, alto saxophone
Michael Webster, tenor saxophone
Dan Blankinship, trumpet
Randy Ingram, piano
Ron McClure, bass
Brian Woodruff, drums
Tammy Scheffer, vocals

For tickets online ($20), click here.

For more about Joshue Ashby and C3, please see below. Thanks, and I hope all is well!

Sincerely,
Javier

Javier Arau
Program Director
NEW YORK JAZZ ACADEMY
(718) 426-0633
[email protected]
www.nyjazzacademy.com

ABOUT JOSHUE ASHBY & C3 PROJECT
Violinist – Educator – Social Activist

Joshue Ashby has been powerfully moving audiences as an artist with a distinctly Latin American and Panamanian voice, forging ground at the intersections of Jazz, Funk and Afro Caribbean music.

Joshue Ashby & C3 Project´s mission is to perform a show, which causes happiness, motivation and enthusiasm to the audience. The mix of their instruments and vocals on creates a unique sound, as big as a big band.

In 1996, we recorded ¨La Rosa de Los Vientos´s Album, with Panamanians musicians and producers, and I had to go to New York to hire an Irish violinist who could play Latin music. Now, I see Joshue… from Colón!! We don´t have to go so far any more to find ¨National Talented Musician¨
Rubén Blades!
Singer and Songwriter

¨The first time I heard Joshue Ashby, he was playing the violin like he was born to play the violin. He is my hero¨
Danilo Pérez
Pianist and Composer

We had there, 13 pandillas, wich is ¨gans¨, and taking the kids out of the streets was very hard, and this specific ¨kid¨ that enter the school of Danilo Pérez and now is a very, very successful guy.
Lorena Castilo
First Lady of Panama

Joshue E Ashby Humphreys was born in Colón City, Panama. Berklee College of Music alumni, member of the National Symphony Orchestra of Panama, faculty of Danilo Perez Foundation´s Creative Music Program, director of his musical-social project and his band ¨Joshue Ashby & C3 Project¨ and also Artistic Director of the Youth Creative Music Camp of Colón, a non-profit

Has shared stage with artists such as Randy Weston, Danilo Perez, Danny Rivera, Phil Ranelly, Pedrito Martinez Group, Dave Holland, Ron Carter, Larry Harlow, and participated as a guest artist along with C3 Project Band at the Panama Jazz Festival, Connections Tour with Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Mozart International Festival with Youth Symphony Orchestra of El Salvador, Iberoamericana Youth Symphony Orchestra, Baroque Guarani Tour with World Youth Symphony Orchestra in Paraguay, among others.

Honors that Joshue has received include Junior Chamber International Outstanding Young Awards, Panama Heroes Award, Outstanding Panamanians Award, and Panama Jazz Festival Presidential Scholarship Award.

Watch his full story here in this NPR article:
JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA WITH JOSHUE ASHBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iomy4pJHwI&spfreload=10

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