John Daversa at Liberty Plaza – FREE CONCERT – 5-7PM
Presented by the Collins Park Neighborhood Association and The City of Miami Beach.
Liberty Plaza, 2200 Liberty Ave Miami Beach, FL 33139
Parking – Collins Park Parking Garage, 340 23rd St, One block north of The Bass Museum. Bring the whole family!
For more info please contact Kimberly Chmura 305-332-2623
John is a multi-Grammy winning artist, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, educator, and Chair of Studio Music and Jazz at The Frost School of Music, University of Miami.
His celebrated and distinctive musical perspective has been a passport to performances on world stages such as The Today Show, Late Nite with David Letterman, The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Monterey Jazz Festival. He has also had the opportunity to perform or record with artists such as Fiona Apple, Michael Bublé, Sheryl Crow, Herbie Hancock, The Yellowjackets and many others.
In 1996, he founded the John Daversa Big Band, which is one of the leading forces of modern jazz today. Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album (2011), won Best in Show and Awards of Excellence in Creativity/Originality and Production in The Global Music Awards. “Daversa’s fearless exploration…takes him off the beaten path, as he creates bold and ballsy big band music for the modern epoch.” says AllAboutJazz.com.
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