Upcoming Events
Ritz Theater: 2009-10 Tom Humphrey Guitar Series
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| Bucky Pizzarelli |
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| Jesse Lege |
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| Larry Coryell |
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| Maria Zemantauski |
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| Duke Robillard |
October 09, 2009
—April 24, 2010
The Ritz Theater and La Bella Strings, in association with the Bardavon, are pleased to announce the lineup for the second season of the Tom Humphrey Guitar Series.
On Friday October 9 and Saturday October 10 at 8 PM, the legendary Jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, by popular demand, will return to the Ritz with 7-string guitar master Ed Laub. For more than half a century, Pizzarelli has been a part of the fraternity of musicians who have kept mainstream and traditional Jazz alive, and Laub has been playing the guitar for over 50 years and has performed with such artists as Gene Bertoncini, Martin Pizzarelli, Lenny Argese, Frank Vignola, Bill Wurtzel, Jack Wilkins and Kenny Rankin. "Pizzarelli is the complete Jazz musician and Laub complements him perfectly." All About Jazz
Purchase tickets for the October 9 performance:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2509684
Purchase tickets for the October 10 performance:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2509694
On Sunday December 6 at 3 PM, the Ritz will host Louisiana's foremost Cajun vocalist and accordionist, Jesse Lege, along with his band Bayou Brew. Lege has garnered numerous Cajun French Music Association Awards, known as the "Cajun Grammys," for Traditional Band of the Year, Accordion Player of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Band of the Year. "Lege's soaring voice resonates with beautiful heatache and listeners who are not moved hearing him play and sing had better check their pulse." Arhoolie Records
Purchase tickets for this performance:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2515224
On Saturday January 30 at 8 PM, Larry Coryell, one of the world's acknowledged guitar masters, will make his Ritz debut. Coryell has recorded more than 75 albums and performed with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Miles Davis. "A true Renaissance musician who excels at all styles of playing and is the pioneer of rock-jazz fusion." The New York Times
Purchase tickets for this performance:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2515234
On Saturday March 27 at 8 PM, the Ritz will present a performance by the much-heralded Flamenco guitarist, Maria Zemantauski, and the region's best classical quartet, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet. Zemantauski is one of the only female Flamenco composers and has performed all over the world to great acclaim. The Hudson Valley String Quartet have played together all over the Hudson Valley and New York City, including such venues as Lincoln Center and Carnegie Recital Hall, since 1985. "Maria's guitar playing is flawless and the quartet was superb... a great evening of music." The Times Herald-Record
Purchase tickets for this performance:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2515244
On Saturday April 24 at 8 PM, the Ritz will present a performance by The Duke Robbilard Trio. The founder of Roomful of Blues and an iconic figure to guitarists around the world, Duke Robillard's encyclopedic command of American roots music has made him indispensable to musicians as diverse as '30s Kansas City jazz great Jay McShann to modern artists like Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. Called “one of the greats” by BB King, Duke has won numerous Blues Music Awards as “Best Blues Guitarist." His new CD, Stomp, debuted on the Billboard Blues chart at number 7 and has been critically acclaimed.
Purchase tickets for this performance:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2515254
The Tom Humphrey Guitar Series serves to honor the memory of the legendary Hudson Valley-based luthier who passed away in 2008. The idea for the concerts came from Tom Humphrey just two months before his death. In a series of meetings with Chris Silva of the Bardavon, Richard Cocco, Jr. of La Bella Strings and Tricia Haggerty Wenz of the Ritz Theater and Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Humphrey laid the ground work for a guitar series at the Ritz which kicked off its inaugural season with performances by Odair Assad, Pete Seeger, Bucky Pizzarelli and others.
The concerts will be held in the Ritz Theater Lobby at 107 Broadway in Newburgh, and tickets can by purchased through TicketWeb via the links above or by calling (866) 468-7619, or through the Ritz Box Office (cash or check only) by calling (845) 784-1199 or emailing ritz@safe-harbors.org. All tickets are $25, general admission and include a reception with the musicians immediately following the concert. Seating is limited.
Purchase tickets through the Ritz Box Office to all five shows (one of the two Pizzarelli performances) by October 1 and receive seating in the first three rows.
Download the Tom Humphrey Guitar Series postcard and press release below.
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Downloads
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2009-10 THGS Postcard
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2009-10 Tom Humphrey Guitar Series Press Release
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Maria Zemantauski Press Release
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