Edward Simon, a native of Venezuela, has made a name for himself over decades in America as a jazz improviser, composer-arranger and band leader, with his profile heightening in recent years as he has explored the commonalities jazz can have with the folkloric sounds of Latin America. JazzTimes summed up his impact this way: "Simon is less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the Caribbean and South America, but he may be the most complete creative artist among them."
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Tickets for show at Kuumbwa Jazz - https://www.kuumbwajazz.org/calendar/edward-simon-femeninas-the-songs-of-latin-american-women/
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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area as a member of the all-star SFJAZZ Collective, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow along with being awarded multiple composition grants as part of the Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works initiative. Simon, a Yamaha artist, has recorded 15 albums as a leader or co-leader; his latest is Sorrows and Triumphs, released via Sunnyside Records in April 2018. The New York Times has praised Simon's "light, warm touch" as a pianist, while Jazz Journal International singled out "his deep emotional statements" as a composer and improviser.
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Tickets for show at Kuumbwa Jazz - https://www.kuumbwajazz.org/calendar/edward-simon-femeninas-the-songs-of-latin-american-women/
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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area as a member of the all-star SFJAZZ Collective, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow along with being awarded multiple composition grants as part of the Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works initiative. Simon, a Yamaha artist, has recorded 15 albums as a leader or co-leader; his latest is Sorrows and Triumphs, released via Sunnyside Records in April 2018. The New York Times has praised Simon's "light, warm touch" as a pianist, while Jazz Journal International singled out "his deep emotional statements" as a composer and improviser.
Edward Simon, a native of Venezuela, has made a name for himself over decades in America as a jazz improviser, composer-arranger and band leader, with his profile heightening in recent years as he has explored the commonalities jazz can have with the folkloric sounds of Latin America. JazzTimes summed up his impact this way: "Simon is less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the Caribbean and South America, but he may be the most complete creative artist among them."
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Tickets for show at Kuumbwa Jazz - https://www.kuumbwajazz.org/calendar/edward-simon-femeninas-the-songs-of-latin-american-women/
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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area as a member of the all-star SFJAZZ Collective, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow along with being awarded multiple composition grants as part of the Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works initiative. Simon, a Yamaha artist, has recorded 15 albums as a leader or co-leader; his latest is Sorrows and Triumphs, released via Sunnyside Records in April 2018. The New York Times has praised Simon's "light, warm touch" as a pianist, while Jazz Journal International singled out "his deep emotional statements" as a composer and improviser.
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Tickets for show at Kuumbwa Jazz - https://www.kuumbwajazz.org/calendar/edward-simon-femeninas-the-songs-of-latin-american-women/
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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area as a member of the all-star SFJAZZ Collective, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow along with being awarded multiple composition grants as part of the Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works initiative. Simon, a Yamaha artist, has recorded 15 albums as a leader or co-leader; his latest is Sorrows and Triumphs, released via Sunnyside Records in April 2018. The New York Times has praised Simon's "light, warm touch" as a pianist, while Jazz Journal International singled out "his deep emotional statements" as a composer and improviser.
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