Virginia MacDonald - Joe Magnarelli Quintet
- Start date : 28/05/2025 19:00
- Type : Concert
- Venue : Jacques Pelzer Jazz Club
- Address : Boulevard Ernest Solvay 493, 4000 Liège, Belgique
With Virginia Mac Donald (cl), Joe Magnarelli (tp), Oliver Kent (pn), Rudi Engel (cb) & Bernd Reiter (dr)
Young Canadian clarinettist Virginia MacDonald is a true “shooting star” of North American jazz.
Born and raised in Toronto, she began playing clarinet at the age of seven. From an early age, she established herself as a soloist of international renown.
She regularly performs at major festivals and clubs around the world, including the B. Detroit Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scotts, Duc des Lombards and many others.
She has won numerous awards, including the 2020 Corona International Clarinet Competition.
In 2023, she is guest soloist at the 50th anniversary of the “International Clarinet Association” in Denver.
She has played with Harold Mabern, Ira Coleman, Geoff Keezer, Rodney Whitaker, Pat Labarbera and many others, and is a member of the hugely popular “Canadian Jazz Collective” with her father Kirk MacDonald.
On this tour, she will be accompanied by an absolute trumpet star: Joe Magnarelli.
A native of New York, Joe has been one of the world's leading trumpeters for three decades.
He graduated from SUNY-Fredonia in 1982 and moved to New York in 1986. He first worked with the Lionel
Hampton Big Band from 1987 to 1989, then with organist Brother Jack McDuff from 1989 to 1994. In 1991, he founded the
New York Hard Bop Quintet and subsequently led his own groups with John Swana and Jerry Weldon.
He has also performed as a sideman with Toshiko Akiyoshi, Laverne Butler, Harry Connick, the Buddy Rich Band, Maria Schneider, Grant Stewart, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Ray Barretto and many others.
This international quintet is complemented by three exceptional European accompanists: pianist Oliver
Kent and bassist Rudi Engel are among the most sought-after accompanists in Europe, and have worked with all the big names on the scene.
Austrian drummer Bernd Reiter, winner of the Hans Koller Award in 2006, has also played with many jazz legends such as Don Menza, Charles Davis, Harold Mabern, Cyrus Chestest, Kirk Lightsey, Mundell Lowe, Steve Grossman, Claudio Roditi and others.
This exceptional selection of musicians from the U.S., Canada, Germany and Austria is a veritable all-star line-up, guaranteeing a first-rate concert featuring “Jazz at its Best”!
Admission: €17 general public
15€ students
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