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VERY SPECIAL CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT
Spyro Gyra
Friday, September 18th, 2015 8pm
KENT OHIO - The Kent Stage is proud to announce that Spyro Gyra will perform at the Kent Stage on Friday, September 18th, 2015 at 8pm. All tickets are reserved.
Spyro Gyra is a jazz juggernaut who released their 30th album of new material The Rhinebeck Sessions in 2013, which Jazztimes called "inspired". Travis Rogers of the Jazz Journalists Association picked it for Jazz Album Of The Year. Something Else Reviews called it "Their finest album since their early 80s heyday" and made it a TopTwenty pick for the year. George Harris of the Jazz Weekly enthused, "I gotta tell ya, these guys still sound GREAT." Not bad for a band observing its 40th anniversary in 2014.
Theirs is an unlikely story of a group with humble beginnings in Buffalo, NY who has continued to reach an international audience over nearly forty years, resulting in sales of over 10 million albums and having played over five thousand shows on five continents.
They have accomplished this due to a forward looking approach combined with the work ethic of an underdog, always challenging themselves to do something new while never resting on past success. It has proven to be a recipe for longevity for this jazz group while music has gone in and out of styles in ever shorter cycles. 2014 marks forty years from their start in a Buffalo club where they were first known as "Tuesday Night - Jazz Jam."
"My hope is that our music has the same effect on the audience that it does on me," says group leader Jay Beckenstein. "I've always felt that music, and particularly instrumental music, has this non-literal quality that lets people travel to a place where there are no words. Whether it's touching their emotions or connecting them to something that reminds them of something much bigger than themselves, there's this beauty in music that's not connected to sentences. It's very transportive. I would hope that when people hear our music or come to see us, they're able to share that with us."
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TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets Go On Sale Friday, Aug. 7th at 10am
All Seats Reserved: $30
Purchase Tickets
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About The Kent Stage
175 East Main
Kent, OH, 44240
(330) 677-5005
wrfaa@yahoo.com
Since 2002, the historic Kent Stage has been the host to hundreds of award winning artists of multiple genres. Drawing audiences from across the country to more than 120 events a year, the iconic venue pumps millions of dollars into the Kent area economy on an annual basis. The Kent Stage is managed by the Western Reserve Folk Arts Association, a 501 (c)3 not-for-profit corporation.
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