Special Guest From New York ——Combo Nuvo

Jazz in the East, the world’s Jazz Festival!
Jz Music Festival Shanghai 2011 will hold a celebration on Oct.20 before the very day’s Master Hall performance at Shanghai Centre Theatre. The celebration has invited Combo Nuvo, a band from New York, to attend the event! Let us come to know something about them.

Combo Nuvo, is a unique improvisational ensemble featuring some of New York City’s leading jazz artists – such as DAVE SCHROEDER, artistic director and harmonica player in the traditions of Toots Thielemans and the Delta Blues, LENNY PICKETT, saxophonist/band-leader for “Saturday Night Live,” and renowned arranger and composer RICH SHEMARIA. The group combines influences ranging from jazz and classical to blues and world music. Individually, these artists have performed with such music legends as Miles Davis, Ravi Shankar, Elton John, Yo Yo Ma, Paul Simon, Natalie Cole, Dave Douglas, Oscar Castro Neves, Randy Brecker and Tower of Power. These musical experiences combine to create truly original music.

Another specialty of Combo Nuvo is their collaboration with symphony orchestras around the world. These performances have proven to be a symbiotic experience where the orchestra becomes integral to the compositions; Combo Nuvo invites the orchestra to not merely accompany them, but to join as active participants along with the group.