CALENDAR:

Upcoming Events:

September 5 & 6, 2008
Roland Vazquez Quintet
featuring Dan Willis (sax & flute); Mark Soskin (piano);
Mike Lipsey (mallets & perc); Jay Anderson (bass);
Roland Vazquez (composer/drums)
will perform the leader's music
(including new works from the "Rome Quintets") at
Cachaça Jazz 'n' Samba Club,
35 West 8th Street,
Greenwich Village, NYC
Telephone (212) 388-9099

November 11-13, 2008
Roland will be presenting master classes & performing in concert
(featuring his Nonet & Tentet music)
Berklee School of Music, Boston MA

Recent Events:

April 9, 2008:
"Music for Percussion Quartet & 3 Jazz Players" (all movements)
Montclair State University Percussion Ensemble
(Mike Lipsey, director)
McEachern Recital Hall,
Cali School of Music,
Montclair State University

March 31, 2008:
"Sevilla", "Las Mediosas"
("Music for Percussion Quartet & 3 Jazz Players")
Queens College Percussion Ensemble
(Mike Lipsey & Matt ward, directors)
Aaron Copland School of Music,
Queens College

March 29, 2008:
"Las Mediosas"
("Music for Percussion Quartet & 3 Jazz Players")
Queens College Percussion Ensemble
(Mike Lipsey & Matt ward, directors)
William Patterson University Day of Percussion

February 13, 2008:
"Urantia", "Whirlpool", "The Visitor"
Eastman Jazz Ensemble
(Bill Dobbins, director & Walt Weiskopf, tenor sax)
Kilbourn Hall,
Eastman School of Music,
University of Rochester

February 12 & 13:
"Afro Latin diaspora"
(2 lecture presentations/ Harold Danko, presiding);
"Piano Analogies", "Further Dance"
(composition master class, Bill Dobbins, presiding)
"Meet the Artist" forum
(Q & A) (Jazz Facuty & students)
Eastman School of Music,
University of Rochester

February 11, 2008:
"The Day After", "No Rest for the Bones of the Dead",
"Las Mediosas", "Pire", "Dance for Louise", "60 Berkley Place"
Eastman Chamber Jazz Ensemble
(Clay Jenkins, director & Walt Weiskopf, tenor sax)
Kilbourn Hall,
Eastman School of Music,
University of Rochester

Roland performed "Jabberwocky" (for voice & percussion) with composer/performer Susan Botti on Dec 4 - as part of the LA Philharmonic's "Green Umbrella" contemporary music series.
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The Roland Vazquez Quintet
featuring
Joel Frahm, saxes
Mark Soskin, piano
Mike Lipsey, mallets & percussion
Anthony Jackson, contrabass guitar
Roland Vazquez, composer/drums
performed the leader's works from previous CDs as well as premieres of new works in 2007.
Big Rock Jazz Fest, Louisville KY (Oct 7)
Kingston Jazz Fest, Kingston NY (June 26)
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor MI (March 25)
University of Michigan School of Music (master class) (March 24)
Detroit Institute of the Arts (March 23)