GRAMMY WINNER TO PERFORM AT GENE HARRIS FESTIVAL

Eddie Palmieri, a featured performer at this year’s Boise State University Gene Harris Jazz Festival April 5-7, won a Grammy Award Wednesday night for Best Salsa Album. The album, “Masterpiece/Obra Maestra” on RMM Records & Video Corp, was recorded with the late Tito Puente.

The Grammy is Latin jazz pianist Palmieri’s sixth. He will perform with his Latin jazz octet on Friday, April 6, in the Pavilion at Boise State. Tickets for this year’s jazz festival, which features the popular downtown Boise Club Night and back-to-back evening concerts in the Pavilion, are on sale now at all Select-a-Seat outlets, by phone at 426-1766 or 426-1494 and are also available on-line at www.idahotickets.com.

Other festival performers include: two-time Grammy-winning vocalist Diane Schuur with the Riverside Jazz Orchestra; the new Curtis Stigers Jazz Quintet, which includes Stigers, Hammond B-3 organ player Larry Goldings, and Bill Stewart, Pete Bernstein and Dennis Irwin; Niki Harris; Paul Tillotson; Cherie Buckner; Billy Mitchell; Chuck Smith and the LA Connection; the Boise State Jazz Ensemble; Tad Weed; Mimi Fox Trio; Sally Tibbs/Kevin Kirk All Star Band; Ted Rosenthal Trio; Boise State Vocal Jazz Ensemble; Steve March Torme’ Quartet; Mike Vax Sextette featuring alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra; and Living Daylights.

For more information about the 2001 Festival and its performers, call (208) 426-1203 or visit the festival website at www.geneharris.org.

Contact:
Esther Neely
Gene Harris Jazz Festival Executive Producer
(208) 426-3099 or eneely@boisestate.edu