[Dixielandjazz] Bohem Ragtime Jazz Band, Sacramento, Nov 23

[Robert S. Ringwald]

As most of you know, our Listmate Tamas Ittzes from Kecskemet, Hungary is 
currently in Northern California with his Bohem Ragtime Jazz Band.  They 
will be appearing at Giovanni's Pizzeria in Sacramento on Wednesday Nov 23, 
6:00 - 9:00 PM.

Giovanni's is located at 5924 South Landpark Dr., Sacramento, CA, Tel (916) 
393-7001

For directions from Sacramento, see below.

The Bohem Ragtime Jazzband
 was founded in 1985. Its members are young professional classical and Jazz
musicians.  At the beginning their main profile was ragtime but nowadays
they feel
at home in every traditional jazz style from New Orleans through dixieland
and spiritual
to swing.

The Bohém Ragtime Jazz Band
 have appeared at the best Festivals (Berlin, Biel, Dresden, Düsseldorf,
's-Hertogenbosch,
Montreux, Oslo, Salzburg, San José - California, Tilburg stb.), they
frequently tour
Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Croatia,
Poland,
Germany, Norway, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia) and Canada and the US,
their recordings
can be heard on several European and American radio stations. Their concerts
have
been broadcast by Hungarian, Rumanian, German and Finnish TV channels.

The band won first prize in the Hungarian Dixieland Competition in 1994 and
1995 and was awarded the prestigious Hungarian eMeRTon Prize as "Jazz band
of the
year" in 2003.

The band has nine CD's and two LPs's. The leader,  Tamás Ittzés, has
recorded two solo albums for a Californian label and both received critical
acclaim in
important jazz periodicals. He won first prize from the Ragtime Composition
Contest
of the Scott Joplin Foundation with his Sedalia Rag in 2001. The band's
Kecskemét
Jazz Foundation organizes Hungary's biggest jazz festival, the
International Bohém Ragtime & Jazz Festival
 every year since 1992.

For more info on the Bohem Ragtime Jazz Band, see
http://www.bohemragtime.com

I suggest that you come early to get a good seat.

Families welcome and no cover charge.

 Directions:
Giovanni's Pizzeria
5924 South Landpark Dr.
Sacramento, CA
Tel (916) 393-7001

>From Sacramento, go south on I-5 to Fruitridge Rd.
Turn left or east, under freeway, and go approximately 1/2 mile.
Turn right on South Landpark Dr.
and go approximately 1/4 mile to South Hills shopping center.
Giovanni's is on the right, next to the large market.


--Bob Ringwald K6YBV
The Fulton Street Jazz Band
The Boondockers (Jazz and Comedy)
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