[Dixielandjazz] A Plug For List Mate Tito Martino

[Steve Barbone]

>From Gringoes.com, a plug for Tito. Way to go!!!!! Let's have a F2F in Sao
Paulo. :-) VBG.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Brazilian Jazz Band Is a Hit in Europe Festival

Last June, Brazilian born clarinetist and saxophonist Tito Martino was
invited with his whole Band, to play at the Third International Dixieland
Festival in Cantanhede, a small town north of Portugal, and a renowned wine
producing center. More than ten thousand people came from the neighboring
towns to dance to the hot rhythm of bands coming from Holland, Spain,
England, Italy, Brazil and naturally Portugal. The Saturday Night Show put
on by the Tito Martino Jazz Band, closing the Festival, was a real hit. The
public danced and shouted so excitedly that Tito had to omit a second
encore, and calling all jazzmen at hand to the stage, started a more calming
jam-session.
 
Tito Martino plays enthusiastically in the tradition of the old Jazz
Masters. He recorded 8 LPs and 3 CDs. Tito talked to Louis Armstrong and
Duke Ellington and jammed with Teddy Wilson, Oscar Peterson (this session
was fortunately recorded), Wally Rose, Bob Wilber, Bob Haggart, Louis
Nelson, Alvin Alcorn, Louis Barbarin, Louis Cottrell Jr. and other big names
of Jazz.

After Portugal, Tito followed his tour playing with several top European
Jazz Bands in Stockholm, in Askersund (Sweden) Jazz Festival, in Rapperswill
(Swiss) Jazz and Blues Festival, and in the oldest and most famous Jazz Club
in Europe, the Jazzland, in Vienna.

For those interested in checking all these credentials, come swing at the
sounds of the hottest Band in town. The Tito Martino Jazz Band will play
every Saturday night, from 9:30 pm to mid-night, at the cozy Red Horse Bar
inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

"Jazz is a cultural treasury which bring us emotions, joy, sadness,
surprise, spell,..." says Martino, "... our jazz is the kind of jazz that
cleanses your soul... ...and we want to share this treasure with you."

WHERE: The Red Horse Bar - Crowne Plaza Hotel São Paulo
Rua Frei Caneca, 1360. For reservations tel. (11) 4501-8000
WHEN: every Saturday, beginning at 9:30 pm
PRICES: Couvert - R$20,00 (R$10,00 to students and aged)
Buffet/soups - R$16,00
Drinks: Mojito R$17,00; Caipiríssima R$13,00; Bacardi & Cola R$15,00
The second drink is free!
Credit Cards; all, except HyperCard
Parking inside the hotel: R$5,00
To contact the Tito Martino Jazz Band:
Tel. (55 11) 3865-7514 / (55 11) 8206-5747