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news ... this week, as part of the annual German-American friendship celebrations, Vana will be a guest performer at the Iridium Jazz Club in Manhattan (Tuesday, Sep. 2nd, 8pm & 10 pm), featuring German-American jazz musicians residing in New York....(details see concerts).
> on Sep. 17th, Vana, Mo' Pleasure, Omar Hakim, Terri Lyne Carrington, Carla Cook, Mike Longo, Najee, a.o. will be appearing at a Benefit Concert for vocalist Armsted Christian at the Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan (7pm).
> Vana and
his group just returned from their 3-week summer festival tour in Brazil
and Italy (including
a concert at the Manaus Opera
House in the
Amazon).
They were joined
again by 9-time Grammy Award winner Paquito
d'Rivera for
some of their concerts.
Vana's
group with Paquito D'Rivera at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Holland
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"Vana Gierig and Vinicius Barros prove the diversity of the piano trio." Augsburger Allgemeine, Germany, Jan. '09 (Birdland concert review) "...as everything that was brought to the ear tonight, the encore was indescribable." |
>Mexico City: Vana Trio, joined by specila guest, Paquito d'Rivera, for a concert at Sala Nezahualcóyotl (UNAM), Mexico City.
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Vana
Trio, Ivrea Jazz Festival, Italy (with Marcus
McLaurine, bass, and Alvester Garnett, drums)
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