MIKE BJELLA QUARTET and CAMILA MEZA GROUP -- Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Originally from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, MIKE BJELLA is a performer, teacher and composer currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. Performing on saxophone,clarinet and flute, Bjella has played venues all across North and South America and Europe and has appeared with artists such as, Jimmy Heath, John Patitucci, Jon Faddis, Xiomara Laugart, Liam Teague and many others. Mike is a recent graduated of the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City where he has studied privately with Lee Konitz, Tony Malaby, William Parker, Chris Cheek, Rich Perry, and Bärli Nugent. Bjella is also a faculty member at the Douglaston School of Music in Queens. Above all, Bjella strives to make music that moves people to experience a wide array of emotions and hopes to make an impact in the music scene as a versatile, open-minded and innovative musician.
For more information visit Mike Bjella's website
Photo: Mike Bjella
Considered by the Chilean press as one of the "most fresh and interesting musicians of the last years", CAMILA MEZA recently moved to New York City to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. As a vocalist and guitarist she belongs to a minority of jazz musicians who have the skills to play an instrument with great dexterity while at the same time maintaining a strong and prominent vocal presence. Camila Meza, age 24, has already recorded two albums under the chilean record label Vertice Records and has performed in South America, Europe and the United States. In the present, she has weekly performances in New York City jazz clubs such as Tutuma Social Club, Bar Next Door, Fat Cat, The Garage, Jules Jazz Bistro, Caffe Vivaldi, Shrine, Puppets Jazz Bar, among others, and has been invited to summer festivals as the IX Festival Internacional de Jazz Peru in May 2010.
For more information visit Camila Meza's website
Photo: Camila Meza