NYC Blues & Jazz Guitarist Charlie Apicella & Iron City 7/10 7pm Hit

NYC Blues & Jazz Guitarist Charlie Apicella & Iron City Brings Big City Flavor To Bethel. 7pm July 10 La Zingara Restaurant. Award Winning Music Talent Close To Home.... No Need To Travel To NYC.. Midweek Staycation Bethel JazZ, Folk & World Music. Showtime 7pm Get Tix: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/922096885607?aff=oddtdtcreator.

He studied composition and improvisation with musical titans Yusef Lateef and Pat Martino and was trained as a historian by Archie Shepp and Dr. Billy Taylor. As a young guitarist he met his idol BB King, who offered him advice and shared some stories.

In 2021 he founded Blues Alive: ancestral voices of the blues, and has collaborated with students at the Newport Jazz Festival, in New York City schools, and at The Eaglebrook School, as well as school districts all over Connecticut. He is Vice President of Education for the North Jersey Blues Society.

www.BluesAliveNYC.com
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Brad Whiteley has made a name for himself as a musician’s musician, a New Yorker who makes everything sound better as a pianist, organist, keyboardist and music director.

He has toured with artists including Regina Spektor, conducted on Broadway, played on a Grammy nominated track, and serves as music director at both Blessed Sacrament church in the Bronx and for Live Music Pros event music. Moreover, the Bronx-based Whiteley – as pianist-organist, composer and improviser – has the soul and touch of a jazz musician.

For his debut album as a leader, Pathless Land (Destiny Records), he earned a four-star review from DownBeat, with the magazine also making the Destiny Records release an Editor’s Pick in June 2014 – dubbing Whiteley “an exciting young artist to watch.”

www.BradWhiteley.com
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Austin Walker - drums

Austin Walker is a consummate jazz drummer, multi faceted percussionist, composer arranger and educator.

His performance experience includes extensive live performance, studio recordings and educational presentations within the greater New York City and Boston metro area.

Austin is currently working for Berklee College of Music, He has been a musical director for the Jose Limon Dance Company and Co Producer of “ The Sugar Hill Trio.” Austin has maintained an active career as a sideman and bandleader around the world.