Mili Bermejo's De Tierra at Swingin In Mothers Rest July 11, 2007

Berklee College of Music, the Fenway Civic Association, and ParkARTS present the free outdoor jazz concert series Swingin’ in Mothers Rest, Wednesdays, July 11, 18, and 25, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (weather permitting), at Mothers Rest playground, located down the stairs from the Boylston St. bridge in the Back Bay Fens, at the corner of Boylston St. and The Fenway, Boston, MA. Folding chairs, blankets, and picnic dinners are encouraged. For more information please call 617-747-2447. The ninth-annual Swingin’ in Mothers Rest is co-sponsored by Bank of America, Piano Forte, and the Mission Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Trust.

Wednesday, July 11 - Mili Bermejo’s De Tierra: Mili Bermejo is a vocalist, composer, and Berklee professor whose music transcends the borders between cultures and musical genres, blending the beautiful stories and infectious rhythms of Latin American poetry and folk with social awareness and jazz improvisation. De Tierra, Bermejo’s new album, documents her ensemble - pianist Tim Ray, guitarist Claudio Ragazzi, bassist Dan Greenspan, drummer Bertram Lehmann, percussionist Ernesto Diaz, and vocalists Alex Alvear and Karina Colis - performing live at Scullers Jazz Club. The album is Bermejo’s expression of hope and meaning in response to the violence and instability in the world today. Inspired by compositions that spoke to a similar darkness in the turbulent environment of her native Mexico City in the 1970s, the band’s music is a mix of original compositions and arrangements of work by various Latin American composers and poets.

For more information and a complete lineup, visit: http://www.berklee.edu/news/2007/06/0612.html

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