| Grammy-and Emmy-Nominated Trumpeter Greg Adams Performs at the 3rd Annual Summer Smooth Jazz Concert Series
7/21/2010
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For Immediate Release
Grammy-and Emmy-Nominated Trumpeter Greg Adams Performs at the 3rd Annual Summer Smooth Jazz Concert Series
Presented by The Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach
July 24, 1pm-3:30pm
Laguna Beach, CA – Grammy- and Emmy-nominated trumpeter Greg Adams will perform with soul-powered vocalist Darryl Walker at the Festival of Arts Summer Smooth Jazz Concert Series on Saturday, July 24 from 1pm-3:30pm. Adams is a world renowned arranger, composer, conductor and performer has been in the music business for nearly four decades, taking him on worldwide tours and contributing to some of the most important recordings in pop culture. If you enjoy jazz music this is your chance to see a legendary performer live and for FREE with Festival of Arts admission ($7). Sponsored in part by KSBR & Union Bank.
As part of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene since the early 1970’s, Adams creates an intimate relationship when he performs to sold out shows around the world. Greg has made an urbane, soulful and lush recording showcasing the full strength of the rhythm and horn section through his arrangements. As a trumpet player, Adams alternates between a powerful open horn and muted trumpet revealing the breadth and elegance he embodies.
Adams is most well known as a founding member of Tower of Power, one of the most enduring musical entities over the last 35 years. He is legendary for the horn arrangements that created the band’s signature sound. With this band he recorded fourteen albums with the group on four major labels and sold millions of records.
Greg’s 1995 solo debut Hidden Agenda, which featured a remake of Sade’s Smooth Operator, was #1 for five weeks at the top of the Smooth Jazz charts. This album established himself as a major player in the emerging sound of “smooth jazz”. His 2004 solo project FireFly was among the top 100 honored at NAC radio in 2005. Adams’ current project is with East Bay Soul, a combination of instrumental jazz, funk soul and rhythm and blues vocals built on a design to discover new achievements rather than extend the past.
His legendary music has contributed to some of the most important recordings in pop culture. His horn arrangements have been compared to those of Miles Davis and Chet Baker. He has performed, recorded and arranged with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Paul Schaffer, Luther Vandross, Little Feat, Aaron Neville, Everclear, Huey Lewis and the News, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Lyle Lovett and many more. You have heard Greg’s horns with Paul Shaffer on the opening theme of the Late Show with David Letterman and on musical score arrangements in films such as Mask, Top Gun, Austin Powers in Goldmember and Saving Silverman.
Admission is free to the Smooth Jazz Concert with the purchase of The Festival of Arts ticket. Admission is free to Smooth Jazz Concert Series with the purchase of The Festival of Arts ticket ($7). Festival admission prices are $7 for general admission and $4 for seniors and students. All general admission tickets to The Festival of Arts – California’s Premier Fine Art Show are season passes giving unlimited access to the Festival of Arts all summer long. Patrons are encouraged to visit the Festival again and again to enjoy all the art, activities and events offered. Laguna Beach residents and Military personnel with ID receive free admission, as do children under the age of 12. Tickets for Pageant of the Masters are $15-$100 (depending on seat location and night of the week). Pageant of the Masters ticket holders can present their stub at The Festival of Arts front gate for free admission all summer long. The Festival of Arts – California’s Premier Fine Art Show runs from July 5th through August 31st (closed August 28th at 2pm for a fundraising event).
A special promotion this year offers patrons the opportunity to purchase a Passport to the Arts for only $19. Receive unlimited admission all summer long to the Festival of Arts – California’s Premier Fine Art Show, the Sawdust Art Festival and Art-A-Fair. Go online for more information and details at www.LagunaBeachPassport.com or call 949-497-0521. Each passport includes one-time free parking in the ACT V parking lot on Laguna Canyon Road and FREE shuttle service. Offer excludes Pageant of the Masters.
The Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters are sponsored in part by Acura, Fidelity Investments, KOST Radio 103.5, the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, the Orange County Register and COX Communications. The Festival of Arts is a non-profit organization that produces The Festival of Arts – California’s Premier Fine Art Show and the Pageant of the Masters. For general information, call 949-494-1145 or visit the website at www.LagunaFestivalofArts.org. The event is located at 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, California. Proceeds support the arts and art education in and about Laguna Beach.
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Cut line for photo: Grammy-and Emmy-nominated trumpeter Greg Adams will perform at the Festival of Arts on Saturday, July 24 from 1-3:30pm.
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