click here...Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Orchestra on Tour...click here

​Planet Arts Presents
Music at Beattie-Powers Place
SUNDAY JUNE 16 AT 2:00 PM
Ivan Renta and Edsel Gomez

​Beattie-Powers Place
Prospect Ave. & Bridge St.
Catskill, NY 12414

​All seats $ 10.00
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Amber
By The
OMAR EL QUAER SEXTET
 
Omar El Ouaer, piano
Hermon Meheri, trumpet
Mehdi Azaiez, guitar
Fabricio Nicolas Garcia bass
Jean-Baptiste Pinet, percussion
Yasmine Azaiez, violin, vocals

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The next VJO recording of new found music of Thad Jones will be recorded live at the Village Vanguard.

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​​"I am greatly indebted to Thomas Bellino, whose Planet Arts—a not-for-profit company involved in a network of educational and culturally awakening projects - includes Planet Arts Recordings..."    
NAT HENTOFF  - JAZZTIMES
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​Please help us to continue our mission of providing quality education, performance and recording programs at home and around the globe
Many thanks
Tom Bellino

2008 GRAMMY winner The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Monday NIght Live at the Village Vanguard

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Planet Arts is a  tax exempt, not-for-profit 501(c) 3 company dedicated to working with artists and educators on the development, production and documentation of culturally diverse projects that explore the creative process. ​​
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THE PLANET ARTS BUZZ
Spring concert series and new recordings

​The Planet Arts music series at Beattie Powers Place continues in the Spring of 2019.
Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 PM
Scott Petito, bass; Rachel Z, piano; Mino Cinelu, percussion
Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 PM
Mattew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass
Sunday, June 16 at 2:00 PM
Ivan Renta, saxophone; Edsel Gomez, piano

Barefoot Dances and Other Visions 
Jim McNeely and the Frankfurt Radio Band
GRAMMY nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble recording
  “A provocative and engaging album at a time when recording original scores with a top-notch jazz orchestra is becoming increasingly rare.” Marc Meyers – Jazz Wax
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Trumpeter Chris Pasin's Ornettiquette with Karl Berger, vibes and piano; Ingrid Sertso, vocals; Adam Siegel, saxophone; 
Michael Bisio, bass and Harvey Sorgen, drums .  The album is currently # 23 on the JazzWeek Charts.

Artist Services:
Navigating the Global Music Marketplace
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Rethinking and reinventing the model

The Planet Arts award winning jazz ​presenting series
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Mr. Heath conducting the Jimmy Heath Big Band. The New Recording is due out in October 2019.

Sun Ra speaks - part one of a 4 part lecture series
​at the Soundscape Loft in New York City - click here to listen

Planet Arts Jazz, World & New Music - click here for more information

Sounds from Soundscape - click here to listen

​Planet Arts Managing Director ​Tom Bellino with U.S. Ambassador ​Gordon Gray at his residence in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia

Roswell Rudd and David Oquendo

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​ Planet Arts programs are supported by
the Greene County Council on the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts,
​The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the US State Department and the Bank of Greene County