DATEVIK COMES TO CAMBRIDGE, MA

For a great evening of Jazz music and the release of CD

 “Revelations”- Concerto for Voice and Big Band

On Friday, September 5^th at 7:30 PM, vocalist Datevik Hovanesian and her

Jazz Quartet will be performing at Regattabar, the hub of jazz in Boston, located inside the Charles Hotel in Cambridge Ma.

Datevik, the “First Lady of Jazz “ in the former Soviet Union, for 9 consecutive years is coming to Boston area’s jazz club, named one of the “Best of Boston” by Boston Magazine an astonishing thirteen times, where a lot of jazz greats have performed over the years

The event at Regattabar will be the first performance of series of a series that will take Datevik to NY to take part at “4^th annual Diet Coke Women in Jazz” festival at the prestigious Jazz at Lincoln Center Dizzy’s Club, on September 16th and then to Armenia to take part at a Festival celebrating 70 years of Jazz in Armenia.

This performance will also be a celebration on the occasion of the release of a superb CD, “REVELATIONS”- Concerto for Voice and Big Band- a digitally restored and re-mastered previous collaboration between composer Maestro Konstantin Petrossian, superb saxophonist and band leader Vladimir Chekasin’s big band and Datevik Hovanesian.

Mr. Petrossian has composed a unique instrumental jazz fusion composition, dedicated to Datevik, masterfully incorporating medieval Armenian chants, or Sharagans (Hymns). Datevik’s beautiful voice blends in as another instrument; the clarity and originality of her voice can be compared to the clear air of rocky Armenia.

The “REVELATIONS”- Concerto for Voice and Big Band” will certainly capture the hearts of jazz lovers, all around the world.

As one of her fans explains, "To see Datevik perform is to marvel at the human voice. She sings it like a cello, with the kind of phrasing and subtleties of tone I thought reserved for wooden instruments hundreds of years old. Her passion is clear and her discipline to the art un-compromised.  In everything, Datevik shows an uncommon honesty and rigor. But her personal warmth and fundamental humility in the face of her art are far from hidden from her audience." (A. T. of Armfreenet)

Some of Datevik's major accomplishments of her career and most important contribution to Armenian music have come through in the last 16 years. By blending together Armenian folk and jazz, Datevik has introduced a new genre of music called Ethnic Jazz.  She has accomplished this notably through the fusion of Komitas, Sayat Nova, and Armenian traditional folk songs, in the medium of jazz, thus giving the new generation of Armenians as well as people of all nationalities and various backgrounds the opportunity to appreciate anew the lush and melodious sounds of an ancient music. Datevik is truly a cultural Ambassador of Armenia. She has extensively traveled throughout the world and participated in prestigious jazz festivals.

The musicians accompanying Datevik Hovanesian on September 5^th, are all very well known in the world of Jazz. The brilliant musicians, Pianist/composer Bob Albanese, bass player Joe Fitzgerald, drummer David Mead, and Boston’s own guitarist John Baboian professor of Berklee College will take you through a beautiful journey from East to West and beyond, and Datevik's voice will touch your heart in all the right places. The program will include beautiful Armenian Jazz compositions, American and Brazilian Jazz standards.

  The performance will take place at Regattabar at the Charles Hotel • One Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 • 617.661.5000 FOR TICKETING CALL 617.395.7757 the program will start at 7:30 pm.

 The music charge is $18.00, the space is limited and reservations are strongly recommended. For more information and directions visit the club's Website:  http://www.regattabarjazz.com