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LOCATION:
Guilford,
Connecticut
TRAVEL RADIUS:
Will travel up to 3000 miles from Guilford, CT.
SURROUNDING AREA:
Madison, North Branford, Branford, Killingworth, Marion, Northford, Cheshire, Clinton, Milldale, Pequabuck, East Haven, New Haven, North Haven, Durham, Hamden, Wallingford, Higganum, Unionville, Westbrook, Chester.
PRIMARY CATEGORY:
Jazz Band
ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES:
Live Band
GENRE:
30's Hits, 40's Hits, African, Blues, Funk, Fusion, Jazz, Latin, New Age, R&B, Salsa, World Music, Zydeco
AVAILABLE FOR:
Casinos, Celebrations, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Picnic, Private Parties, Resorts, Restaurants, Ski Lodges, Studio Session, TV Soundtracks
PERFORMING SINCE:
1970
PAY RANGE:
$1500-$15000 per event
INFLUENCES:
Miles Davis, Jack DeJohnette, Ron Carter, Zoot Sims, Elvin Jones, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson, McCoy Tyner
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DESCRIPTION:
Marcel & MAGNIFIQUE is an Advocacy Jazz Quartet, helping raise funds for non-profits and awareness to their causes by playing concerts.
Shows and Concerts are Jazz with a contemporized edge with use of multimedia and guest vocalists. MAGNIFIQUE is a well-rehearsed show performing to small to large audiences and is well received and has been used for corporate events as well as private Jazz Parties.
Marcel, drummer and producer of MAGNIFIQUE has developed this show to help non-profit organizations, but is available for festivals, private Jazz parties and for profit appearances. The show is 1 to 2 hours in length and has specific themes for seasonal performances as well as for customized events. About Marcel:
Recording Artist and Motivational Speaker, Marcel P. Blanchet While studying at Berklee College of Music, he became involved in and studied Commercial Jingle writing. He began working with the television station WJAR TV 10 in Providence Rhode Island, writing jingle and news intros, and recording commercial spots. This led him down the road to recording drums and percussion for others, including touring and playing drums in the Broadway shows, Ain 't Misbehavin ', Guys and Dolls, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat and ElJohn a Tribute to Elvis. After moving to Florida and getting involved with CBS and the Miami sound in the early 1980s, he started recording and performing with CBS recording artist, Richard Williams and MCA recording artist Tony Chance. Working with Eddie Fisher, the Ink Spots, The Platters and playing shows, night clubs, concert halls and going on the road touring with many touring acts and shows. Marcel landed in Nashville, Tennessee, where he continued recording jingles, Radio and TV commercials sound tracks and production music used in documentaries and corporate presentations and started to work with SONY Tree Productions, " I was recording for songwriters who wanted to land their own recording deals". Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville, works include Brooks & Dunn, Lee Ann Womack and Blake Shelton and many others. Marcel is now in demand as a drum clinician motivational speaker.
Endorsed by Zildjian Cymbals, PEACE drums and percussion he is known as an expert in the field, he demonstrates new drum and percussion products and uses his drumming skills to motivate his audiences to keep on striving for greater accomplishments. Sharing his story and lessons learned with audiences of all ages, he strengthens attitudes and helps build creativity. In every speaking engagement he includes the topic of the importance of hearing protection a very special topic dear to his heart.
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GROUP MEMBERS:
Dan Brandl - Piano / Keyboards
Marcel - Drums
Stephanie Haddon - Alto Sax
David Overthrow - Electric Bass
Fred Stroud - Acoustic Bass
Brian Leary - Piano / Keyboards
SONG LIST:
Bye Bye Blackbird - Miles Davis
Stella by Starlight - Miles Davis
Blue in Green - Miles Davis
Dolphin Dance - Herbie Hancock
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
I Got it Bad - Duke Ellington
It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington
Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans
My Heart Stood Still - Bill Evans
Beautiful Love - Bill Evans
Triste - Jobim
The Girl From Ipanema - Jobim
Invitation - Kaper/Washington
All Blues - Miles Davis
Windows - Chick Corea
Goodbye Porkpie Hat - Charles Mingus
I Thought About You - Coltrane
I'm Old Fashioned - Coltrane
Blue Trane - Coltrane
My Favorite Things - Coltrane
In Your Own Sweet Way - Brubeck
I Love You - Cole Porter
All of You - Cole Porter
Every Time We Say Goodbye - Cole Porter
A Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gilespie
Anthropology - Charlie Parker
Confirmation - Charlie Parker
But Not For Me - Gershwin
Our Love is Here To Stay - Gershwin
Fly Me to the Moon - Sinatra
Angel Eyes - Sinatra
I've Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter (Sinatra)
The Way You Look Tonight - Sinatra
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen
Embraceable You - Gershwin
I Have Dreamed - Rodgers/Hammerstein
This Nearly Was Mine - Rodgers/Hammerstein
Imagination - Ella Fitzgerald
Sandy's Blues - Oscar Peterson
Moonlight in Vermont - Ella Fitzgerald
Yes or No - Wayne Shorter
Footprints - Wayne Shorter
Someday My Prince Will Come - Miles Davis
C Jam Blues - Count Basie
Autumn Leaves - Johnny Mercer
All the Things You Are - Jerome Kern
Afro Blue
- Mongo Santamaria
Song for my Father - Horace Silver
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
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CLIENT FEEDBACK:
Available On Request
UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
Available On Request
PAST APPEARANCES:
Saturday, June 28, 2008
6:30PM - Guilford Arts Center
Guilford, CT
Saturday, June 21, 2008
6:30PM - Connecticut Hospice
Branford, CT
Saturday, June 14, 2008
6:30PM - Unitarian Society of New Haven Arts and Ideas
Hamden, CT
Saturday, April 19, 2008
7:30PM - Deep River Auditorium
Deep River, CT
Saturday, March 29, 2008
8:30PM - Jazz at the Mansion
Jordanville, NY
Saturday, March 29, 2008
8:30PM - 2008 Jazz at the Mansion
Mohawk, NY
Saturday, March 01, 2008
8:00PM - In Concert - Old Saybrook High School Auditorium
Old Saybrook, CT
Saturday, December 15, 2007
7:30PM - Andrews Memorial Auditorium FEAST For Your Ears
Clinton, CT
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
10:00AM - TV Appearance Better Connecticut WFSB 3
Hartford, CT
Monday, November 05, 2007
6:00PM - Lincoln Rhode Island RIEDC
Lincoln, RI
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Please note, in addition to Guilford, Marcel And Magnifique also serves the surrounding towns of Madison, North Branford, Branford, Killingworth, Marion, Northford, Cheshire, Clinton, Milldale, Pequabuck, East Haven, New Haven, North Haven, Durham, Hamden, Wallingford, Higganum, Unionville, Westbrook, Chester and many other locations in and around the Guilford area.
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