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MEDIA CONTACT:
Polly Burks
561-297-2595; pburks@fau.edu CALENDAR
INFORMATION CATEGORY: Jazz Festival EVENT:
Florida Atlantic University's first annual Jazz Festival Weekend
WHERE:
University Theatre
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton campus
777 Glades Road WHEN: Saturday, March
20
FAU student and faculty ensembles, Noon-2:30 p.m.
Jazz clinic with
guest artist Bobby Shew, 3:30-5 p.m.
FAU's Dame Más and
GONZALO
RUBALCABA TRIO, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March
21
FAU's Uwwalo Messengers and
BOBBY SHEW, 3 p.m.
COST:
Saturday daytime events - FREE
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio and Bobby Shew concerts
General
admission -- $15
FAU students, faculty and staff - Free with ID
TICKETS:
561-297-3737, ucboxoffice@fau.edu, or tickets available at the door two hours
prior to performance. INFORMATION: 561-297-3820 DESCRIPTION:
The Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio is known for its fascinating fusion of Jazz and Latin
rhythms. Gonzalo Rubalcaba has released eleven CDs, with a Latin Grammy for Jazz
Album of the Year in 2002, as well as a Grammy for co-production of a CD. He also
has eight Grammy nominations, including four for Jazz Album of the Year. Bobby
Shew started playing the trumpet at age 10. He has played with the Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra, Woody Herman's band and many other big bands. He has also recorded
many of his own albums and was nominated for a Grammy in 1980. He was also awarded
the Jazz Album of the Year in 1983. | 
