Hot Latin, Jazz and Funk - The Dave Valentin Tribute

NEWURBANJAZZ AND

THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, INC.

PRESENTS..

"MUSIC FOR DAVE"

A DAVE VALENTIN TRIBUTE

Produced by Bob Baldwin

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

TARRYTOWN MUSIC HALL / TARRYTOWN, NY

FEATURING AN ALL-STAR LINEUP OF

GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MUSICIANS:

BILL O'CONNELL (Piano)

PAQUITO D'RIVERA (Sax)

CHIELI MINUCCI (Guitar)

EDDIE MONTALVO (Percussion)

BOBBY SANABRIA (Percussion)

DAVE SAMUELS (Vibes)

BOB BALDWIN (Piano)

RAGAN WHITESIDE (Flute)

MAYRA CASALES (Percussion)

ROBBY AMEEN (Drums)

LINCOLN GOINES (Bass)

GILBERTO "PULPO" COLON (Piano)

SEE YOUTUBE PROMO

Even if you cannot come, 
please purchase a balcony seat in the
name of Dave Valentin!

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On

March 3, 2012, Latin Jazz Flutist and Grammy Award Winner, Mr. Dave


Valentin, suffered a stroke that has limited his ability to
perform his beloved instrument. The native New Yorker has been in
physical therapy

since that tragic day. There is a chance that he may be able to wow his

audiences on stage worldwide again, but not before he's the beneficiary

of some more critical physical therapy.

In

the interim, his medical bills have climbing been through the roof.

Dave Valentin has insufficient medical insurance to cover the enormous

bills surrounding his stroke.  

Never

heard of Dave Valentin? Well, here's a taste of the Latin flute wizard,


who appeared on BET's Legends of Jazz in our previous decade, with


Pianist Bill O'Connell on the piano.

YOUTUBE LINK

Bob Baldwin, the President of NewUrbanJazz and City Sketches, Inc. is


driving a campaign to raise money to cover the health expenses, which


were created from this terrible tragedy, including support from all

musical friends of Dave Valentin and/or Bob Baldwin. He immediately
plucked Bill O'Connell, the legendary Pianist and longtime friend of the
NY Flutist, who reached out to former bandmembers like Robby Ameen and
Lincoln Goines.

Through

a mutual friend, Percussionist Tony Cintron, Baldwin and Valentin met

in 1994 in the South Bronx, when both were doing fundraisers for the

youth organization Pathways For Youth, located in the Bronx. Proceeds

for those fundraisers went to support college scholarships for NYC students. 

In

2010, Baldwin plucked Valentin to sit-in at a Jazz for Haiti benefit in

Newark, NJ. "Dave's a good friend of mine, and I would do anything to

help my musical amigo out, so this is something I'm very proud to

spearhead." 

Jazz For Haiti raised over $60,000.00 for the Red Cross of Northern New Jersey in early 2010.

A

band, which will consist of 20-year Valentin sideman, Mr. Bill

O'Connell and some of the other flutist's sideman and musical associates, as well as Baldwin himself, will provide the musical

backdrop for the evening.

Buy tickets in advance - More at the door:
$26.50 and 33.50 in advance

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