Patrice Fisher & ARPA Jazz concert

Patrice Fisher and Arpa

Latin jazz harpist/composer, PATRICE FISHER favors the music of New Orleans, Brazil and Cuba, saying that, not only is the harp ‘comfortable’ harmonically with the music, but that she herself is drawn to the rhythmic complexities and syncopations: “that’s what makes you want to dance.”

Patrice has 16 CDs of original music, the latest being "Happy Socks."
She has performed for more than 35 years at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. “An unexpected delight!” raves David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine. Gene Scaramuzzo of Gambit newspaper says "There are many sides to this local composer/harpist. It's not unusual to see her play a classical gig in the morning and a music club at night. Strong rhythms form the undercurrent of her instrumental music with Arpa."
For this unique concert in The Netherlands, she will be on stage with percussionist Carlos Valladares and Klaus 'Fats' Lumia on trumpet.

CARLOS VALLADARES is a professional percussionist who lives in New Orleans. He was born in Guatemala, where he studied percussion with Lenin Fernandez of the group Alux Nahual. He also studied with Brazilian percussionists, Ton Toy and Giba Conceicao and Mexican percussionist, Javier Cabrera. Carlos moved to New Orleans in 1988 and married harpist, Patrice Fisher. Since then, he has been working in Patrice Fisher's Arpa group. He has participated in five recording projects with Arpa, including their latest CD, Happy Socks. Carlos has performed at festivals in Germany, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil and El Salvador He has performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival annually since 1989.

Dr. KLAUS “FATS” LUMMA is a German trumpeter and counselor. He’s been a regular guest of the Louisiana Gestalt Institute and the New Orleans French Quarter Festival. After Hurricane Katrina, together with legendary Father LeDoux and Harpist, Patrice Fisher, he brought his mobile art-therapy studio regularly to New Orleans for Post-Trauma-Counseling, working together with St. Augustine church, Tulane Medical Centre, schools and kindergartens. In Germany, they teach this concept of Music Art Therapy to the students of the Institute for Humanistic Psychology IHP.

An evening not to miss!! enjoy the versatile celtic harp