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Paul Vornhagen Jazz

Michigan Jazz.   Jazz saxophone, flute and vocals. If you like straight-ahead jazz standards, originals,
bebop, latin-cubano jazz, bossa-nova/samba and some vocal ballads, you will like my music!! I am talking about Monk, Ellington, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Mann, Wayne Shorter, to name a few. MEDIA QUOTES: "Gutsy sax....sensuous flute...and vocals, smooth as silk" --JAZZ TIMES "Great tone on the soprano sax...top notch composer" --CADENCE "..his tenor sax is robust, yet warm with the heart of a romantic"---DETROIT JAZZ

I can perform SOLO w/recorded tracks,  DUO w/keyboard, TRIO adding the bass,  QUARTET adding drums or QUINTET adding a trumpet.  Jazz clubs, concerts, festivals, restaurants, private parties, weddings.....any event that requires music.   Never too loud or obtrusive.   Just the very finest professional presentation.  

 I am also performing with a Latin-Jazz group called TUMBAO BRAVO, that I formed in the fall of 2003 with co-leader and conga player, Alberto Nacif. We perform authentic cuban polyrthymns including mambos, cha chas, rhumba, boleros, danzon all based on the cuban montuno. Many of the songs are originals written by band members which also includes Wesley Reynoso on piano, Javier Barrios on timables, Pat Prouty on bass and Bob Mojica on trumpet. Our debut CD was released in July of 2004 called MONTUNO SALAD on PKO Records.


TUMBAO!  won the 2005 Detroit Music Award for OUTSTANDING JAZZ RECORDING !   We were also nominated for the 2006 Best Contemporary Jazz Group.  Checkout the website for schedule, sound bites, etc  www.tumbaobravo.com

 

TUMBAO BRAVO has won the 2007 Detroit Music Award in the OUTSTANDING WORLD MUSIC CATEGORY for our 2nd CD,  Amigos: From Our Hands !

TUMBAO BRAVO'S  3rd CD, Un Systema Para Todo, was released this June 2008 featuring our new pianist, Wesley Reynoso and new bassist, Pat Prouty. Eleven original compositions !  Available at www.cdbaby.com or pvornhagen@aol.com  We received the Detroit Music Awards nomination in three categories for this CD in World Music and Jazz !

TUMBAO SALSA is a band I formed with vocalist Armando Vega performing the salsa hits for dancing in November 2008  Lots of Rueben Blades songs with timbales/coro vocal, bongo/coro vocal, keyboard, bass, trumpet and me on sax/flute.  The 2nd Sunday of every month at Sangria's in Royal Oak 4th St at Lafayette at 9:30pm

PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS:

I have been teaching private music lessons for over 30 years.  Presently I am on staff at the Ann Arbor Music Center and the Northville Center for Music.  I am presently accepting students at my home in Ann Arbor on saxophone, flute, clarinet and piano/keyboard for all age groups, levels and styles.  Many of my students are in band programs at middle to high school level--I can offer tutoring for symphonic, jazz and concert band music.  I am happy to work with anyone who is interested in expanding and improving their music skills.

 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

 

May 16: TRAVIS PTE CC  w/Paul VornHagen Duo Saline MI  11:30am-1pm PRIVATE EVENT

May 25: OTTAWA TAVERN w/PAUL VH QUARTET Grand Rapids  8pm-12am

May 26: BAKER'S KEYBOARD LOUNGE  w/TUMBAO BRAVO Livernois @ 8 Mile Rd Detroit 8PM-12;30PM

May 29: 526 MAIN Royal Oak 7-10 PVH  QUARTET

June 3:  ART ON GRAND w/Paul VornHagen Duo  Downtown Farmington  3-6pm

jUNE 7: SIGHTS & SOUNDS FESTIVAL w/PAUL VORNHAGEN TRIO Downtown Chelsea 6:30-8:30pm

June 8-9: DEGAGE JAZZ CAFE 301 River Rd Maumee, OH 7:30-11:30pm TRIO 

June 16:  MIDWEST LATINO FESTIVAL w/TUMBAO BRAVO Promenade Park Toledo, OH 5-5:45pm

June 17:  COMMON GRILL Main St Downtown Chelsea 12-3pm TRIO

June 19:  526 MAIN Royal Oak 7-10pm QUARTET

June 20: PRIVATE DINNER PARTY w/Paul VornHagen Trio Ann Arbor 6-8pm

June 21; VINOLOGY w/Paul vornHagen Trio 110 S. Main St  ann Arbor  9pm

June 23:  NORTHVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL w/TUMBAO BRAVO Downtown Northville 7-9pm

June 29:  LELAND, MI w/PAUL VORNHAGE QUARTET  PRIVATE PARTY

July 4:  TOP OF THE PARK w/TUMBAO BRAVO  Rackham Bldg U of Michigan campus 6:30-7:30pm

July 12:  BIRMINGHAM CC w/Paul VornHagen Duo Birmingham 6-8:30pm  Members Only

July 18:  UNIV OF MICHIGAN ART MUSEUM  w/TUMBAO BRAVO Ann Arbor 8-9:30pm

July 28:  STERLING MUSIC FESTIVAL w/PAUL VORNHAGEN QUARTET 10am-1pm Sterling Hts

July 28:  KERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE w/TUMBAO BRAVO 4th Avenue Ann Arbor 8pm

August 3:  BLOOMFIELD TWP LIBRARY w/PAUL VORNHAGEN SWING BAND 7:30-9pm

August 4:  COMERICA PARK w/TUMBAO BRAVO "Fiesta Tigres"  Detroit 5-7pm

August 5;  CLIFF BELL'S w/TUMBAO BRAVO Park Ave Detroit  8-11PM

August 16:  CHATEAU CHANTAL w/JEFF HAAS TRIO Mission Peninsula Traverse City 7-9pm

August 22-25:  DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFE w/TUMBAO BRAVO  Kercheval Ave Grosse Pte Park  6:30-10pm

Sept 8: BRIGHTON SMOKIN' JAZZ N' BLUES FESTIVAL w/TUMBAO BRAVO Downtown Brighton 9-10:15pm