Welcome to Paul Vornhagen Jazz
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 !
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_ _
EVERY SUNDAY TUMBAO SALSA-- SALSA DANCE SHOW @ SANGRIA'S Lafayette at 4th St Royal Oak 9:30pm
May 31: ANN ARBOR TASTEFEST w/Tumbao Salsa 11:30am-1pm Liberty @ Main St Ann Arbor
may 31: COBBLESTONE FARM Ann ARbor WEdding Reception 2-6pm
June 5; FARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY w/Tumbao Bravo 8-9pm Farmington MI
June 6: SILK Cleveland OH w/Tumbao Salsa 10:30pm
June 7: CASCADE FALLS PARK w/Tumbao Bravo Jackson, MI 3-4:30pm
June 18: DIRTY DOG CAFE Kercheval Rd Grosse Pte Farms w/Tumbao Bravo 6:30-10:30pm
June 20: RIVER DAYS FESTIVAL GM BUILDING Waterfront 10pm-11pm w/Tumbao Bravo
June 25: GOODNITE GRACIES Ann Arbor w/TUMBAO BRAVO 9:45pm
June 26: O'MARA'S 12 mile @ Coolidge Berkley,MI 6:30-10pm Solo
June 27: FIREFLY CLUB Ann Arbor 9pm-1am
July 4: CITYFEST w/Tumbao Salsa Woodward AVe @ Grand River Blvd Detroit 4:30-5:45pm
July 15: CROMAINE PUBLIC LIBRARY Hartland MI w/ Paul VornHagen Quartet 6:30-7:30pm
July 17: FIREFLY CLUB Ann Arbor 9pm w/Tumbao Bravo
July 23: LIBERTY PLAZA PARK Ann Arbor w/Tumbao Bravo 12-2pm
July 24: ART IN THE PARK Thompsonville, MI w/Tumbao Bravo 7-9pm
July 30: NOVI PARK CONCERT w/Tumbao Salsa Novi, MI 7-9pm
August 7-9: GREAT LAKES FOLK FESTIVAL w/Tumbao Bravo Lansing, MI Times TBA
August 13: CIVIC CENTER PLAZA Southfield w/Tumbao Bravo 12-2pm
August 14: GOODNITE GRACIES Ann Arbor w/TUMBAO BRAVO 10pm
August 16: BRONSON PARK Kalamazoo w/Tumbao Bravo 4-5:15pm
August 21: CANTON PARK CONCERT Site TBA Canton, MI 7-9pm w/Tumbao Bravo
Sept 12: BRIGHTON SMOKIN' JAZZ FEST w/TUMBAO BRAVO Brighton,MI Time TBA
November 6: KERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE Ann Arbor 8pm