Tigran Hamasyan, 18, won the third annual Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival competition
Saturday, July 8, 2006
The Press-Enterprise
Temecula festival draws worldwide entries
By DIANE A. RHODES
As a crowd of music lovers listened to the Latin jazz beat of David Mora's conga drums, artist Pam Benson captured the musicians and audience in a watercolor painting during the third annual Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival on Saturday.
One of four painters demonstrating their talent during the afternoon, Benson added flavor to the jazz blowing from the Main Street Art Faire Stage in Old Town Temecula.
Mora's band was the first of four that played in the Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award Competition. Thirty-five entries from as far away as Switzerland were narrowed down for the final competition. Piano player Tigran Hamasyan, 18, a USC student from Armenia, won the competition.
Judges included Niles' widow, Nancy; daughter Tracy; and KJAZZ disc jockey Paul James, who also served as master of ceremonies. Niles was a radio DJ in Los Angeles for fifty years. He was known as the voice of jazz.
Ryan Garigliano, a Vista Murrieta High School jazz musician, was drawn to the festival by alto sax player Richie Cole, who played with the Buddy Rich Orchestra and Lionel Hampton.
While waiting for Cole to perform on the Main Street stage at 8 p.m., the 16-year-old saxophonist went to a musicians clinic hosted by trumpeter John Worley in the Old Town Temecula Community Theater lobby.
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The Press-Enterprise
Temecula festival draws worldwide entries
By DIANE A. RHODES
As a crowd of music lovers listened to the Latin jazz beat of David Mora's conga drums, artist Pam Benson captured the musicians and audience in a watercolor painting during the third annual Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival on Saturday.
One of four painters demonstrating their talent during the afternoon, Benson added flavor to the jazz blowing from the Main Street Art Faire Stage in Old Town Temecula.
Mora's band was the first of four that played in the Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award Competition. Thirty-five entries from as far away as Switzerland were narrowed down for the final competition. Piano player Tigran Hamasyan, 18, a USC student from Armenia, won the competition.
Judges included Niles' widow, Nancy; daughter Tracy; and KJAZZ disc jockey Paul James, who also served as master of ceremonies. Niles was a radio DJ in Los Angeles for fifty years. He was known as the voice of jazz.
Ryan Garigliano, a Vista Murrieta High School jazz musician, was drawn to the festival by alto sax player Richie Cole, who played with the Buddy Rich Orchestra and Lionel Hampton.
While waiting for Cole to perform on the Main Street stage at 8 p.m., the 16-year-old saxophonist went to a musicians clinic hosted by trumpeter John Worley in the Old Town Temecula Community Theater lobby.
[...]
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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