Guitarist Anthony Mazzella Plays Canyon Moon 8/27

Guitarist extraordinaire Anthony Mazzella returns to the Sedona stage for the first time since early spring for a concert at the Canyon Moon Theatre. He will be performing songs from the Heavenly Guitar and Unity CD's as well as some new unreleased material. This concert is one night only and seating is limited, so reserve your tickets as soon as possible.

Anthony began his performance career as a concert guitarist in New York City. He quickly built up a strong following performing in most every live music club in Manhattan including: The Bitter End, CBGB's, Cat Club, Cafe Wah and Birdland. Anthony then landed a headlining spot at the Blue Note NYC just one year after street performing in front of it and spent the following years touring colleges & universities all over the USA.

As a solo artist and as the concert guitarist for world music master Omarr Faruk Tekbilek, he has performed on stages all over the world. He has opened for James Brown, Tower of Power, The Commodores, and Spyro Gyra. His original music is composed with a fusion of world influences consisting of acoustic and electric fingerstyle, classical, flamenco, jazz, funk, R&B, Celtic, ambient, rock, medieval and middle-eastern. In 1997 he recorded his debut solo electric fingerstyle CD titled "The Birth".

In 2001, he recorded "BRIO" with Chris Spheeris which is Mediterranean guitar duets and was awarded "best acoustic instrumental album of 2001" by NAV. In 2006 he collaborated with three-time Grammy nominated artist William Eaton, and Fitzhugh Jenkins and together they composed and recorded a CD for the Electric Harp Guitar Group which captures the mystical essence of Sedona in music. Last year, Anthony recorded twelve new solo guitar compositions rich in spirit and appropriately entitled Heavenly Guitar. All of Anthony's CD's will be available for purchase at the concert.

Mazzella began studying music on the violin at age five. He then proceeded to learn the rudiments of music on piano until falling in love with the guitar at age thirteen. Throughout his adolescence, he studied with several private guitar teachers, but Anthony attributes the greater part of his education to ear training. His influences are many, but none more profound than the music and techniques of guitar masters such as Michael Hedges, Pat Metheny, Carlos Montoya, Eddie Van Halen, Andres Segovia and countless others. In the nineties, Anthony shared his musical insights by teaching at Knopf Music and at the Long Island School for Music and Arts. Anthony was also one of the few chosen understudies of world-renowned guitar master Stanley Jordan. For information about CMT, visit www.canyonmoontheatre.org.

Make this a special evening by having dinner at Marketplace Café (928-284-5478) and then taking a leisurely stroll to the theatre.

The concert is on Friday, August 27 at 7:00pm. Enjoy Anthony's beautiful music at Canyon Moon Theatre, 6601 Hwy 179, in the Oak Creek Factory Outlets next to Village Pet Supply. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Basha's and the Golden Word in Sedona and the Marketplace Café and Rycus' Corners in the Village of Oak Creek. You may also purchase tickets by calling CMT at 928-282-6212.

 

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