-- The organizers of the Cape Breton International Drum Festival – Bruce and Gloria Jean Aitken - today appear the abounding band up for the 6th anniversary ECMA and MIANS nominated Event of the Year which is accepting staged at The Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada on Saturday April 29th and Sunday April 30th, 2006.
“We are actual appreciative to advertise that this year sees the acknowledgment of some of the a lot of accepted accomplished anniversary army favourites” said Bruce Aitken. This will cover Denny Seiwell, Paul Wertico, Sergio Bellotti, and of advance the Festival’s World Ambassador, Dom Famularo.
“The Festival wouldn’t be the aforementioned after Dom. He’s a above inspiration, an absurd drummer, and of advance he leads the now ‘world famous’ finale.”
Seiwell – conceivably best accepted for his plan with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney in the casting Wings - is authoritative the cruise arctic from LA. “When Denny performed three years ago, he brought the abode down. He’s a actual appropriate aerialist who has a way of authoritative the music allocution and feel so good” said Aitken.
Paul Wertico appeared in 2002 if the Festival was in its adolescence and back again has toured the apple abounding times with his own band. Recently Wertico was called as one of the Chicagoans of the Year, a abundant honour, for all his absurd work. Paul created absolutely a activity endure time he appeared at the Festival with his beatnik arena style. Aitken commented, “He’s one of the a lot of agitative musicians in the world.”
Sergio Bellotti has been at the Festival for the endure two years and this year allotment with his acquaintance and aide Berklee Professor Skip Hadden. Hadden performed endure year aswell in a acknowledging cycle subbing if Festival organizer Bruce Aitken was clumsy to accomplish due to ill health. Hadden is a world-renowned abecedary and columnist who has, over the years, accomplished some of the world’s greatest drummers.
Newcomers to this year’s Festival cover percussionist Hossam Ramzy. Ramzy - complete in Egypt - now resides in the UK. Over the years he has formed with abounding of the world’s finest performers including Peter Gabriel, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (Ex Led Zeppelin) on the “No Quarter Unledded MTV Special.” Ramzy has aswell performed on abundant cine soundtracks.
Canadian figure and super-drummer Paul DeLong makes his aboriginal actualization and is abiding to about-face heads. DeLong who hails from Toronto has played at abounding above Festivals and is aswell one of Canada’s a lot of in-demand first-call affair drummers.
Also from Toronto is Dale Anne Brendon whose credits cover Michael Pickett and Roger Hodgkins (Ex Supertramp). “Dale came to the appearance endure year beneath her own beef and this year she allotment to accomplish – you won’t be disappointed” said Aitken. Brendon is aswell a able-bodied accepted abecedary and analyst in the Toronto area.
Percussion adept Lenny Castro, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings makes his way up from LA. His account of credits is like the who’s who of recorded music history. “It’s such an honour to accept Lenny accomplish at our Festival” said Gloria Jean Aitken. “He will accompany a actual agitative and assorted soundscape to this year’s show. I can’t wait!”
Bruce Aitken states, “This is traveling to be an absurd Festival. Just if you anticipation you’d apparent it all, we are aswell appreciative to advertise the afterward artists to this amazing band up.”
The allegorical Bill Cobham is a man that afflicted the face of boot history if he alloyed Jazz with Rock if recording with Miles Davis on the archetypal LP “Bitches Brew”. Cobham is a monster amateur and accurate innovator. “His plan with The Mahavishnu Orchestra abandoned puts him in a chic not abounding accept been buried to” enthused Aitken. “Add to that his abandoned recordings and you accept the Legend, beyond than life, assuming in Cape Breton. It’s the being you dream of – now it’s reality.”
Bill Cobham alternating with Groove Master Bernard “Pretty” Purdie will aswell accept the Cape Breton International Drum Festival “Legends Award”.
Purdie will aswell be at the Festival this year. He’s presenting a Master chic at The Delta Hotel pre-Festival on Sunday 30th April at 9.00am. Gloria Jean Aitken said “Bernard said he was advancing aback next year (2006). I said, ‘Bernard, delay until you’re asked’ … again I appointed him on the spot.”
Styx bagman Todd Sucherman, a boot phenomenon, is assuming his amazing talents in Cape Breton for the aboriginal time. He comes to Cape Breton hot from a apple bout with Styx. “Attendees are in for a actual appropriate amusement if they see Todd perform” says Bruce Aitken. “He has so abundant to give. One of the a lot of accomplished soloists I’ve anytime seen.”
Aitken says the admittance of English bagman Gary Husband is just the icing on the cake. “Gary is one of the greatest and a lot of accomplished drummers the apple has anytime seen. His plan belief is outstanding and those artists he’s formed with – including applesauce fable John McLaughlin, Bill Cobham (as a pianist) Allan Holdsworth Group, Garry Moore (Thin Lizzy), Jack Bruce (Cream), and abounding many others – accept all benefited from the ‘Husband touch’, as will those accessory this year’s Festival.” Husband is the aboriginal English bagman to appear at the Festival. “And,” adds Aitken, “it’s applicable that that honour should go to him.”
Festival Director Mike Megaffin aswell appear a appropriate actualization at this year’s Festival by Rick Faucher. Faucher was drum-tech for Hal Blaine, Jim Keltner and Ringo Starr. He will allocution about his plan with these and added artists. “This,” said Megaffin “is history in the making.”
“The Otarion Maritime Showcase will be appear soon” said Aitken. “There are abounding actual absorbing bounded drummers and percussionists performing. It’s traveling to be actual very special.”
The Cape Breton International Drum Festival – April 29th and 30th, 2006
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