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UID:20260601T033244Z - 53458@am364a.odoo.com
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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://www.comedyplex.com/event/wdcb-presents-alfonso
 -ponticelli-s-gypsy-jazz-trio-489/register">WDCB presents: Alfonso Pontice
 lli's Gypsy Jazz Trio</a>\nWDCB PRESENTS: Alfonso Ponticelli's Gypsy Jazz 
 Trio Presented by 90.9 WDCB “Chicago’s Home for Jazz!” Alfonso Ponti
 celli's Gypsy Jazz Trio: A multi-instrumentalist\, Ponticelli won the 1994
  U.S. National Mountain Dulcimer Championship and continues to perform sol
 o and with a group. He has played both banjo and guitar with the Illinois 
 Philharmonic Orchestra. Ponticelli has collaborated in Chicago with Arabic
 \, Irish\, bluegrass\, Gospel\, Gypsy\, Hungarian\, Romanian\, Spanish Fla
 menco and many other traditional folk musicians. Ponticelli has had the ho
 nor of performing at Chicago’s Millennium Park on its opening night as w
 ell as at every major museum in Chicago. Ponticelli is the 2009 recipient 
 of the Leonardo da Vinci award for outstanding achievement in performing a
 rts from Order Sons of Italy in America and holds a B.M. in Jazz Studies f
 rom DePaul University. Ponticelli has been to Cordoba\, Spain (1994) to st
 udy with the great flamenco guitarists Rafael Riqueni and Manolo Sanlucar\
 , New Mexico to study with Chuscales and Pedro Cortes and has had the grea
 t flamenco singer and guitarist Pansequito join his band for two years. He
  has performed at the Iridium in New York City where Les Paul invited Alfo
 nso to play as a special guest with his trio. Ponticelli shares his educat
 ion and love of music by teaching workshops at many festivals\, and over 2
 0 years at the Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest in Madison\, Wisconsin. He introdu
 ced Gypsy jazz to Chicago in the 90s\, when he began teaching a weekly Dja
 ngo-style class at the renowned Old Town School of Folk Music\, where he t
 aught for over a decade. Ponticelli has shared his music at many prestigio
 us festivals\, including the Django Reinhardt festival in Samois\, France\
 , DjangoFest Northwest\, Gypsy Jazz fests in New York City\, Denver\, CO.\
 , Pasadena and LA\,. CA and extensively throughout the Midwest. Alfonso Po
 nticelli has collaborated [...]
DTSTAMP:20260601T033244Z
LOCATION:Comedy Plex\, 1128 Lake St\, Lower Level\, Oak Park IL 60301\, Uni
 ted States
SUMMARY:WDCB presents: Alfonso Ponticelli's Gypsy Jazz Trio
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://www.comedyplex.com/event/wdcb
 -presents-alfonso-ponticelli-s-gypsy-jazz-trio-489/register">WDCB presents
 : Alfonso Ponticelli's Gypsy Jazz Trio</a>\nWDCB PRESENTS: Alfonso Pontice
 lli's Gypsy Jazz Trio Presented by 90.9 WDCB “Chicago’s Home for Jazz!
 ” Alfonso Ponticelli's Gypsy Jazz Trio: A multi-instrumentalist\, Pontic
 elli won the 1994 U.S. National Mountain Dulcimer Championship and continu
 es to perform solo and with a group. He has played both banjo and guitar w
 ith the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Ponticelli has collaborated in Ch
 icago with Arabic\, Irish\, bluegrass\, Gospel\, Gypsy\, Hungarian\, Roman
 ian\, Spanish Flamenco and many other traditional folk musicians. Ponticel
 li has had the honor of performing at Chicago’s Millennium Park on its o
 pening night as well as at every major museum in Chicago. Ponticelli is th
 e 2009 recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci award for outstanding achievemen
 t in performing arts from Order Sons of Italy in America and holds a B.M. 
 in Jazz Studies from DePaul University. Ponticelli has been to Cordoba\, S
 pain (1994) to study with the great flamenco guitarists Rafael Riqueni and
  Manolo Sanlucar\, New Mexico to study with Chuscales and Pedro Cortes and
  has had the great flamenco singer and guitarist Pansequito join his band 
 for two years. He has performed at the Iridium in New York City where Les 
 Paul invited Alfonso to play as a special guest with his trio. Ponticelli 
 shares his education and love of music by teaching workshops at many festi
 vals\, and over 20 years at the Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest in Madison\, Wisc
 onsin. He introduced Gypsy jazz to Chicago in the 90s\, when he began teac
 hing a weekly Django-style class at the renowned Old Town School of Folk M
 usic\, where he taught for over a decade. Ponticelli has shared his music 
 at many prestigious festivals\, including the Django Reinhardt festival in
  Samois\, France\, DjangoFest Northwest\, Gypsy Jazz fests in New York Cit
 y\, Denver\, CO.\, Pasadena and LA\,. CA and extensively throughout the Mi
 dwest. Alfonso Ponticelli has collaborated [...]
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