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Thornton Winery, Temecula
Performers
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
As an internationally known guitarist, composer and producer of gold- and platinum-selling albums, Ottmar Liebert is an artist whose music still hovers almost magically outside of any convenient category. INNAMORARE/Summer Flamenco, his new Epic release, finds Liebert and his GROUP Luna Negra drawing FROM a diverse palette of influences that includes not only the traditional Flamenco style that has woven its way through Liebert's signature guitar sound over the years, but also jazz, classical, Afro-beat, funk, merengue and any number of dance rhythms FROM around the world. Add to this a festive atmos-phere of heightened emotion, and Liebert finds himself in almost the same blissful mood that surrounded his debut, Nouveau Flamenco, released nearly a decade ago. |  | Norman Brown
Norman Brown displays a gentility, power and immense talent on the jazz guitar. His impressive finger work offers a musical range FROM pulsating and aggressive to frisky, melodic and sensual. Norman comfortably breezes through Latin-styles, contemporary jazz, Caribbean-flavored rhythms, R&B, pop and hip-hop as is heard on his latest CD Just Chillin'. |  | Peter White
Guitarist Peter White brings his intimately engaging style and wry humor to the evening. Although White is often recognized for his adept skills as a guitarist, he firmly believes in the importance of presenting a great song over great musicianship. "My manager once told me not to let the playing get in the way of the song and I've always remembered that," recalled White. White's latest CD on Sony Records, Playin' Favorites, marks his tenth solo release. |  | Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Tisdale, the former NBA star, is now shining even brighter with bass in hand. With his newest single “Get Down On It,” and the masterpiece album from which it was born titled Way Up (featuring Eric Benet, Jonathan Butler, George Duke, Bob James, Dave Koz, Jeff Lorber and Kirk Whalum), it is apparent that Tisdale came to play in 2006. He is both literally and figuratively the biggest star in jazz today. |  |
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