CABARET NYC: BEKA & LOGIC PROJECT AT BIRDLAND TONIGHT
The Beka & Logic Project featuring Beka Gochiashvili & DJ Logic will perform atBIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Monday, June 3rd with shows at 8:30 & 11:00 pm. Beka & Logic Project features Beka Gochiashvili on acoustic and electric pianos, Jason Kibler a.k.a. DJ Logic, Jaleel Shaw on alto saxophone, James Hurt on keyboard, Lamont McCain on electric bass and Justin Tyson on drums. Beka Gochiashvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia on March 11, 1996. He was just two and half years old, barely reaching his upright piano claviature, when he suddenly surprised his father by playing some of Scott Joplin's Ragtime tunes he heard on radio. Then at age 4 he watched Standards II by Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette - the video recording that triggered his devotion and passion for this sophisticated trio and their performance style. By age five, Beka was playing several piano compositions already. In 2002 Valeri, his father, a musician himself, took him to Zurab Ramishvili, the most prominent jazz piano professor in Georgia. The child's ability to play a few complicated jazz compositions impressed him. Notwithstanding, he advised them to enroll Beka in classical music classes at a school headed by Tengiz Chitaishvili. By the efforts of Condoleeza Rice, Mr. Harrison and John Teft, former US Ambassador in Georgia, Beka and Mr. Ramishvili travelled to New York in 2008 to participate in auditions at the Juilliard School and at the Manhattan School of Music. Not surprisingly, Beka was accepted in both schools. In July 2009 with the support of Nikoloz Rurua, then Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia and great jazz aficionado, Beka travelled to participate in the prestigious Bosendorfer Solo Jazz Piano competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, where he was awarded 1st prize. He is the youngest participant of this highly acclaimed annual festival. There is a $25 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.copyright 2011-13 - See cabaret listings from all over the world at CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE - YOU ARE WELCOME TO POST YOUR COMMENTS BELOW
