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Second Chances
Released: Feb 5, 2007
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General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Jazz

    Location New York / Pennsylvania /, New Jersey, US

    Profile Views: 11507

    Last Login: 8/30/2010

    Member Since 11/8/2005

    Website www.tamertewfik.com

    Record Label Swamp Queen Music

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Tamer earned his Bachelor of Music in Piano and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He pursued additional classical studies in Budapest, Hungary, studying harmony, solfège and conducting. As a vocalist, he has sung with the Choral Arts Society and Philadelphia Orchestra under the batons of conductors Riccardo Muti, Kurt Mazur, and Charles Dutoit. ..After teaching music for five years, Tamer established Swamp Queen Music through which he has recorded four CDs. ..Tamer ~ Unwanted Curtains.., ..Beginning to See the Light.., for the holidays, ..Let It Snow!.., and the yet to be released ..Second Chances.., a collection of songs written by Tamer... ..Following the establishment of Swamp Queen Music, Tamer created ..THE JAZZ ASSEMBLY..The Jazz Assembly...... .. .. .. .. .... He performs these Assemblies in conjunction with Young Audiences of New Jersey; Young Audiences of Eastern PA; and Peter Nero and the Philadelphia Pops ..Jazz in the Schools.. Series. Tamers efforts with THE JAZZ ASSEMBLY are instrumental in bringing understanding and appreciation of jazz and standards to the next generation of music fans... ..In 2001 Tamer was honored with the formation of the Tamer Tewfik International Fan Club, with chapters currently in the US and Canada... As a jazz pianist Tamer has played with Les Paul, Grover Washington, Jr., Stanley Clarke, Eddie Gomez and Trudy Pitts. As a cabaret artist and pianist he has performed at the ASCAP Songwriters Showcase, Brandy's Saloon, Cleopatras Needle, Dont Tell Mama, The Duplex, the Iridium Jazz Club, NBCs Rainbow Room, Odettes, Sams Cabaret, Tavern Camac, The Townhouse and the Triad Theater, to name a few. He was both musical director and performer in the cabarets ..Hot Notes at Cool Mood.. and ..Lets Fall in Love... In the theatre he served as musical director of Montauk Theatre Productions ..Always, Patsy Cline.. and ..The Show of the Century.., in which he also performed. His original compositions have been heard in the theatrical productions ..Genesis..; ..The Quiet Room, or What Happens When a Schizoid Ballerina Is Locked in a Room with a Duck..; ..As Heard In the Quiet Room.., a cabaret based upon his work as heard in ..The Quiet Room, .....; in which Tamer was the featured artist, and ..Seascape with Sharks and Dancer.., for which his score received the SpotlightOn/Sage Award for Best Sound Design.

  • Members

    [in alphabetical order].. ..Lou Gagliardi.. ..Matt Garrity....Jason Harris..Jesse Heckman..Lynn Riley....Kevin Thaxton....Ray Turull

  • Influences

    Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis, Theloneous Monk, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Kenny Barron, Art Tatem, Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Billy Joel, Mozart, Beethoven, Bob Marley, Willie Nelson

  • Sounds Like

    .."10" - NBC Morning Show, Philadelphia...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....

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