$37.50 General Public / $28.50 IMAC Members

On Friday, April 30th 2004 at 9PM, the Inter-Media Art Center in Huntington, Long Island, will host a concert with jazz/R&B keyboardist ALEX BUGNON.

ALEX BUGNON was raised in Montreaux, Switzerland, where he literally grew up at the jazz festival. Year after year, he listened and learned from a disparate group of visionaries, including Carlos Santana, Billy Cobham, George Duke and his longtime personal friend, Herbie Hancock. First stop after Switzerland was Paris, where he studied at a conservatory for two years before heading to Boston’s legendary Berklee School of Music and on to New York where he spent four years backing up performers like Najee, Freddie Jackson, Patti Austin and James Ingram before he landed his own record deal in 1989. Since then he has released five albums -- “Love Season,” “Head Over Heels,” “107o In The Shade” and “This Time Around” preceded his RCA Records debut, “Tales from the Bright Side.” His latest album is “Southern Living”. “Southern Living” reflects not only the joy he had ensembling for the first time in Atlanta with some of that city’s greatest musicians, but also an exciting 180 degree shift from the heavy urban sensibilities of his New York recorded 2001 hit “Soul Purpose”, which remained on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart for 23 weeks. Bugnon opens his mind and yours to the possibilities of music that spans multiple genres -- from the bass-driven power of 70’s funk, to traditional jazz and even classical music, with a bit of R&B and gospel thrown in for spice.

Tickets for this performance are $37.50 General Public ($28.50 for IMAC Members). For tickets or further information on this performance, or on other IMAC programs, call IMAC's 24-hour Arts-Line at (631) 549-ARTS. Tickets can also be purchased at the theater from noon to 6PM, Tuesday through Friday, and after 2PM on the day of the performance. For further information, call IMAC's business office at (631) 549-9666.

The Inter-Media Art Center, Inc. is a non-profit Media and Performing Arts Center whose programs and services are supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (a state agency), Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs, the Town of Huntington, by a grant from The Harmon Foundation, as well as by the Members of IMAC. IMAC also gratefully acknowledges support from Fleet Bank, Korg USA, The Guitar Center, The D’Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts, AutoOne Insurance, Peconic Bay Winery, Branch Financial Services and Olivia and Harlan Fischer.

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