Raul Mid�n

For me these days are a chance to spend fluid and unstructured time with the ones closest to me and to give thanks.  It is a chance to experience the three dimensions of time, to look back and be thankful for the privilege of being able to share time with all of you, all over the world.  To be firmly and relentlessly in the present basking in the comfortable company of loved ones and friends and to stare with a renewed sense of wonder into the infinite myriad of possibilities that is the future.  

My wish is that everyone will have a happy and transcendent holiday season!

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WORLD TOUR
We are pleased to announce more than 50 dates for Raul's upcoming World Tour that will extend in to 2012 and will feature solo, trio & Duwala Malambo outfits. The Raul Midon Trio will make it's European debut in London before dates in Birmingham and heading to the continent for shows in Holland, Slovakia and Switzerland.  The tour will then move on to a run of solo shows in Sweeden and his debut in Portugal!

JAPAN & KOREA TOUR
Late August and early September will see the return of Raul to both Japan and Korea. It was with a heavy heart that Raul had to cancel his dates in the East due to the tragic tsunami that ravaged the country of Japan.

8/30 will see two shows in Osaka at the Billboard Live Osaka venue. Tokyo will host 4 concerts at Billboard Live Tokyo on 8/31 & 9/1. Raul will perform two shows each day at the Billboard before performing at the Tokyo Jazz Festival on 9/2. The Asia Tour will wrap up in Seoul at the Mapo Art Center on 9/4.

FALL TOUR: US & EUROPE
Fall 2011 will kick off in September with select solo dates in Ontario 9/11 and a two night run in Seattle, WA 9/13 & 9/14.  The Duwala Malambo Project featuring Raul & Richard Bona will return with 3 Fall shows: two at the Monterey Jazz Festival in CA 9/16 & 9/17 and a finale in at the Aruba Jazz Festival 10/7.

October will kick off the Raul Midón Trio featuring Raul, Richard Hammond & Lionel Cordew.  The outfit will complete a 6 date run in Europe beginning 10/17 with stops in  London, Birmingham, Bratislava, Groningen, Amsterdam & Ultrecht.

The remainder of October through 2012 will showcase solo dates in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, New York, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, France, Hawaii, & California.  Be sure to check out the Tour Dates page for a complete listing of the entire tour calendar through April of 2012.

 

The Duwala Malambo Project is set for a 17-date European summer tour making stops in France, Romania, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Turkey, Lebanon, Spain & Germany. Duwala will debut in the U.S. at Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Aspen, CO before heading to across the pond. The project, consisting of Raul Midón & Richard Bona, welcomes Lionel Cordew on drums and percussion and Etienne Stadwijk on keyboard duties. “We like to improvise, so we want a small group. That will give us space to solo and explore the music,” Bona says. “Raul plays percussion and I’ll do anything on stage, so we have a lot of possibilities. We’d like to record in the future, and, if the opportunity to play together more often is there, I look forward to it.”

“This tour will be intense,” Midón says. “We’re rehearsing a bunch of tunes, Richard’s and mine, and the shows are going to be ambitious, not just jamming on a couple of tunes until the show is over. The combination of his African identity and my background in Latin, soul and jazz gives us a lot of possibilities. That’s why we chose Duwala Malambo for the project name. Douala is Richard’s tribe and native tongue and Malambo is a folkloric rhythm and dance from Argentina, my dad’s birthplace. We’re hoping to write some songs when we get together for the tour. If we find the right elements, a long time collaboration and an album aren’t out of the question.”

Check out the Duwala Malambo Project on YouTube

It is with a heavy heart that Raul Midón has decided to cancel his remaining dates in Asia and head home to his family. The decision was made with his and the rest of his band and crew's families in mind.

Raul has many dear friends in Japan and South Korea. He extends his thoughts and prayers to all of those affected by this unfortunate turn of events.

Please click HERE to donate to the Red Cross Japan.