Peggy Lee and the American Popular Songbook by James Gavin
Like all defense mechanisms, fantasizing has its positive and negative aspects.
Dec. 1 & 4: Gabrielle Stravelli: Metropolitan Room
With just a smattering of patter, she showcases her liquid voice, stirring lyrical perception and a keen ear for good songs.
Maye Cavallaro: Empress Theatre
Maye Cavallaro is a well-kept jazz secret here in the Bay Area due to her limited performance schedule, but based on her considerable concert skills, she should get out more often.
Nov. 19: René Marie: I Wanna Be Evil: Scullers
René Marie celebrates the release of her latest CD, I Wanna Be Evil: With Love to Eartha Kitt at Boston's Scullers Jazz Club.
Nov. 21 & 22: Oleta Adams: Jazz Cabaret
Oleta Adams “is a true hybrid—part soul, smooth jazz, gospel and R&B... all coalescing around her rich, perfect-pitch alto.”
Cecile McLorin Salvant: The Addition
Jazz’s new wunderkind, the ridiculously talented Cecile McLorin Salvant, can blow your mind in just her opening number.
Marilyn Maye with Bucky Pizzarelli: Two Swingin’ Souls
Marilyn Maye! Bucky Pizzarelli! Together for the first time!
