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EVENTS
July 31st
Sandi Bedrosian and John Hyde
Jazz Singer Showcase
7-10:30 P.M.
10 North Street, Danvers, MA
Wine tasting by Chabacco Market
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JULY 31ST
JAZZ SINGER SHOWCASE
John Archer's Jazz Salon, Danvers
Sandi Bedrosian Hyde - Vocalist
John Hyde - Pianist
Roger Brockelbank - Drums
Bruce Gert z- Upright Bass
with a line up of jazz singers!
7-10:30 P.M.
10 North Street, Danvers, MA
Wine tasting by Chabacco Market
Wine tasting by Chabacco Market
$17 in advance, $20 at the door
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Sandi Bedrosian has been performing professionally for the past 25
Years as lead vocalist singing Jazz, Swing, Rhythm & Blues, and Classical, as well as, Top 40 and Gospel/Liturgical music.
She received her classical training at the University of MA in Lowell majoring in voice-performance. She has been the opening act/lead vocalist for such artists as: Gary Charrone of Van Halen/Extreme, Sheena Easton, Tom Sullivan, Barbara Mandrell, and the Capital Steps. The Sandi Bedrosian Ensemble has performed throughout New England, the East and West Coasts, and Europe.Sandi has also starred in many musical productions, theater and opera, such as: Fiorello, Carousal, and Die Fledermaus. In addition she has directed the musicals South Pacific, Godspell, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
As a professional voice-over artist/actress since 1997, one of her Comcast ads won the 2004 "Communicator Award of Excellence."
Currently, Sandi lives in Andover, MA with her husband/pianist John Hyde. For over 20 years Sandi has owned and operated
The VOICE Studio, a music studio in Andover. There they teach voice and piano, and the musical arts to new and professional artists.
FEATURED SINGERS:
CAROL LEARY
DENNIS JAMES
LINDA GOLSTEIN
JOHN ARCHER
BARBARA ALEX
MAUREEN COUNTIE BENSON
ANGELA CONDON
DANNIELLE SOSNOWSKI
August 7
BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE MONKEY HIPS with a special guest appearance with
WILLIE ALEXANDER
Maritime Heritage Museum
23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gloucester, MA
7-10:30 P.M.
This is a joint fundraiser with Maritime Heritage.
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BARRENCE WHITFIELD and the MONKEY HIPS
special guest appearance of WILLIE LOCO ALEXANDER
Powerhouse Barrence found his way to Boston where he was discovered by Peter Greenberg, the founder of the original Savages, and Barrence brought his gospel roots to the Rock N' Roll life, Well-received in Boston, Barrence was soon found stardom on a larger scale in Europe, and continues to play it big. Barrence has played with performers like Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, George Thorogood, Robert Cray, the Reverend Solomon Burke, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Richard Thompson, Etta James, Buddy Guy, and many, many, more. Barrence has received critical acclaim on two country-soul albums he did with renowned singer/songwriter, Tom Russell, including the Merle Haggard Tribute Album.
WILLIE LOCO ALEXANDER From the Lost, a 60's garage-band that made a couple of records for Capitol, to the psychedelic late-60's Bagatelle, to a brief stint in the post-Lou Reed Velvet Underground, the Boom Boom Band in the punk 70's, which recorded for MCA, to an introspective take on the 80's recording for the French label New Rose, and renewed band energy in the 90's with the Persistence of Memory Orchestra, Willie has maintained a consistently high level of emotional and artistic integrity. has been an icon in the music scene
SAVE THE DATE: TICKETS AVAILABLE IN JULY
September 12
The Barn, A Property of The Trustees of Reservations
Crane Estate, Ipswich
Concert in the historic barn! Come early and picnic on the grounds and then enjoy an early, Sunday evevning concert.
MARK EARLEY - baritone & tenor saxophone - Roomful of Blues - "Born in Ross County, Ohio in 1961, raised in Cuyahoga Falls, Mark started on alto at age of ten, and first worked professionally at the age of nineteen traveling with the Guy Lombardo Orchestra under the direction of Teddy Phillips. After working around Cleveland with the Easy Street Band, he moved to Denton, Texas and earned his Bachelors in Music at the University of North Texas.
While in the Lone Star state he played with Dallas Brass and Electric, the Emerald City Band, and the great R&B pianist Karl Berkebile. In 1993 he moved back to Cleveland, mainly working high society with Timmy Prida and His Fabulous Tuxedos. Mark moved to Boston in 1995, spent two years honking and walking the bar nightly at Jake Ivory's on Lansdowne St. and then spent five years entertaining Boston's North Shore with John Keegan and Madhouse. As a longtime fan of Roomful of Blues, and their like respect of the tradition, he has finally arrived home. Mark names Sonny Stitt as his main man, with more than a nod to Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon leading him to Lester Young and an appreciation for the depth and history of the music. His tone, ideas, deep bottom and charismatic stage presence further burnish what is already a legendary horn section." Bob Bell - Mgr. Roomful of Blues
TOM PALANCE is a renowned trumpet performer and educator known for his versatility and innovative teaching style. He's toured Europe as principal trumpet with the American Chamber Wind Ensemble. Palance is a veteran of the United States Navy Concert Band in Washington, DC assistantprincipal trumpet and soloist where he performed often at the White House and other prestigious functions in Washington, DC, including performing for five US presidents.
Palance has performed with the Glenn Miller Band, Joe Williams, Jim
Snidero, Arturo Sandoval, Clark Terry and many others as a freelance trumpet player. He premiered "Trio for Trumpet, Piano and Percussion" by Matthew Rinker at George Mason University and continues to compose and premier classical solo trumpet works, his latest work being "Three Episodes for Trumpet, Piano and Percussion".
Founder of The Greater Washington Jazz Septet and The Crawdads. Palance now leads the Salem State Jazz Band.
Pianist and composer BERT SEAGER has been a leading player on the jazz scene in Boston Massachusetts since 1981. His thirteen compact discs have won him unanimous critical acclaim from the New York Times, Keyboard Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe and many other publications.
He has toured extensively in the United States and internationally, including twelve tours to Japan. He has performed and recorded with Joe Lovano, Tim Hagans, George Garzone, Bob Moses, Joe Hunt, Richie Barshay, John Lockwood and Kazumi Ikenaga. He has performed in ensembles on stage with George Mraz, Miroslav Vitous, Mick Goodrick, Tom Harrell, Ben Street, Chris Speed, Billy Drewes and Jorge Roeder.
He earned a masters degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1984 where he is presently on the faculty.For the past two years Bert has been selected for a residency in music composition at the prestigious MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Bert has been a recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts grant for jazz.
Bert's compositions, improvisations and teaching reflect both an inward and outward-looking view of life and music. His trio plays a varied program of original music: always striving for transparency – framing each song's improvised narrative in a playful three-way conversation.
ORVILLE GIDDINGS opens!
In 1992 Orville recieved a Bachelor of Music Degree in music production & engineering from Berklee College of Music. Initially entering Berklee for jazz trombone in 1981, Orville took time off to play rock & roll and blues, In between stints at college, he taught music & theatre at an American school in Cyprus- 1984-85; did solo work and lead bands in Dillon Colorado-1988-89; and in the Virgin Islands
1994-95.
When in the Boston area, Orville has played guitar, bass and sung in a number of bands of varying styles; The Rakes, Future Panic, Brave New World, The Belch Boys and The British Norberts. He has also filled in on guitar and bass with Boston rocker Ken Chambers, Little Malcom and the Malfunctions and others. Since 1995 Orville has been leading his own band, you guessed it, The Orville Giddings Band.