Beegie Adair
featuring Monica
Ramey
Beegie Adair (piano) Monica Ramey (vocals)
Thursday, January 26, 6:00 p.m.
Music Charge: $20
Birdland Jazz Club
315 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036
(212) 581-3080
www.birdlandjazz.com
Beegie Adair, who Michael Feinstein
called "a marvelously understated player whose interpretations of
standards are just brilliant," jazz great Helen Merrill salutes her
"inventive jazz sense, her wonderful sense of time and improvised
melody," and The Los Angeles Times calls her music "Elegant,"
will be returning to Birdland with vocalist Monica Ramey. In 2011,
their performances, as a duo and with the renowned Beegie Adair Trio, have
consistently energized sold out audiences. Adair's albums have dominated
the jazz charts and album sales in Japan in 2010 and 2011 while Ramey's debut
album "Make Someone Happy" continues to receive international
accolade and airplay on jazz radio, including Music Choice and DMX.
Beegie Adair is one of the finest piano players in
the world. Entertainment News
Now that the trend of aging rockers cutting albums
of show tunes and standards seems thankfully to have run its course, we're back
to vocalists with a real feel for and understanding of the jazz tradition doing
them justice. Nashville's Monica Ramey is a shining example. Her excellent
release "Make Someone Happy" offers resourceful, soaring and engaging
interpretations of material from The Great American Songbook.
Ron Wynn - Nashville Scene
Her theatrical roots combine with her obvious deep
affection for the classic popular song to give us a freshly unique take on the
material she's chosen for her debut. It's sassy, swinging and totally
enjoyable.
Jeff Steinberg, Musician/Arranger/Composer
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