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| Abbe Buck and Edmond Charles performing at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club Abbe Buck, a vintage jazz and traditional pop singer who is a standard-bearer of the Great American Songbook, will take her tunes to the wonderful venue, Bethesda Blues and Jazz in Bethesda, Maryland, next Wednesday, October 16th, 2013. Joining Ms. Buck will be her accompanist, Edmond Charles on the baby grand piano, and Washington DC's own, Michael Bowie on upright bass. Buck says that the atmosphere of Bethesda Blues and Jazz is the perfect setting for her music, songs from an era of plush sofas, luxurious cocktails, great food and good service. "People want to enjoy themselves. They want to be soothed. They want to be pampered. The music should also take you back to an easier time", she says. Abbe Buck is no stranger to the Washington, DC scene, having performed at Blues Alley last July 22nd with Edmond Charles heading the combo, and more recently at Laportas in Alexandria, VA. She has also performed last May in New York with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, the orchestra from the "Boardwalk Empire" series, singing songs from the 1930s. She evokes the style of singers Patti Page, Doris Day and Rosemary Clooney, when the singer fronted the band or a smaller group, and made each song their own, with a signature style that was unmistakable. The style is quickly leaving the pop arena, but Ms. Buck seeks to keep the flame lit. "Like Rosemary Clooney used to say, as long as there is a 'girl singer', I will be singing.", Abbe says. And they will be singing. Catch Abbe Buck's show at Bethesda Blues and Jazz and see what this musical style was all about. ABOUT ABBE BUCK: Abbe Buck, a native Chicagoan, began voice training at age 10 and singing professionally (and playing slide trombone) while in ninth grade. Miss Buck had subsequently worked with several big bands including the Marie Landis Big Band in Philadelphia during the 1980s, and several trios and quartets in the Philadelphia and New York City areas. Buck takes where she learned how to sing very seriously, by keeping the genre of true traditional pop and jazz alive. Very few singers today understand it is both words and music along with phrasing that made a singer. She goes at everything she sings live, and her voice is right from the heart and gut reaching to the very last seat in the audience. Abbe Buck mainly performs the music from the wonderful eras of the 1930s through the 1960s with Edmond Charles on keyboard and his jazz combo. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |