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| Linda Kosut & The Mike Greensill Trio Bistro Award-winning jazz/cabaret vocalist Linda Kosut presents a program of songs & stories of composer Johnny Green to San Francisco's newest venue, SOCIETY CABARET at the Hotel Rex in Union Square. 563 Sutter Street. SHOWS are on Friday, January 17 and Saturday, January 18 at 8:00pm. Johnny Green was a prolific composer, 5-time Oscar winner for scoring of a musical picture, MGM Orchestra Leader & Arranger, and much more. His masterful composition, "BODY AND SOUL" continues to celebrate its #1 position on the Jazz Standards Charts 83 years after its first airplay. Along with the MIKE GREENSILL TRIO (Greensill, musical director/piano; Tom Shader, bass; Alan Hall, drums), Linda brings an exciting and current perspective to Green's songs, written mostly in the 30s & 40s. "Kosut's intention is to keep Green's music alive and she does it in a way that is fresh and contemporary. Green deserves recognition [and] Kosut does more than justice to the material, {She] enhances it with her effervescence and charm." –Cabaret Scenes Magazine Linda Kosut, New York born and San Francisco-based, is a singer whose warm lush sound, interpretive lyric skills and intelligent humor brings her signature style to music old and new, while mastering a broad range of genres from jazz to folk to pop. Her CD tribute to Oscar Brown Jr., "Long As You're Living", garnered Backstage Magazine's Bistro/BMI Award for Outstanding Recording. ABOUT THE BAND: MIKE GREENSILL musical director, well known in his role as musical director to acclaimed vocalist Wesla Whitfield with whom he has recorded twenty albums, he is also resident piano player on Sedge Thomson's weekly Public Radio show to the world, "West Coast Live." Youcan find him playing jazz with his trio in many a Bay Area saloon and jazz club. As an arranger, Mike has written for big bands and symphony orchestras including the Boston Pops and the San Francisco Symphony. He has also accompanied such talents as Rita Moreno, Margaret Whiting, Broadway stars Lillias White and Franc D'Ambrosio, and jazz singers Madeline Eastman, Ann Hampton Callaway and Opie Bellas. mikegreensill.com TOM SHADER an acoustic bass player raised in the Detroit area, played classical music, studied the violin, viola, cello, string bass, and voice in his youth. His early professional career was dedicated to the electric bass as he explored many of the rock/ pop genres. Since jazz and the acoustic bass have become Tom's passion, he has had the privilege of performing with many fine musicians, including Steve Allen, Henry Mancini, and Michael Bublй. A mainstay at many North Bay and San Francisco jazz clubs, Tom has made regular appearances at jazz festivals including Russian River, Cotati, Benicia, Monterey, Mammoth Lakes, Morro Bay, and the Sacramento Jubilee. Among others, Tom can be heard on these CD's: Jazayer, Linda Kosut, Mimi Spencer, Ryan's Raiders, Philip Smith + the Gentlemen of Jazz, Jesse Colin Young, "Swept Away." tomshader.com ALAN HALL is one of the most in demand percussionists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alan has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Harris, Paul McCandless, Rebecca Parris, Art Lande, Billy Childs, Bob Sheppard, cirque du Soleil, and many others. Alan is a former faculty member of Berklee School of Music in Boston, currently on the faculty of The Jazz School in Berkeley California and gives clinics and workshops at festivals and colleges throughout North America. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |