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| "Blossoming On Broadway" with Roberta Donnay and Kay Kostopoulos SATURDAY, JUNE 3 (7pm) Pangea, NYC Please join us in NYC (June 3), Lee MA (June 9), Berkeley CA (June 24) SATURDAY, JUNE 3 (7pm) Pangea, NYC "Blossoming On Broadway" with Roberta Donnay and Kay Kostopoulos Recording artists Roberta Donnay and Kay Kostopoulos join forces for an exciting evening. Roberta will perform selections from her album "Blossom-ing" and Kay, in her return engagement to Pangea, will enchant you with her fresh renditions of sultry Broadway jazz from her critically acclaimed album "Exotica". **** FRIDAY, JUNE 9 (7:30pm) "Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band" BERKSHIRES JAZZ WEEKEND Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend – Jazz, Art, and Food in Downtown Lee, MA **** SATURDAY, JUNE 24 (8pm) "Roberta Donnay with the Mike Greensill Trio" THE BACK ROOM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roberta-donnay-mike-greensill-tickets-601748725637 in Berkeley CA also May 29th on NPR Roberta Donnay & Mike Greensill are featured on a show with Dirty Cello. and June 14th Roberta Donnay sings with the Ray Simpson Big Band in Corte Madera CA. Check robertadonnay.com for more info. "Emotional and sultry, witty and warm, and everything you could wish to hear in a vocal jazz album. This is a work of extraordinary charm and beauty." - The Jazz Owl "Roberta Donnay and the Prohibition Mob Band bring to new life the blues and jazz of the 1920s and '30s, diving deep into the music of Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Sippie Wallace, Ethel Waters, and Ida Cox. Roberta's "interpretive license is valid for both jazz and blues, " and that she "knows exactly how far she can go drawing inspiration from time-honored singers…without sacrificing a sense of self."- DownBeat Magazine "Award-winning vocalist and songwriter Roberta Donnay is that rare species of musician who almost lives in another time, as she and her Prohibition Mob Band exist to revive the Jazz Age of America."- Motema "Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band present a modern take of the hot swingin' jazz and sultry blues of the 1920s and 30s that will make you want to dance all night!"- Verdi Club "With her singularly enticing sound, few contemporary vocalists are as well suited to dustily vintage material as jazz-blues stylist Roberta Donnay."- Jazz Times "Roberta Donnay is a Jazz Age preservationist, guardian of Depression-era sounds, and extender of traditions.."– All About Jazz "[Roberta Donnay's] engagement with the lyrics, her supple sense of time and her soulful, little-girl timbre remind you of Billie Holiday."- International Herald Tribune write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |