Swing Fever Oct 4!
Georgia Browne
Hi everyone! Swing Fever, world renowned swing and jazz band will be playing right here on Bainbridge Island on October 4, at the Bainbridge Commons. Aside from the fabulous instrumentalists, anyone who loves vocals will want to come and hear Denise Perrier. Please spread the word and pass this along to anyone who might be interested!
Georgia
Here’s the scoop:
Swing Fever
Saturday, October 4, 2008
7:00pm
Bainbridge Island Commons
Swing Fever has been performing jazz of the 1930’s and 40’s for twenty-nine years. The band has toured and recorded with renowned musicians, including Count Basie – Duke Ellington trumpeter Clark Terry, clarinetist Buddy DeFranco and vibraphonist Terry Gibbs. Swing Fever is dedicated to the music of the Swing Era, playing it as critic Phil Elwood said, “as though the numbers are on today’s Hit Parade.” Clever, fun, romantic, moody, witty – here is wonderful, classic music presented in its full emotional range.
Swing Fever will feature vocalist Denise Perrier.
Swing Fever and Denise Perrier have performed during the past 12 years, at countless private events, and more than 100 concert performances throughout the West including two tours in Alaska, and the notable 1999 tour with clarinetist Buddy DeFranco.
Here is what Philip Elwood, the late music critic for the San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle had to say:
"Perrier's work is big, rich, melodic and hits home with a remarkable punch. She has the swirling, dancing, integrating intimacy usually associated with Continental vocalists…Wherever she sings, somehow she makes it her turf -- the sign of something special, a real pro. Perrier has the guts of a blues-jazz singer and tile gloss of a cabaret-saloon singer. She'll tackle tough stuff and make it her own, mixing Cole Porter, Fats Waller, Stephen Sondheim and Duke Ellington songs into a set effortlessly. She sings with a soft intimacy in cabarets but can belt out a Bessie Smith blues lyric, in a stage show; Perrier's blues become ballads, the ballads become blues."
Ms. Perrier's critically acclaimed theater production of "Unforgettable," a tribute to Dinah Washington, and musical tributes to Duke Ellington and George Gershwin have received enthusiastic responses from listeners everywhere from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. She performed in the extended San Francisco production of the black vaudevillian musical "One Mo' Time!," at the Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention at Town Hall in New York City and San Francisco, and with the Smithsonian Duke Ellington Tribute and Exhibition.
Sponsored by the BI Park District, this concert will be held at the Bainbridge Commons, 370 Brien Dr. SE, Bainbridge Island.
Advance Tickets are $18, Tickets at the door are $20, and youth tickets are $10. Advance tickets available at Glass Onion, Winslow Drug, or by calling the Park District office at (206) 842-2306.