Guest Artist Series TONIGHT with special bonus guest!
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Pete Petersen Jazz
Aug 19, 2010, 12:44:18 PM8/19/10
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Hey Everybody!
Tonight's "Guest Artist Series" show at Tony Starlight's, featuring Karla Harris along with the Pete Petersen Septet "Little Big Band", will feature an additional extra-special surprise bonus guest! Sitting in with us in the trumpet section will be none other than the Shanghai Woolies' trumpeter and bandleader, Gavin Bondy. Gavin has also spent the past several years holding down the trumpet chair in the ever-popular supergroup Pink Martini. We're excited and lucky to have him on board.
The Pete Petersen Septet "Little Big Band" 7-piece powerhouse band backs a different vocalist each and every month at Tony Starlight's. This month's featured guest vocalist will be the one and only Karla Harris.
Karla Harris is one of the northwest's local treasures, wowing audiences and earning critical acclaim wherever she performs. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear her performing in front of this powerhouse band!
Tony Starlight's Supperclub
3728 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland Oregon
Thursday August 19
7:30PM to 10:30PM
All Ages until 9:30
"Karla tends to take the stage by storm and doesn't let go til it's all over." - Steve Kullowatz, Jazz Society of Oregon
"...a powerful singer at ease in any setting." - Standards in Jazz, WSIE-FM
"Karla Harris engages the audience and makes us happy to be sharing the evening with her." -Clubscene
"Petersen's an accomplished player. He has a big, throaty tone and a blowzy, swashbuckling style with the conversational touch of old-time sax players." - Paul deBarros, Seattle Times
"Get ready for some swinging, down the center of the groove, scintillating straight ahead jazz and bop from a Portland cat who writes and plays in the best of the tradition." - George Fendel, Jazz Society of Oregon
The show will feature jazz and pop standards, as well as a mini-tribute to Rosemary Clooney, and some other surprises!
Karla will be backed by an amazing group consisting of many of Portland's "A-list" musicians, including:
Pete Petersen, tenor sax & musical director
Bryan Dickerson, alto sax (Glenn Miller Orchestra, Soul Vaccination, Art Abrams)
Gavin Bondy, trumpet (Pink Martini, Shanghai Woolies)
Stan Bock, trombone (USAF Airmen of Note, Mel Brown Septet)
Andre St James, bass (Sonny Rollins, Mel Brown Septet)
Joe Millward, piano (Swingline Cubs, Rendezvous)
Sam Foulger, drums (Tony Starlight Show)
About the Series: The Guest Artist Series is a new monthly series featuring established area vocalists backed by a "little Big Band" organized and arranged by Petersen. In addition to being featured in instrumental performances locally and at festivals across the western United States, the band has already performed behind several prominent featured guest artists in the past, including Storm Large, Tahoe Jackson, Ellen Whyte and others. This series will showcase a different vocalist each month and is intended to present already-established vocal artists from various genres, performing in a Big Band setting. Artists will perform a mixture of their own material with the band as well as jazz standards arranged specifically for each artist and performed at a very high level of musicianship by this band of some of the top players in the area.
One goal of the series is to introduce audiences to the idea that Good Music performed by Good Musicians is able to transcend the traditional genre-specific labels of "jazz" "blues" "pop" etc. Artists are free to explore the music in whatever way they see fit; pop songs done in a sultry, sexy jazzy style, jazz standards in a funky groove, the idea is to break listeners out of their box, shatter preconceptions and invent something new and hip.
Another goal of the series is to bring new audiences to experience live music performed by seasoned professional musicians; These shows are open to All Ages for the entire first set from 7:30 to 9:30pm. Since many nightclubs are restricted to those who are over the age of 21, students currently have very few opportunities to hear good music performed live. Due to new OLCC changes, minors are now allowed into certain venues during certain hours to see and hear live music performances. We look forward to bringing this music to a new generation of listening audiences!
Stay tuned for Future Guest Artist Series Performances:
September 9, 2010 - guest TBA
October - TBA
November 11, 2010 - Kim Massie, Blues singer from St Louis MO
December - TBA
January - Ellen Whyte
Tony Starlight's Supperclub
3728 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland Oregon
Thursday August 19
7:30PM to 10:30PM
All Ages until 9:30
"Karla tends to take the stage by storm and doesn't let go til it's all over." - Steve Kullowatz, Jazz Society of Oregon
"...a powerful singer at ease in any setting." - Standards in Jazz, WSIE-FM
"Karla Harris engages the audience and makes us happy to be sharing the evening with her." -Clubscene
"Petersen's an accomplished player. He has a big, throaty tone and a blowzy, swashbuckling style with the conversational touch of old-time sax players." - Paul deBarros, Seattle Times
"Get ready for some swinging, down the center of the groove, scintillating straight ahead jazz and bop from a Portland cat who writes and plays in the best of the tradition." - George Fendel, Jazz Society of Oregon
The show will feature jazz and pop standards, as well as a mini-tribute to Rosemary Clooney, and some other surprises!
Karla will be backed by an amazing group consisting of many of Portland's "A-list" musicians, including:
Pete Petersen, tenor sax & musical director
Bryan Dickerson, alto sax (Glenn Miller Orchestra, Soul Vaccination, Art Abrams)
Gavin Bondy, trumpet (Pink Martini, Shanghai Woolies)
Stan Bock, trombone (USAF Airmen of Note, Mel Brown Septet)
Andre St James, bass (Sonny Rollins, Mel Brown Septet)
Joe Millward, piano (Swingline Cubs, Rendezvous)
Sam Foulger, drums (Tony Starlight Show)
About the Series: The Guest Artist Series is a new monthly series featuring established area vocalists backed by a "little Big Band" organized and arranged by Petersen. In addition to being featured in instrumental performances locally and at festivals across the western United States, the band has already performed behind several prominent featured guest artists in the past, including Storm Large, Tahoe Jackson, Ellen Whyte and others. This series will showcase a different vocalist each month and is intended to present already-established vocal artists from various genres, performing in a Big Band setting. Artists will perform a mixture of their own material with the band as well as jazz standards arranged specifically for each artist and performed at a very high level of musicianship by this band of some of the top players in the area.
One goal of the series is to introduce audiences to the idea that Good Music performed by Good Musicians is able to transcend the traditional genre-specific labels of "jazz" "blues" "pop" etc. Artists are free to explore the music in whatever way they see fit; pop songs done in a sultry, sexy jazzy style, jazz standards in a funky groove, the idea is to break listeners out of their box, shatter preconceptions and invent something new and hip.
Another goal of the series is to bring new audiences to experience live music performed by seasoned professional musicians; These shows are open to All Ages for the entire first set from 7:30 to 9:30pm. Since many nightclubs are restricted to those who are over the age of 21, students currently have very few opportunities to hear good music performed live. Due to new OLCC changes, minors are now allowed into certain venues during certain hours to see and hear live music performances. We look forward to bringing this music to a new generation of listening audiences!
Stay tuned for Future Guest Artist Series Performances:
September 9, 2010 - guest TBA
October - TBA
November 11, 2010 - Kim Massie, Blues singer from St Louis MO
December - TBA
January - Ellen Whyte
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