Max Haymer Group Featuring Jesse Palter at Feinstein's At Vitello's

Max Haymer will be showcasing his unique pianistic style when he comes to Vitello’s. Haymer is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after pianists in Southern California, displaying a fresh and athletic prowess with his music. Whether it is accompanying a vocalist, or leading his trio, Haymer is able to play with unique intensity. Since moving back to L.A. 2 years ago from NYC, Haymer has worked and performed with Grammy-Winner Bill Holman, Grammy nominated Denise Donatelli, as well as the incomparable Katisse Buckingham. A UC-Irvine graduate, Haymer has won numerous awards competing at the Montreux Solo Piano Competition, and the Great American Piano Competition. Haymer brings a modern feel to jazz classics, and strives to push the envelope while staying true to tradition....

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Max Haymer will be showcasing his unique pianistic style when he comes to Vitello’s. Haymer is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after pianists in Southern California, displaying a fresh and athletic prowess with his music. Whether it is accompanying a vocalist, or leading his trio, Haymer is able to play with unique intensity. Since moving back to L.A. 2 years ago from NYC, Haymer has worked and performed with Grammy-Winner Bill Holman, Grammy nominated Denise Donatelli, as well as the incomparable Katisse Buckingham. A UC-Irvine graduate, Haymer has won numerous awards competing at the Montreux Solo Piano Competition, and the Great American Piano Competition. Haymer brings a modern feel to jazz classics, and strives to push the envelope while staying true to tradition.

He is thrilled to showcase his good friend and amazing vocalist, Jesse Palter:

Jesse Palter has grown into one of the most accomplished and dynamic vocalists and composers in the jazz and overall music scenes. Her voice is a flexible, facile instrument wielded by an ambitious and visionary player; it can be sweet or salty, polished or raw, wide in range and broad in stylistic scope and has been compared to the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Betty Carter. Palter has won numerous music awards (including Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist 3 years in a row) and thrilled audiences from Israel to China and throughout the States. Her original music has been featured on a variety of television shows and commercials. She just finished recording her highly anticipated sophomore jazz recording slated for a 2014 major label release (details to come soon).

“Palter sings with intelligence and swings with conviction, and she has the street sense and world view to interpret lyrics in the manner of someone a decade or two her senior”.
- Neil Tesser, Chicago Jazz Examiner

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