boozin’ and bluesin’ is what's sure to keep sane
miss ida spits it like it is, lil’ mama ain’t got shame
rugged keys and raunchy brass
she may get dirty, but she’s all high class
friday september 20th
the zinc bar
82nd west 3rd st :: nyc 10002
7:00-9:00pm
- featuring -
jim fryer :: trombone
adam platt :: piano
mike davis :: trumpet
“Mara Kaye’s voice bears a resemblance to Mamie Smith or Sippie Wallace, though with slower tempi, hers is a more introverted style, to which she adds a Betty-Boop-like coy, knowing coquetterie, and a subtlety not apparent on the original records.” -- Seth Gilman, New York City Music Culture Journalist, Examiner.com...
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boozin’ and bluesin’ is what's sure to keep sane
miss ida spits it like it is, lil’ mama ain’t got shame
rugged keys and raunchy brass
she may get dirty, but she’s all high class
friday september 20th
the zinc bar
82nd west 3rd st :: nyc 10002
7:00-9:00pm
- featuring -
jim fryer :: trombone
adam platt :: piano
mike davis :: trumpet
“Mara Kaye’s voice bears a resemblance to Mamie Smith or Sippie Wallace, though with slower tempi, hers is a more introverted style, to which she adds a Betty-Boop-like coy, knowing coquetterie, and a subtlety not apparent on the original records.” -- Seth Gilman, New York City Music Culture Journalist, Examiner.com
“Jim Fryer began his career as age 16 in the Boston area. In the more than 3 decades since, he has toured internationally; recorded as a bandleader and sideman; and played television, radio, theaters, jazz clubs, and concert halls in a variety of musical settings. First and foremost an exceptional jazz trombonist at ease in any style, he has become especially noted as one of the foremost traditional jazz exponents on the scene today”
At twenty-one years old, trumpeter Mike Davis has a voice beyond his years on his instrument. His playing is imbued with the sounds of prohibition-era speakeasies, Hoovervilles of the depression, and glittering jazz palaces of the swing era, creating a timeless cocktail of American music. He appears regularly around New York City with Dandy Wellington and his band, Gordon Webster, Emily Asher’s Garden Party, Gelber and Manning, The Astor Boys, and many other traditional jazz and swing bands. He is a student of Laurie Frink at the Manhattan School of Music.
Pronounced "Prodigious" by the late Leonard Feather of the L.A. Times, and "A Monster" by Tootie Heath, Adam Platt began playing the piano at the age of four. The recipient of several awards growing up including DownBeat Magazine's student music awards, and winning the High School Jazz Piano division at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (first when he was 10 years old, the youngest winner ever). Adam has since attended New England Conservatory as well as Berklee College of Music studying with, Joanne Brackeen, Michael Cain, Bob Moses, and many others.
Dave Brubeck said once of Adam: "He has everything he needs and more. I can't imagine he won't soon be recognized as one of the greatest."
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