the Denny Berthiaume Trio (Ft. Jonathan Poretz!) at Angelica's

*Special Guest vocalist Jonathan Poretz
Some say he was born with a microphone in his hand. That would explain why Jonathan Poretz is so comfortable performing his brand of great American jazz standards to audiences large and small.

Blending the swinging vocal stylings of Sinatra, Torme, Bennett and Darin, Jonathan is equally comfortable performing with a trio or a 17-piece big band, putting his own unique stamp on every song he sings and every story he tells through the great American standard songbook.

Jonathan has toured the country as Frank Sinatra in the ìThe Rat Pack in Backî and has headlined several of the Bay Areaís top nightclubs, including Yoshiís Oakland and San Francisco. He's currently starring in his own show, "Sex, Swagger & Swing: Sinatra and Darin in the Concert That Never Was," which is touring performing arts centers throughout the Bay Area....

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*Special Guest vocalist Jonathan Poretz
Some say he was born with a microphone in his hand. That would explain why Jonathan Poretz is so comfortable performing his brand of great American jazz standards to audiences large and small.

Blending the swinging vocal stylings of Sinatra, Torme, Bennett and Darin, Jonathan is equally comfortable performing with a trio or a 17-piece big band, putting his own unique stamp on every song he sings and every story he tells through the great American standard songbook.

Jonathan has toured the country as Frank Sinatra in the ìThe Rat Pack in Backî and has headlined several of the Bay Areaís top nightclubs, including Yoshiís Oakland and San Francisco. He's currently starring in his own show, "Sex, Swagger & Swing: Sinatra and Darin in the Concert That Never Was," which is touring performing arts centers throughout the Bay Area.



Tonight's trio features:
Mickey McPhillips
Rob Gibson
Denny Berthiaume

DENNY BERTHIAUME,
piano, grew up outside Washington D.C. and Chicago. He is the only non-California native in the group although San Francisco is his home. He has performed with Bobby McFerrin, Diane Schuur, Joe Williams, Ed Thigpen, Stan Getz, k.d.lang, and Joan Rivers. He recorded 4 albums as co-leader of the successful fusion group Solar Plexus. He has appeared at jazz festivals in Monterey, the Russian River, San Jose, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He was professor in literature and music at Foothill College in Los Altos, California (1970-2004) and a published playwright.

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