Please join us as we celebrate the 9th anniversary of Syracuse/Siegel Duo's jazz series at Catskill Mountain Pizza Company! Featuring two very special guests, Lisa Markley and Pete Levin.
About Lisa:
“Lisa Markley has more depth control and beauty to her voice in a live concert setting than most vocalists get in a studio. Driving that voice is a soul of wit and intelligence and a heart of gold.”
PAUL SLAVENS, KERA DALLAS
She defies category in pursuit of the perfect song.
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Lisa Markley has been recording and touring internationally over the last fifteen years as a singer-songwriter and jazz artist, playing shows from Festival Mémoire et Racines in Québec, to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, from Festival Internationale to the Kerrville Folk Festival, from jazz clubs in Seattle to folk shows in Boston, and in house concerts from Bellingham to Cape Cod to Denver to New York City.
Though Lisa Markley’s career as a songwriter blends folk and jazz influences, her recent recording projects have brought her home, focusing her finely tuned vocal talents on the jazz genre. Lisa is signed with the Soona Songs record label, where she has been given the freedom to explore the more intimate forms of jazz song, art song, and to record new songs along side the jazz “standards”.
Though most often recognized for her abilities as a vocalist, Lisa Markley began her musical journey as a trombonist. A multi-instrumentalist (voice, guitar, piano, banjo, and trombone), Markley is a graduate of the prestigious School of Music at the University of North Texas where she performed in the Lab Bands and in the Jazz Singers, studying composition, jazz, voice, trombone, and music education.
About Pete Levin:
Pete Levin is a jazz keyboardist, composer, and horn player with a 15-year association with the Gil Evans Orchestra and an 8-year association with Jimmy Giuffre. As a bandleader, he produced the album Deacon Blues in 2007. He plays Hammond organ, Clavinet, and Moog synthesizer, and he has performed for such film and television scores as Missing in Action, Lean on Me, Silver Bullet, Red Scorpion, The Color of Money, Maniac, Spin City, America's Most Wanted, and Star Trek. He has also written scores of his own for Zelimo and The Dybbuk. He was also was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for writing the official military band arrangement of the U.S. Infantry song.
He has also performed with Aztec Two Step, Jeff Berlin, Carla Bley, Brubeck Brothers, Hiram Bullock, Jimmy Cobb, Billy Cobham, Willie Colón, Kal David, Miles Davis, Angela DeNiro, Robbie Dupress, Rachelle Farrell, Bryan Ferry, Gregory Hines, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band, Annie Lennox, Tony Levin, Chuck Mangione, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Jaco Pastorius, Nicki Richards, Robbie Robertson, Ali Ryerson, Salt-n-Pepa, David Sanborn, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, Paul Simon, Lew Soloff, Jim Weider, Vanessa Williams, and Lenny White.
Website
http://www.petelevin.com
About Rich and Jeff:
Bassist Rich Syracuse and drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel are a rhythm teach that has accompanied countless artists over the past 30 years including Kurt Elling, Sheila Jordan, Mose Allison, Dave Stryker, Vic Juris, Karl Berger, Lee Shaw, Nick Brignola, Ali Ryerson, Peter Levin and more. Individually Rich’s credits include Joey Calderazzo, Dave Liebman, Michael Musilami, Jeff “Tain” Watts and many more. Siegel has performed with Kenny Burrell, Dave Douglas, Stefon Harris, Sir Roland Hanna, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, Joanne Brackeen and several others. Their teaching credits currently include Skidmore College, SUNY New Paltz, The New School, Western Connecticut State University, Vassar College, Bard College and The Hotchkiss School.
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