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Christmas in San Francisco with Russ Lorenson & Friends at The RRazz Room

Courtesy of Russ Lorenson | Posted on November 15, 2010

Where

The RRazz Room
222 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA
Map
510-967-1109

When

Wed, December 22, 2010
8:00 am

At Door

$30

Musicians

About

Skip the Christmas caroling this year and spend a cozy winter's evening with Russ Lorenson and his special guests Carly Ozard, Veronica Klaus, and Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, as they celebrate five years of jazzy Christmases, San Francisco style! With songs by such great composers and lyricists as Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, and Frank Loesser, there's something for everyone in this swinging evening of jingle j...azz. This year's lineup includes a trio of divas, all well-known to San Francisco audiences, and all who have made their Rrazz Room debuts in 2010.

Heard each year on "The Bay Area's Official Christmas Station - 96.5 KOIT-FM" with his recording of "Christmas in San Francisco," Russ Lorenson has established a reputation as one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s leading interpreters of jazz standards, with a sound and approach that place him at the intersection of Broadway, jazz, and pop – the very essence of the Great American Songbook. Jazz Review says that “Lorenson is not just a crooner covering the traditional Sinatra style or trying to be the next Connick; he is his own man.” Nominated for a 2007 MAC Award by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, Russ Lorenson’s passion for the stage started as a youngster, with a performing career that began at age seven in his home town of Philadelphia. As an actor he has appeared in award-winning musical productions with theatre companies throughout the US, and has toured with the National Theatre for Children. As a vocalist he has toured the US, UK and Europe, appearing in concert with such luminaries as Broadway stars Teri Ralston ("Company," "A Little Night Music," "The Baker’s Wife"), Karen Mason ("Hairspray," "Mamma Mia," "Sunset Boulevard") and Dale Kristien ("Phantom of the Opera"), "Queen of Cabaret" Andrea Marcovicci, jazz diva Wesla Whitfield, and as the opening act for the legendary Eartha Kitt....

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