Happy Friday! If you're ready for a relaxing weekend close to home, stay in Redwood City and take in a concert from the Melanie O Reilly Jazz Quartet on Sunday at Angelica's Bistro. In honor of International Women's Day, the quartet will be showcasing the music of Anita O'Day. Tickets are $15 online or $21 at the door. Here is more event information from 7x7:
For International Women's Day!
Melanie O’Reilly Jazz Quartet
The music of Anita O’Day
Sunday March 8th 2015
7:30pm show
Bell Stage Main Dining Room
@ Angelicas,
863 Main Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
Tel: (650) 679 8184
http://angelicasllc.com/event.cfm?id=189948&cart
Tickets: $15 online, $21 at door
Award-winning jazz vocalist , Melanie O’Reilly celebrates the legendary Irish-American jazz vocalist Anita O’Day, capturing the essence of an unconventional musical genius, who shattered the traditional image of the 'girl singer' with her smoky swinging style and brilliant sense of rhythm. Also featuring Melanie's stellar trio : Frank Martin -piano, Fred Randolph- bass, Jack Dorsey -drums
“The show is a celebration, and O’Reilly makes every number her own ... effortlessly, rhythmic backbeats, sultry, soulful... virtuoso style. ” — Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Unlimited Media
Interspersing narration between the songs, Melanie tells the story of O’Day, who was born to Irish parents in Kansas City, wanted to be a jazz singer, and refused to let anything stop her. She went on to become one of the world’s greatest jazz singers, captured in the iconic film documentary "Jazz on a Summer’s Day" at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
Melanie’s riveting performance, which garnered 4-star reviews and standing ovations at the international Edinburgh Fringe Festival, brings new life to the memory of the great jazz vocalist, and pays tribute to one her great musical inspirations.
Since bursting onto the international scene as one of jazz’s most daring innovators, Melanie O’Reilly is recognized as one of Ireland’s international jazz ambassadors ; she is currently based in Berkeley California, and is an internationally known jazz performer/singer, song writer & music educator .
Having represented Ireland in the international 2013 EUJazz Festival at Schoenburg Auditorium Los Angeles,her performance at the National Concert Hall Dublin garnered the accolade as one of the “Top concerts of the year” of 2013, by the Sunday Independent. and she has now earned accolades as one of the Bay Area's Jazz Treasures. She is also the creator and host of the award-winning RTE radio show "Jazz on the Bay," and her "Tribute to Anita O'Day" show earned her 4-star reviews in the International Edinburgh Festival.
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