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Great entertainment returns to the intimate setting of the Grace Memorial Parlours of the Seay Administration building at Centenary College this month with a holiday performance by Bill Mays and Jay Leonhardt on Sunday, November 29th at 4 PM, as part of Centenary Stage Company's "Piano in the Parlour Series".
A veteran of such notable New York venues as Birdland, The Blue Note, Iridium, The Village Gate, and more, Bill Mays has been hailed as "one of the masters of color and touch among today's pianists" (JazzTimes). As a pianist, he has worked with such luminaries as Andrea Bocelli, Rosemary Clooney, Al Jarreau, Barry Manilow, Aretha Franklin, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Mel Torme, Dinooe Warwick, and Andy Williams, among many. A former musical director for Sarah Vaughan, Mays is a also a prolific composer and arranger and has contributed to the recordings and libraries of such jazz greats as Phil Woods, The Woody Herman Band, Shelly Manne and Bud Shank.
Called "the ‘Fred Astaire' of jazz" by JazzTimes magazine, Jay Leonhart has thrice been named "The Most Valuable Bassist in the Recording Industry" by the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences, and has recorded with such jazz greats as Marian McPartland, Jim Hall, Urbie Green, Chuck Wayne, Phil Woods and Gerry Mulligan . Music critic Christopher Loudon calls Leonhart "a craftsman so seamlessly smooth that casual observers often fail to grasp the immensity of his talent, " and hails his underappreciated talent as a vocalist as well as bassist.
Tickets for the Piano in the Parlour concert are $15 in advance and $18 at the door, and can be purchased by calling the CSC Box office at 908-979-0900.
Performances at the Centenary Stage Company are made possible in part through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts and CSC members and sponsors.
THE DINING PARTNERS...CHECK THEM OUT!
Mama's Cafe Baci
Mattar's Bistro Lounge
Pandan Room
Prickly Pear Restaurant
Smokehouse BBQ & Tavern
The Pump House
WHERE SHALL WE DINE
http://www.centenarystageco.org/
Click on the CSC website above for tickets and details on all great events for 2009.
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