Flat View | Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
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| Friday, November 21, 2008 |
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Janice Maxie Reid: Keyboard And Vocals (7:00 PM)
Janice Maxie Reid
Keyboard and vocalist
Janice Maxie Reid sits at the piano and places her fingers on the black and white keys, her right foot on the pedal. Now she's at home. The piano is where she finds comfort. "This is where I am supposed to be," says Reid. There are many places she feels at home but she is most comfortable here at the Broadway Grill.
Reid, who sings in an earthy, robust manner like her heros, the great jazz singers Ella Fitzgerald and sultry Roberta...
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| Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
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Sue Crosman: Solo Piano (11:00 AM)
Sue Crosman
Solo Pianist
Sue Crosman is a full time freelance pianist and piano teacher in the bay area.
When did you first start playing an instrument? - 2 years of flute in grade school, I started piano at 24 years old.
Who/what were your first influences? - Les McCann and Eddie Harris, "The Swiss Movement." I heard them for the first time at 17, and actually jazz for the first time, too. I couldn't believe what a hip music style jazz was!
How did you get your experience? - My living room...
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John Stafford: Flavorful Jazz (6:30 PM)
John Stafford
Saxophones, Clarinet, Flute and Vocals
John makes San Francisco his home base. He played nightly at the historic Hotel St. Francis for many years yet made the time to perform at other venues in the Bay Area and Hawaii, often with music legends like Big Joe Turner, Elvin Jones, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Eddie Fisher. John has recorded with a variety of artists from David Grisman to Bing Crosby, and his playing has been praised by John Lennon, Pete Fountain and Herb Caen. He...
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| Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
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Jazz Brunch Hosted By Tony Lindsay (11:00 AM)
Tony Lindsay Eleven time Grammy winner, singer, songwriter, and producer Tony Lindsay is the lead singer for guitar legend Carlos Santana and he can be heard on such hit albums as Supernatural, Shaman, Milagro, and many others. Tony also has three solo albums and he has also lent his dynamic voice on a long list of television and radio commercials.
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James Michael Day: Impromtu Piano (5:00 PM)
James Michael Day
Solo Piano
James M. Day is a self-taught pianist, believing that life's experience is the best teacher an artist can have. His creative influences are Joe Sample, Jeff Lorber, Bryan Culbertson, Chick Corea, Art Tatum, Bruce Hornsby, Pat Metheny, Taylor Eigsti, Julian Lage, Bela Fleck, Dave Matthews, Stevie Wonder, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Matthew Bellamy, many many more. In the next year James plans to focus more on writing and performing his own musical...
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| Monday, November 24, 2008 |
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Motown Mondays (7:30 PM)
Motown Mondays
The Broadway Grill in Burlingame will have two very special guest singers joining Pure Ecstasy for the restaurant’s super popular Motown Mondays continuing through the end of summer.
Fred Ross who is the lead vocalist with The Family Stone Xperience will be joining Pure Ecstasy’s Preston Turner when they perform the rich catalog of Motown songs including “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “I Can’t Help Myself,” and many...
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| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
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| Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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Masha Campagne (6:30 PM)
Masha Campagne
Brazilian Jazz Vocalist and Guitar
“My grandfather, the greatest inspiration and a multi-reed player, introduced me to the world of Jazz. Playing nightly with his 25-piece band at the Moscow landmark ‘Metropol’ restaurant he would often bring me along to his gigs. The spontaneity and swinging energy of the music abducted my heart . . .” Campagne recalls. Campagne’s smooth mix of jazz and breezy swing is an easy sell for lovers of the instrumental and vocal styles of...
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| Friday, November 28, 2008 |
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Janice Maxie Reid: Solo Piano (6:30 PM)
Janice Maxie Reid
Keyboard and vocalist
Janice Maxie Reid sits at the piano and places her fingers on the black and white keys, her right foot on the pedal. Now she's at home. The piano is where she finds comfort. "This is where I am supposed to be," says Reid. There are many places she feels at home but she is most comfortable here at the Broadway Grill.
Reid, who sings in an earthy, robust manner like her heros, the great jazz singers Ella Fitzgerald and sultry Roberta...
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| Saturday, November 29, 2008 |
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Jazz Brunch Hosted By Alvon Johnson (11:00 AM)
Alvon Johnson
Vocal and Solo Guitar
This is one man that can send any woman out of her mind with his soulful voice and moving guitar music. If you have ever seen and heard Alvon, then you know his singing and playing his guitar can send you into ecstasy with his soft, soothing sexy voice and then turn you into a wild woman with his magnificent guitar playing and body movements. This is a true showman, and he gives his all in all of his performances. If you have not been to one of his shows,...
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John Stafford: Flavorful Jazz (6:30 PM)
John Stafford
Saxophones, Clarinet, Flute and Vocals
John makes San Francisco his home base. He played nightly at the historic Hotel St. Francis for many years yet made the time to perform at other venues in the Bay Area and Hawaii, often with music legends like Big Joe Turner, Elvin Jones, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Eddie Fisher. John has recorded with a variety of artists from David Grisman to Bing Crosby, and his playing has been praised by John Lennon, Pete Fountain and Herb Caen. He...
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| Sunday, November 30, 2008 |
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Jazz Brunch Hosted By Tony Lindsay (11:00 AM)
Tony Lindsay Eleven time Grammy winner, singer, songwriter, and producer Tony Lindsay is the lead singer for guitar legend Carlos Santana and he can be heard on such hit albums as Supernatural, Shaman, Milagro, and many others. Tony also has three solo albums and he has also lent his dynamic voice on a long list of television and radio commercials.
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James Michael Day: Impromtu Piano (5:00 PM)
James Michael Day
Solo Piano
James M. Day is a self-taught pianist, believing that life's experience is the best teacher an artist can have. His creative influences are Joe Sample, Jeff Lorber, Bryan Culbertson, Chick Corea, Art Tatum, Bruce Hornsby, Pat Metheny, Taylor Eigsti, Julian Lage, Bela Fleck, Dave Matthews, Stevie Wonder, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Matthew Bellamy, many many more. In the next year James plans to focus more on writing and performing his own musical...
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