SF: WESLA WHITFIELD WITH THE MIKE GREENSILL TRIO "LUCKY TO BE ME"
RRAZZ ROOM at THE HOTEL NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 415-394-1189) will present the return engagement of San Francisco's first couple of Jazz and the Great American Songbook, Wesla Whitfield with The Mike Greensill Trio on Sunday, November 11th through Wednesday, November 21st (no performances on Mondays). Showtimes vary - see website. "Lucky To Be Me" will feature a retrospective of their illustrious recording career, including selections from the new CD - Best Things In Life: Live from the Rrazz Room - which was recorded during her annual run at the club and was released in November 2011. In addition to Greensill on piano, the show will feature John Wiitala on bass and Vince Lateano on drums. Wesla Whitfield is acclaimed as one of the most gifted performers with a deep love for the rich storehouse of musical treasures in the Great American Songbook. Though based in San Francisco, Whitfield also spends much of her time in New York, working such noted venues as Lincoln Center, the JVC Jazz Festival, NY Town Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall and Joe's Pub at New York's Public Theater. Mike Greensill graduated from Leeds College of Music in England, toured Europe and the Far East and lived in Hong Kong before settling in San Francisco. Known in his role as musical director to Wesla Whitfield, with whom he has recorded twenty albums, Mike is also resident piano player on Sedge Thomson's weekly Public Radio show "West Coast Live." There is a $35-$40 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
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