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Thursday, February 19, 2015

CABARET EVENTS FOR CALIFORNIA & THE WEST COAST FOR TONIGHT FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

CABARET EVENTS FOR CALIFORNIA & THE WEST COAST FOR TONIGHT FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
Here are today's cabaret events as listed on the home page of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE! Every day in every way we're promoting Cabaret! Your event missing? Send press releases to stuhamstra@svhamstra.com to be included - listings are FREE!
SAN DIEGO, CA: SHERRY WILLIAMS IN "JUST US TWO"
Jazz performer Williams and her longtime friend/ accompanist John Rodby will share tunes featured on their CD at MARTINI'S ABOVE FOURTH (3940 4th Avenue, San Diego, CA - 619-400-4500) on Thursday, February 19th at 8:00 pm. Together they've done everything from big band and full orchestra gigs to duo settings. They'll be doing material from their latest CD, called "Just Us Two" which is a collection of songs they both love with some quirky arrangements. Sherry Williams' buttery voice is an oasis in any madness our world offers. When you listen to her you realize immediately that she is a consummate artist - the real thing. Williams is what they called in the old days, a storyteller - she paints pictures with words. Yet she bridges the gap between the past and the present. Her masterful interpretation of the lyrics makes an over worn song meaningful, or brings an unknown song to life. Her passion for well crafted music and her superb vocal ability place her in a category to which few artists have arrived. Though she emerges from the shadows of the great ladies that have gone on before her, her style is unmistakably her own. Since she began singing as a professional, Sherry has had the good fortune to rarely be out of work. When she was a high school student in San Bernardino (California), she sang and toured with The Young Americans. At ULCA, she joined the acapella choir and worked with the famous Roger Wagner and the UCLA Choir both in Los Angeles and Europe. She has also toured with Debbie Reynolds, Andy Gibb, and the legendary Johnnie Ray, to name a few. In 1976, Sherry left the Eddie Kendricks tour and struck out on her own, touring Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Sherry has worked with a multitude of jazz greats including Buddy Collette, Herbie Mann, Plas Johnson, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ann Patterson, Gerald "Wig" Wiggins, Al Viola, Herman Riley, Dave Pike, Eddie Cano, Lanny Morgan, Ross Tompkins, Earl Palmer, Bill Cunliffe, Andy Simpkins, Roy McCurdy, John and Jennifer Leitham, Ray Pizzi, Jim DeJulio, Paul Smith, Art Hillery, Terry Harrington, John Hammond, Roger Kellaway, Dave Benoit, Llew Matthews, John B. Williams, Tom Ranier, Patrice Rushen, Ralph Penland, Bob Magnusson, Joe LaBarbera, Jon Mayer, Putter Smith & many more. There is a $20 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
LOS ANGELES: SHAWN RYAN CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY AT ROCKWELL
ROCKWELL: TABLE & STAGE (1714 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA - 323-669-1550) presents Artist in Residence Shawn Ryan performing with the Kelly Park Trio on Thursday, February 19th at 8:00 pm. The show will celebrate Shawn's birthday. He will be joined by special guest Joanne Tatham. Shawn Ryan, Semi-Finalist from NBC's America's Got Talent makes his Rockwell debut with an ALL NEW SHOW! Original comedy, jazz standards – in short, Pure Entertainment! Shawn Ryan is one on the hottest nightclub acts today! From his gender bending turn on "Bones" as Destiny Childs to his GLAAD Nominated role on "The Mentalist" to his Grammy shortlisted album "Blue Skies", Shawn's showbiz life gives his audiences a musical romp through tinsel town! "The love child of Bette Midler and Peter Allen, Shawn Ryan is Pure Entertainment! Whether it is acting, singing, or cracking audiences up on LOGO TV's One Night Stand Up, Shawn Ryan is taking the world by storm, one song at a time! Call for cover/minimum information.
SAN FRANCISCO: PAULA WEST IN EXTENDED RUN AT FEINSTEIN'S
After a sold out run in 2014, Paula West returns to FEINSTEIN'S AT THE NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 866-663-1063) for another winter residency with an all new show featuring an ecletic mix of songs from memorable jazz standards by Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart to contemporary American classics by Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. Performances are Thursdays through Sundays, February 12th through March 22nd - at 8:00 pm on Thursdays & Fridays, and 7:00 on Saturdays and Sundays. There is an additional late night performance on Valentine's Day, February 14th at 10:00 pm. Paula West is a Bay Area favorite, known for her rich and powerful contralto voice. She has released four CDs including "Temptation" (1997) "Restless" (1999) "Come What May" (2001) and "Live at Jazz Standard" (2012). West performs across the Country as well as internationally and has shared stages with Rosemary Clooney, Jimmy Scott, Oscar Brown Jr. Freddy Cole, Mose Allison, Mavis Staples and Dave Frishberg. She has been the featured vocalist with Wynton Marsalis at Jazz at Lincoln Center, performed at the White House and had a sold out debut at the Maison de la Musique in Paris. She'll be joined onstage by her four piece band that includes Adam Schulman and Bruce Barth on piano, Barak Mori and John Witala on bass, Ed Cherry on guitar and Jerome Jennings on drums and, together, they will take their Feinstein's audiences on a musical journey through the ages. There is a $35-$50 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.

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