The Betsy Hotel Presents Its August 2011 Thursday Night Live Jazz Line-Up
The Betsy South Beach
1440 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
For more information call 305-760-8288
www.thebetsyhotel.com
Schedule changes monthly.
No cover or minimum.

The wildly weekly jazz series continues Thursday evenings at The Betsy through August with the smooth vocals of artists Hilary Mcrae, Maria Zouroudis, Big Brooklyn Red, and Leesa Richards. Performances take place in the hotel’s bustling Lobby Bar, which offers the perfect gathering spot for experiencing these stellar performers. Attendees can also enjoy delicious signature cocktails and a bar menu provided by BLT Steak, the Betsy’s acclaimed in-house dining destination.

Jazz performances begin at 9 p.m. in the Lobby Bar every Thursday evening; enjoy the smooth sounds of touted vocalists including:

August 4th: Hilary Mcrae
“A singer and songwriter who knew her calling by the age of 15, her retro-soul style compares to ’70s soul and pop”

August 11th: Maria Zouroudis
“Known for her powerful, yet heart-felt voice, delivering a fusion of pop, R&B and acoustic soul”

August 18th: Big Brooklyn Red
“A deeply spiritual and transcendent experience – an expression of the freedom and the power of letting the creative spirit flow”

August 25th: Leesa Richards
“She is the ultimate mix of raw energy and elegant sophistication. Whether it is love or pain or both, the stories and the music that pour out of this wonderful new artist will move you and leave you wanting more”

Don and Jadene Boot singing good ole’ gospel music
Saturday August 6, 7pm
St Johns on the Lake
4760 Pine Tree Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33140
INFO: 305-613-2325

donjadeneboot.com

$10 at the door – students $5 with I.D.

Don Boot talks about their music:
We have been singing good Ole’ gospel music and playing lively, camp-meeting style gospel piano as a husband and wife team since 1983.

I started playing keyboards with a traveling gospel quartet while in college as early as 1969. Some of my fondest memories are of climbing on that old “Blue Whale” (a converted school bus painted bright blue!) along with other members of the “Revelators” and heading on down the road. A short time later, I began singing in the quartet and I have been playing piano and singing with gospel quartets and trios ever since.

One day I heard a recording of a young woman singing and playing a guitar and I was immediately taken by what I heard. Her voice had a special rare quality that really made an impression on me. I had to meet the girl behind that voice. When I did, I found Jadene to be a beautiful person inside and out…to match her singing! We married in 1983 and have teamed up together in gospel music ever since.

Patty Ascher and Zoho Music are pleased to announce upcoming tour dates in support of her new ZOHO CD “Bossa, Jazz ‘n’ Samba”
Fri, Aug 19
Deauville Restaurant and Lounge
Miami Beach, FL
www.deauvillelounge.com
www.pattyascher.com

Patty Ascher
Bossa, Jazz ‘n’ Samba
Zoho 201103
Release Date: April 12, 2011

Patty Ascher vocals, Marco Pontes piano,
Ronaldo Rayol acoustic guitar, Roberto Menescal guitar,
Ubaldo Versolate saxophone & flute, Eric Budney bass, Nahame Casseb drums

Deni Rocha, Edmur Junior, Robson Rocha,Milton Pires, Guilherme Sotero,
Aramis Rocha strings

Dori Caymmi, Amilson Godoy, Jota Morais, Eduardo Lages, Gilson Peranzetta,
Aluisio Pontes, Cristovão Bastos arrangers

Singer Patty Ascher and her expert crew of Sao Paulo,Brazil-based sidemen led by music director Marco Ponte and production supervisor Marco Menescal expertly navigate the sensuous territory of Bossa, Jazz ‘n’ Samba in ten Patty Ascher originals, and the classic evergreen The Summer Knows.

• Patty’s version of The Summer Knows by Marilyn & Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand has an arrangement by Dori Caymmi, a Brazilian singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and producer who is a two-time Grammy Award winner.
• Dori’s arrangement is a tribute to another inspiration in Patty’s career, the French pianist and composer Michel Legrand, who has won 3 Oscars and 5 Grammys. Patty has already toured with him in Brazil twice, in 2008 and 2009, and further US dates together will be announced shortly.

Brazilian singer Patty Ascher has a bachelor’s degree in Literature from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, but she always had music in her life: her father Neno was part of a very successful Brazilian band from the 70s, Os Incríveis (The Incredibles). In 2007, Patty released her debut album: Bacharach Bossa Club. The album featured famous Burt Bacharach songs recorded by Patty with bossa nova arrangements and was a best seller at Uol – the biggest internet portal in Brazil. Her first album was released around the world, including the US.

In both September 2009 and 2010, Patty performed at Feinstein’s, the exclusive supper jazz club in the Loews Regency Hotel on Park Avenue in Manhattan. On Labor Day 2010, Patty also appeared at legendary comedian Jerry Lewis’ MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Telethon, a 21 hour-long fundraising event which is broadcast from Las Vegas to over 170 stations throughout the US.

Patty Ascher’s new album, released in Brazil under the title Deu Jazz no Samba, but in the rest of the world by ZOHO as Bossa, Jazz ‘n’ Samba, is a collection of 11 exquisite songs, with Patty singing both in English and Portuguese. She wrote most of the songs with co-writers Marco Pontes. Many great Brazilian musicians participate in this album, and Patty explains that it is kind of a tribute recording to them.

“We have so many talented musicians in Brazil, so we thought about making Bossa, Jazz & Samba as a tribute to these brilliant musicians. For me, it’s an honor to be able to have so many of these incredible players in our team”, says Patty.

With the talent, personality and elegance of Dori Caymmi, Amilson Godoy, Jota Morais, Eduardo Lages, Gilson Peranzetta, Aluisio Pontes, Cristovão Bastos – some of the great names, and arrangers who participate in this recording – and Patty’s one-of-a-kind voice, the result is an album filled with pop and jazz, bossa and samba, and a handful of latin ballads.

Roberto Menescal – a famous Brazilian songwriter and jazz guitarist and Patty Ascher’s mentor – is the production supervisor on this new album. Menescal, with Antonio Carlos Jobim a founding father of the Bossa Nova genre in the late 1950s and 60s, has performed and composed in a variety of Latin music genres, including Brazilian pop, Música Popular Brasileira, and Samba. He was also nominated for a Latin Grammy for his work with his son’s bossa group Bossacucanova in 2002. In addition to his role as production supervisor, he also plays his distinctive “bossa-jazz-guitar” in Sunrise: an English version, with English lyrics written by Patty, of the Brazilian song Amanhecendo, composed by Lula Freire and Roberto Menescal.

On the album’s opening track, Springtime, Patty comments, “I wrote this song when were coming from a gig in Chicago, in 2008: What’s “Jazz ‘n’ Samba”? Well, here is our answer – this is what this song is all about.”

KCC Productions and the Van Dyke Cafe present The Rolando Grooscors Sextet
Thursday, July 28, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Guitarist Rolando Grooscors is a rare find on today’s jazz scene: a unique voice that strengthens and expands the jazz idiom with sensitivity, clarity, and uncompromising integrity. Rolando’s warm, expressive tones and impeccable phrasing have been delighting audiences wherever he goes.

A two-time Latin Grammy nominee, Rolando Grooscors was born in Caracas, Venezuela. His love for Brazilian music motivated him to start different projects where Brazilian music was infused with Latin and Jazz influences. Here he began to develop a Jazz/Fusion style. The experience greatly influenced Rolando’s musical development.

Leading his own band, Rolando has recently released his debut CD, “THANKFUL”. The band is a sextet including Piano/keyboards, Bass, Sax/wind controller, drums and percussion.

His compositions have been called “masterful” and with the attention already received, Rolando is pushinghimself to have his voice defined in music, both as a sideman and as a band leader.

Monday July 26, 9:00pm – 12:00am
Upstairs at the Van Dyke

Live Music-Randy Singer And Airplay Perform
Live Jazz, Blues, Pop–Fresh Grooves!
sting, james taylor, beatles, miles davis……….
Turning pop tunes into jazz fresh grooves, delicious fun!
van dyke , 9-1am, no cover– Come grab some!:-D

Let The Singer Sing
Randy Singer is no slouch. The guy has played, recorded, and/or toured with the likes of Julio Iglesias, Al Di Meola, Desmond Child, Caetano Veloso, and Stephen Marley to name a few. His virtuosity with the harmonica is world renowned in the recording industry, and he’s done shows around the world. Luckily he calls Miami home. And he’s also the director of music programming at the Van Dyke’s upstairs music lounge, which has one of the most ambitious schedules in the county. Tonight, he exhibits the versatility of his instrument, and his ability as a player, with a performance full of covers, originals, and standards. Expect both Sting and Charlie Parker.

Girls with Guitars
Sunday, July 31, 9pm-1am
Van Dyke Upstairs
846 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL

Show created by Cindy Kalmenson from Nashville comes to Miami:
Alicia Tonney w/ Gorica
Sheena Brook
Paola
Joanna Holstein
Bikini Jazz
Gaby Yidi
Julia Kroat
Josephine Fadith Bauza
Marie Delphine

And the infamous Fine Dudes
Dav Julca
SJ
Joshua Stedman
And Special Guests

Thursday, July 21, at 9 PM
The Van Dyke
846 Lincoln Road
South Beach

For more information, call 305-534-3600 or visit thevandykecafe.com.

Voted “Best Jazz Musician in Miami (2009)” by the Miami New Times, pianist-composer Silvano Monasterios hails from Caracas, Venezuela. Silvano has performed with a number of important artists including Ira Sullivan, Terumasa Hino & the World Jazz All-Stars, Othello Molineaux, Dave Liebman, Melton Mustafa, Marc Johnson, Donald Byrd, Alan Harris, Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Nathen Page, Randy Brecker, Sammy Figueroa, Paul Wertico, Mark Egan, Shakira, David Lee Roth, and Nestor Torres.

In 1998, Silvano was voted “New Artist of the Year” at the Hennessy Cognac Jazz Search in New York City. 1998 also marked the release of his first CD, Roads Not Taken, which received outstanding reviews in the U.S. and Latin America. In 2006, his new recording, Fostered, was released. Fostered features all original compositions, including the award-winning “Avila”.

Silvano composed, performed & co-produced two songs, including the title track, of the 2008 GRAMMY-nominated album, “The Magician”, by Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion. This wonderful CD was nominated as “Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year”.

The Fourth World Ensemble, emerging in 2007 from Monasterios’ desire to experiment with the fusion of Latin Rhythms, World Music and Pure Jazz, features Monasterios on piano, accompanied by percussion, drums, bass and saxophone. The ensemble performs all original music composed and arranged by Silvano. This year saw the release of their new CD, Unconditional, on Savant Records. Exhibiting an insatiable appetite for challenge and change, Silvano has recorded eight new and imaginative compositions. While this latest work is likely destined to be classified as “Latin Jazz” with its assortment of indigenous percussion instruments and rhythms, it is totally devoid of the Latin clichés often encountered in pseudo-Latin jazz. Instead, it showcases an artist with a complete understanding of his complex Venezuelan roots, who is aware of the Austro-Germanic-European compositional heritage and who, at the same time, is steeped in the great American jazz tradition.