MABS Annual Meeting set.
REMINDER!! The Marquette Area Blues Society Annual Meeting is this Wednesday Jan. 18th at the Landmark Inn in Marquette. The meeting will be held in the Harbor room downstairs and all members are asked to attend.
New board members and officers will be elected and the year's meeting agenda will be adopted, as well as other regular business will be discussed.
Be there and support the blues in our area.
BLUESDAY TUESDAY features a look at the differences and similarities between blues and jazz.
In celebration of blues music, the public is invited to Bluesday Tuesday on Tuesday, January 31 at 7:00 pm in the Peter White Public Library Community Room for a live performance by the well known U.P. jazz duo of Kirsten Gustafson and Dave Ziegner.
These two veteran performers will highlight the contrast between Blues and Jazz music.
Vocalist Kirsten Gustafson's debut album, "You Taught my Heart to Sing" was released in 1992 with liner notes written by legendary lyricist, Sammy Cahn. Kirsten's magnificent vocal skills have been showcased in a myriad of live settings from the stages of the famed Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland to Paris and intimate supper clubs since.
Dave Ziegner, an accomplished Bassist/Guitarist/Pianist and composer, spent many years playing Brazilian/Latin jazz in the San Francisco Bay area. In 2005 he was awarded with the City of Marquette's Community Performing Arts honor. Dave has performed with such greats as Peter Erskine, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer and others in a variety of styles and can usually be found on the electric or upright bass.
Together, the duo has recently released their first CD entitled "So Many Stars" This disc is a balanced combination of rich vocals and tantalizing jazz guitar melody. Beautifully crafted recordings of classics from the romantic-jazz era embodied with a bossa nova feel brings out the richness of the songs in their purest form.
There is no admission charge to attend the event which is co-sponsored by the Marquette Area Blues Society and the Peter White Public Library.
Call 226-4318 or visit www.pwpl.info for more information.
BLUESDAY TUESDAY this month features CADILLAC RECORDS.
In celebration of blues music, the public is invited to Bluesday Tuesday on Tuesday, December 27 at 7:00 pm in the Peter White Public Library Community Room for screening of the film, Cadillac Records.
The film stars Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright and Beyonce Knowles in a period piece loosely chronicling the rise and fall of influential rhythm & blues record label Chess Records which launched the careers of Muddy Waters, Etta James and Chuck Berry. Company founder, Leonard Chess scoured the South, checking out the various blues scenes and selling records from the back of his Cadillac in this exciting and turbulent tale.
Cadillac Records was released in 2008, is rated R and runs for 109 minutes. The film was a Golden Globe and Grammy Award nominee.
There is no admission charge to attend the event which is co-sponsored by the Marquette Area Blues Society and the Peter White Public Library.
Call 226-4318 or visit www.pwpl.info for more information.
Blues Events...
Bluesday Tuesday
Jan 31, 2012
January 31st
Bluesday Tuesday - Live Music "Highlighting the contrast between Blues & Jazz"
Featuring Jazz Duo Kirsten Gustafson & Dave Ziegner
7pm Peter White Public Library
