A SEASON OF
STANDING OVATIONS
w/ Gold Coast Jazz
AT
Amaturo Theater/Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Amaturo Theater/Broward Center for the Performing Arts
"Handful of Keys"
On December 4, 2019 the Emmet Cohen Trio will make their debut at the Broward Center. The Trio is making waves in the New York City jazz scene and across the globe and melds all styles of jazz with an emphasis on the Great American Songbook. Cohen is a rising star in the jazz world and is the 2019 winner of the American Pianists Association Cole Porter Award. He has accompanied numerous jazz luminaries and plays with the command of a seasoned veteran. His fluid technique, innovative tonal palette, and expansive repertoire have earned him critical acclaim.
This year marks the 28th year of the Gold Coast Jazz Society’s presentation of the jazz concert series in Fort Lauderdale. Gold Coast Jazz will present an incredible array of jazz that is innovative and creative, with straight-ahead jazz and variations of old favorites. International artists as well as outstanding local musicians are included in the series. All concerts will be presented at the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale and begin at 7:45pm.
Jazz Trio subscriptions (3 concerts of your choice) are available for $147 per person by calling the Gold Coast Jazz Society at 954-524-0805. If you become a member of Gold Coast Jazz, you’ll get a significant discount on a full subscription or jazz trio subscription. Single tickets for each concert are now available at the Broward Center’s AutoNation Box Office at 954-462-0222 or online at www.browardcenter.org. Student and teacher tickets are $15 with valid ID. A discount for groups of ten or more is also available.
UPCOMING SEASON PERFORMANCES
The Shelly Berg Trio will return on January 8 with special guest Veronica Swift. One of the hottest young stars on the jazz scene today, the exciting and enchanting vocalist, Veronica Swift, joins forces with Shelly Berg for an evening of swinging jazz. At the young age of 24, Veronica has already accumulated numerous acknowledgements of her talent, including 2nd place at the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. She currently tours and records with the Emmet Cohen Trio, Benny Green Trio and Chris Botti, and will be one of the featured vocalists on the heralded 2020 Jazz Cruise. Shelly Berg is an award winning pianist, arranger, composer, producer, and educator and is Dean of the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. He’s “a whirlwind of motion on the piano bench who never sounds a dull note,” Says Bill Kohlhasse, LA Times.
The February 12 concert will feature the return of the acclaimed jazz guitarist and vocalist, John Pizzarelli and his trio. As a recording artist, radio jazz host and touring artist, Pizzarelli is “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing Jazz,” boasts the Boston Globe. His concert will includes selections from his most recent CD, Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole.
On March 11, the Terell Stafford Quintet will be the featured artists presenting a concert in tribute to the music of Billy Strayhorn and Lee Morgan. The NYC based trumpeter, Stafford has been hailed by McCoy Tyner as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player.” Sidemen include Tim Warfield/Tenor Sax, Bruce Barth/Piano, Nathan Pence/Bass and Billy Williams/Drums.
Our April 15 concert will feature the return of yet another Gold Coast Jazz favorite, jazz pianist and vocalist Tony DeSare. This phenomenal jazz artist brings his fresh take on old school classics. He’s won critical acclaim for his three Billboard Top 10 jazz albums and for his exciting performances in jazz clubs, at Carnegie Hall, with symphony orchestras and in Las Vegas. DeSare releases new recordings, videos of standards and new originals every few weeks on his YouTube channel, iTunes and Spotify.
The closing concert for the series on May 13 will feature the Nicki Parrott Trio. The Trio includes Nicki Parrott on bass and vocals, the award-winning Italian jazz pianist Rossano Sportiello and drummer Ed Metz, Jr. Ms. Parrott was Les Paul’s bassist and vocalist for over 10 years. In addition to performing at most of the world’s top jazz festivals, Nicki has performed with such jazz greats as Randy Brecker, Clark Terry, Jose Feliciano, Rebecca Paris, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman, Patti Labelle & the New York Pops Orchestra, Harry Allen, Michel Legrand, Marlena Shaw, Mike Stern, David Krakauer, Ken Peplowski, Ann Hampton Callaway, Scott Hamilton, Larry Carlton and Frank Vignola, to name a few.
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The Gold Coast Jazz Society is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of jazz music through a mainstage concert series, free community concerts, educational programs, a jazz scholarship program and musical services provided by the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band.
Single tickets for each concert are available at the Broward Center’s AutoNation Box Office at 954-462-0222 or online at www.browardcenter.org. Student and teacher tickets are $10 with valid ID for most concerts.
Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and is supported by Funding Arts Broward, supporting innovative local visual and performing arts in Broward County. Concert Series sponsors include American National Bank, Morgan Stanley, and the Mary Porter Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
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