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Saturday, September 24, 2022
John Knox Jazz Series in Pompano Announces Performances and Opens Ticket Sales to Public
At the young age of 25 years old, Ashley has performed with
renowned artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Arturo Sandoval and Jon Secada.
Ashley Pezzotti is a young jazz vocalist rapidly making a name for herself. She
began taking voice lessons at four years old, and in 2018 she completed her undergraduate
degree at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music with a full-tuition
scholarship. In 2019 Pezzotti moved to New York City to further her career, and
since then she has performed and/or toured with jazz giants such as Wynton
Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Arturo Sandoval.
Saxophonist Ed Calle is known for his extraordinary musical
ability. His distinctive playing style has been heard on hundreds of recordings
both as a sideman and soloist. In this outstanding concert, he will perform
songs from his acclaimed CD Mamblue accompanied by a Big Band orchestra.
This concert features classics from the Jazz Age songbook
made famous by the likes of Sophie Tucker, Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, Fats
Waller, Bessie Smith, Helen Morgan, Ruth Etting, and more. Come join Carole as
she travels back to a time when flappers, vamps, and sheiks were shimmying in
gin joints as a whirl of great social and political change happened all around
them.
ABOUT THE JOHN KNOX VILLAGE CULTURAL ARTS PAVILION:
John Knox Village held a grand opening in June 2022 for the newest addition to its 70-acre campus – the $34 million Cultural Arts Pavilion at Westlake. The 27,000-square-foot pavilion is home to two restaurants – Seaglass and The Pearl – as well as Barton’s Nautilus Bar and the 350-plus-seat performance venue.The Pavilion is part of a long-range master plan to expand and update the entire campus of John Knox Village (JKV), located at 651 SW Sixth Street in Pompano Beach. The Cultural Arts Center in the Pavilion has a variety of concerts and entertainment lined up for its first season, which is open to non-residents of JKV. A limited number of seats for all performances will be available to non-residents of JKV through the Eventbrite ticketing website.
“JKV is embarking on a new cultural series that brings local, regional and national talent to the campus of JKV for our residents as well as the greater community,” said Jody Leshinsky, JKV’s Life Enrichment Manager, who books the entertainers. “With the new Cultural Arts Center, we’re raising the bar on the caliber of talent that will be on the stages.”
In addition to the JKV Jazz Series, the South Florida Chamber Ensemble will perform traditional classical music and music from Broadway shows on Nov. 7, and the Fushu Daiko ensemble will perform Japanese taiko drumming on Nov. 9.
The JKV Symphony Pops Series will kick off at the Cultural Arts Center on Oct. 10 with the South Florida Symphony Orchestra and award-winning singer Anthony Nunziata performing classics of the Frank Sinatra era. In the coming months, a JKV Dance Series will make its debut. The schedule of upcoming events and ticket information will be posted on Eventbrite.
Parking for the Cultural Arts Center is located at JKV’s Center for Healthy Living parking lot at 550 SW Third Street (MAP), adjacent to the JKV property. From there, a JKV air-conditioned shuttle bus will provide transportation for the short distance to the Cultural Arts Center. For those who choose to walk from the parking lot to the Cultural Arts Center, security staff will be there to assist.
“JKV is embarking on a new cultural series that brings local, regional and national talent to the campus of JKV for our residents as well as the greater community,” said Jody Leshinsky, JKV’s Life Enrichment Manager, who books the entertainers. “With the new Cultural Arts Center, we’re raising the bar on the caliber of talent that will be on the stages.”
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