NEW YORK (www.cdBaby.com/all/patadams) - Ryles Jazz Club combines delicious menu and straight ahead jazz with chanteuse
Patricia Adams [vocals] and jazz master Ray Santisi [piano] singin' and swingin' jazz and blues standards from Tin Pan Alley and Harlem renaissance. Hear timeless stories of passion and intensity, told through the intimacy of the music. In addition to Dave Zox [bass], this performance features guest vocalist and recording artist,
Nadine Chase and popular drummer
James 'Kamal' Jones.
Sunday, October 2, 2005
The family jazz hour with artist-in-residence, Patricia Adams welcoming and entertaining you and your party. Doors open 10:00 am and serving continues until 3:00 pm. Children of all ages especially welcome. Free Parking. All entrees under $10.
Ryles Jazz Club
212 Hampshire Street, Inman Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Reservations: 617 876 9330
www.rylesjazz.com
BUZZ "... A question for all you cynical, sarcastic Jazz fans: What is the last thing you'd expect to run into at a Jazz brunch? Yes. Jazz. But not so fast. I sat down for brunch 2/6 at Ryles and caught Ray Santisi (on acoustic piano!), Marshall Wood and Bob Moses doing what they know how to do superbly. Vocalist Patricia Adams had the good taste to bring along that fine trio and put them to work. It did work. There was plenty of room for them to solo, support and interact. And nobody got in the way of the words. Good thing, too, because Ms. Adams knows about words. The young vocal starlets of the Jazz world today seem to pick up the chestnuts for the first time out of the fake book. But Patricia Adams had these items for breakfast and lunch as a child, living and breathing before some of those tunes saw sunlight. And so when she offers "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", the patina of World War II comes with it. No gimmicks. Just really good music. She's there every first Sunday of the month." Stu Vandermark, CADENCE MAGAZINE, April 2005
"Patricia Adams has the gig and she knows what to do with it - with the words, with the charts, with the sequencing of events. She knows, for example that sometimes a vocalist with trio can be a duo that leads into another level of four voices. Also she sings as much for the band as she does for the audience, and everyone in the room gets more from each piece that way. The four of them are there on the first Sunday of every month from 10 in the morning to 2:30 (but most serious listeners show up after 12) at Ryles (617 876 9330)." Stu Vandermark, CADENCE MAGAZINE, August 2005
About Us: PATRICIA ADAMS, bandleader and vocalist, shuttles her renditions of standards from renaissance Harlem and Tin Pan Alley between Manhattan, Westchester, Hartford and Boston. Reviewers say, " ... reigns when she steps to the microphone ... backed by a superb trio ... classy song stylist ... her ability to put together a musical road atlas sets Adams apart ... voice is silky smooth, yet strong".
Stepping onto a nightclub stage for the first time in 1992 at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, Adams segued to designated show opener there for the Frank Wilkins Vocal Showcase until 1996. Two years, a hundred open mics and twenty nursing homes later, she took the plunge and traded her thirty-five year career in human resources management for life as a full time artist. Many press kits and phone calls later, her venues now attract those who enjoy the jazz and blues standards of the 1930's and '40's. Her following has grown from family and friends to thousands.
Adams' discography includes Live @ Ryles Jazz Club (2005), With Our Compliments! (2004), Out Of This World (2001) which placed in four categories on the 2001 Grammy Awards ballot, Blue For You (1998), and Raw Silk (1996). Her recordings are available through North Country Distributors in Redwood, NY, www.cdBaby.com/all/patadams, TowerRecords.com and on Amazon.com. Lear more at www.patriciaadams.com. Adams is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and served on the board of the New England Conservatory. Learn More: www.patriciaadams.com Recordings: www.cdbaby.com/patadams/all.
RAY SANTISI is an internationally known jazz pianist who has played as featured soloist with Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Mel Torme, Irene Krall, Natalie Cole, and countless other well-known jazz greats. He has recorded on major labels, such as Capitol, Roulette, United Artists, Bethlehem, Transition, Rasan and Sonnet.
"A man sitting on top of the world, professionally speaking." Ernie Santusuosso, Boston Globe jazz critic
" the most exciting piano player I've heard since those first sessions with Bill Evans and Marian McPartland and Oscar Peterson." The Raleigh, N.C. News and Observer
"Boston's most in-demand jazz pianist." The Boston Phoenix
"What a joy it is to hear Mr. Santisi let loose on an acoustic piano." Stu Vandermark, Cadence Magazine, August, 2005
Teaching with Stan Kenton's summer jazz clinics on college campuses throughout the country, performing in Europe, Scandinavia, and Asia, receiving two grants for composition and performance from the National Endowment for the Arts are a few examples of Ray's global appeal. Ray Santisi's The Real Thing, a multi-talented group, brings the vitality of fresh, contemporary arrangements to the classic music of the Great American Song Book. The group's internationally-known instrumentalists are complemented and enhanced by fine vocalese, creating a unique ensemble effect.
NADINE CHASE grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Acknowledged as vocally versatile the reviewers say she "sings jazz standards the way they ought to be sung." Over the years, she has performed with many reknown musicians and big band orchestras. Nadine has produced shows at The Regattabar, Scullers and Ryles Jazz Club. She has performed at many of Boston's finer hotels and local clubs as well as in concert for Music America at the Museum of Our National Heritage. Each year, Nadine and her ensemble volunteer their talents to Brookline's First Light celebration to help support the arts in Brookline schools. They continue to play at major fundraisers, and inaugural celebrations, including a special performance at a New Year's Day event at the State House. She has been booked in Las Vegas, Italy, Mexico, Japan and China and her CD, "Cut To The Chase" has received airplay in Boston (WGBH Jazz Radio) nationally and internationally. Nadine is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and a member of the Jazz Vocal Coalition, the New England Jazz Alliance and the Boston Jazz Collective.
