Synergy Jazz Quintet to Perform May 21st at Chit Chat Lounge

Haverhill, MA. (www.chitchatlounge.com) - The Chit Chat Lounge today announced that Synergy Jazz Quintet will take the stage Sunday May 21st, 2006 from 6:00– 10:00pm, as part of the club's Sunday night jazz series, now in its fourth year. Led by saxophonist Doug Leaffer, Synergy is a five-man jazz group styled after the signature post-bop instrumental line-up of trumpet, tenor saxophone, piano, bass and drums. The resulting sound is an exciting blend of modern jazz, blues, swing, and Latin; a musical synergy – where the group's collective sound is greater than the sum of its musical parts.
The musicians of Synergy bring to the group a wide variety of musical performance experience ranging from Big Band to Brazilian and from Soul to Rhythm & Blues.
Under the musical direction of Doug Leaffer, members of Synergy include trumpeter Trent Austin, pianist Don Hemwall, bassist Mark Gehret and drummer Paul Marcantonio. Five musicians who have studied and performed with some of Boston's greatest jazz legends as well as with nationally-known jazz recording artists.
According to Leaffer, 'formed in 1996, Synergy has since developed a repertoire that reaches across the modern era of jazz and crosses over into Latin and the blues. We are excited to perform at the Chit Chat Lounge and present the music of Synergy to appreciative audiences in the Merrimack Valley.'
Synergy performed as the headline act at the Fall 2000 annual Jazz Harvest concert in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts and has appeared at the Acton jazz Cafe', at Michael Timothy's Wine and Jazz Bar in Nashua, New Hampshire, at Zara Jazz and Blues Club in Worcester and at the Kirkland Cafe' in Somerville, Massachusetts.
The Chit Chat Lounge is located at 103 Washington Street, in the arts district of historic downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts. Free on-street parking is available and the club is also accessible by commuter rail on the Haverhill/Reading line. Telephone 978.374.9710 www.chitchatlounge.com