Anita Wardell	Sachal Vasandani	Sandy Cressman	Bob Shaw	Francine Reed

Jez Graham & Janet Stevenson	Penelope Williams	Trey Wright	Kevin Bales

"Portrait of Carmen - A Tribute to Carmen McRae" House Concert 
Sunday, May 19, 3:00 pm

With special guest speaker Johnny Knapp!

SEATING IS LIMITED!  TO RSVP, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Vocalist Janet Stevenson will present a house concert, "Portrait of Carmen - A Tribute to Carmen McRae" on Sunday, May 19, 2013, from 3:00 - 6:00 pm. The event, at the home of Janet Stevenson and David Swan, is sponsored by the Dunwoody Jazz Society and admission is by a voluntary donation to the jazz society in any amount. Pianist Jez Graham will accompany Janet on piano and Johnny Knapp will talk about  his experiences playing with Carmen McRae..

Carmen McRae's behind-the-beat phrasing, ironic interpretations of song lyrics, and impeccable musicianship made her one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century. The program will include both music and anecdotes about Carmen's life. Janet will sing a number of rarely-heard songs that were recorded by Carmen on several different albums. 

Janet has been singing jazz professionally for over 20 years. Her most recent CD is Believe in Spring. A track from the CD, Just in Time, was chosen as a “Download Of The Day”, on AllAboutJazz.com, where it has been downloaded more than 1600 times to date.. In addition to leading her own jazz quartet, she has performed with many notable jazz musicians, including Cleveland Eaton, who first “discovered” her in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Eaton is the former bassist with the Count Basie Orchestra and the Ramsey Lewis Trio and has also accompanied Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and many other notable jazz vocalists. For more info about Janet, go to  janetstevenson.com  

Jez Graham is an outstanding Atlanta musician, well-known for his work with blues singer Francine Reed. For more about Jez go to  jezgraham.com

Johnny Knapp is a versatile pianist, arranger and conductor who has worked with Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday, Tal Farlow, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, Mary Martin and many others. After working for decades in New York and Los Angeles, he now lives in Lawrenceville GA. Here's a video of Johnny Knapp talking about the blues.

Here's a video of Jez and Janet from the Comcast Studio 25 Cable TV program:

About the Dunwoody Jazz Society

If you live anywhere in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area and love jazz and blues, we invite you to join the Dunwoody Jazz Society. Together we  explore ways to enjoy jazz in intimate settings and get to know fellow fans with at house concerts and listening parties.  Above are photos of some of the musicians who have appeared at our house concerts and workshops.

We have produced a CD featuring Atlanta musicians Janet Stevenson, Jez Graham, Kevin Bales, Robert Dickson and Marlon Patton.  A track from the CD was chosen as the FREE MP3 of the Day on AllAboutJazz.com and proceeds from purchase go to help fund our events.   Please go to Janet Stevenson's website to hear samples and purchase the CD.

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