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The musicians are coming out of the woodwork to play for Scotty this Sunday. You’ll be listening to the hottest jazz players the Bay area has to offer – players that not only know how to swing, but also work with Santana, Destiny's Child, Tito Puente, Tony Toni Tone, Etta James, Boz Scaggs…the list goes on. And guess what? May is National Cystic Fibrosis Month, so what more do you need to celebrate?
Just got word that members of Stompy Jones are also going to make it to this event. What troopers! They'll be driving up from Southern California.
Thanks guys! This will be a very memorable night of music!
I just picked up WAY too many giveaways for the raffle. Great stuff.
BTW, tickets are available in advance on ticketweb.com, or visit the link from the ashkenaz.com website. (they weren't available until this afternoon, due to an error).
And it looks like Scotty himself will be able to participate, unless his new set of lungs comes in before Sunday night!
We’ll see you out there!
Here is a press blurb from the www.ashkenaz.com website:
Scott Edog Petersen Benefit Dance Concert
Sunday May 18
This event is a rare and special one that brings out the two top Bay Area swing dance bands – Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums and Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – to share the evening in a medical fundraiser for beloved local saxophonist Scott “Edawg” Petersen,www.scottpetersen.org. Petersen has been a busy player on the local scene, performing in both bands and many others including the Mike Vax big bands and the Stan Kenton Alumni Orchestra, despite suffering from the congenital disease cystic fibrosis. His career has included a long stint with legendary jazz drummer J.C. Heard’s band, and he performed with Hammond organ greats Shirley Scott and Brother Jack McDuff, as well as a who’s who of pop from Aretha Franklin on down. Now the time has come for Petersen to receive a double lung transplant. Tonight’s bands raise money for his operation, joined by special guests.
The Rhumba Bums have been one of the West Coast’s most popular, to say nothing of most entertaining and fun, bands since composer-pianist-leader Steve Lucky assembled the group back in ’94 int he early days of the swing dance revival. The Rhumba Bums continue to play and sing just about the most irresistible dance tunes extant. They mix some well-known ’40s and ’50s jump blues and swing charts with rare and nearly forgotten gems that deserve to be resurrected. The band’s trump card is singer-guitarist Miss Carmen Getit, who offers vocal sparring matches with Lucky and guitar playing that, whether swing,blues, or even some bebop licks, is inspired, fast, and faithful to the genre. In pre-Rhumba Bums years, Lucky discovered Getit (who had played piano before she could read and has played guitar since shortly thereafter), bought Getit her first electric guitar and introduced her to the music of T-Bone Walker, Ruth Brown, and other swing-R&B legends, and they formed a piano-guitar duo in New York City.www.luckylounge.com
Before swing became a national craze, jazz vocal stylist Lavay Smith and her band were making music as sharp and irresistible as her period costumes that recall the pinup girls of the Forties. More than a decade later they are still the Bay Area’s hottest swing attraction, as well as that rarity that sounds as good as it looks. Big, bluesy-voiced Smith has deservedly raked in national attention from network television to NPR, and Johnny Otis proclaims that “she and her band are a breath of fresh air!” Multiple award winners, Smith and her Skillet Lickers present not only the best-dressed but also one of the most exciting shows of East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop dance music, as well as sultry torch songs.www.lavaysmith.com
SCOTT “EDAWG” PETERSEN TRANSPLANT BENEFIT DANCE CONCERT
WHO: LAVAY SMITH & HER RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS, plus.
STEVE LUCKY & THE RHUMBA BUMS featuring Miss Carmen Getit, plus.
THE SCOTTY PETERSEN BENEFIT BIG BAND playing Basie-style big band charts featuring a who's who of Bay Area jazz musicians, including vocalist KIM NALLEY http://www.kimnalley.com/.
Plus special guest Celebrity swing DJ Jesse Miner, http://www.jesseminer.com/dj/.
Emcee radio personality Pete Fallico http://www.doodlinlounge.com/
WHEN: Sunday May 18
Doors: 6 pm
6:30 Swing Dance Lesson with Nick Lawrence
Showtime: 7 pm Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers
8:15 The Scotty Petersen Benefit Big Band
9 pm Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums featuring Miss Carmen Getit
WHERE: Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
www.ashkenaz.com
Show line/Venue Phone:
(510) 525-5054
PRICE: $15 minimum donation.
Advance tickets available from the Ashkenaz front desk on show nights or online from Ticketweb or call1-866-666-8932.
Beer & Wine, food available.
Easy to get to from Highway 80.
On San Pablo Avenue just South of Gilman, across from R.E.I.
All Ages admitted, Kids 12 and under receive free admission.
Ashkenaz has ample free parking in the lot across the street.
Celebrity swing DJ Jesse Miner spinning tunes in between band sets.
The Ashkenaz is wheel-chair accessible.
Door prizes, Raffle, Possible Live Auction: but we’ll keep it brief to keep the music happening!
Raffle items so far:
**Dance Pass (Value $55) or Competition Pass (value $75) to the SF Balboa Fest and North American Open Swing Championships http://www.SwingChampionships.com, Thank you Burnie!
**Freeadmission to 4 week series swing dance class on Mondays Side-room Swing at Julie's Supper Club in San Francisco. Value: $35. http://www.SwingChampionships.com
Thank you Burnie!
**a Private Tour & Tasting at Arrowood Vineyards & Winery for upto four people with a complimentary bottle of wine from their classic wine list to take after the tour and tasting. The value of the packageis $165. Thank you Cindi Gehrke!
http://www.arrowoodvineyards.com/
**2passes for Free admission for 2 people to 4 week series swing dance class on Friday nights at The Works exercise studio on Telegraph in Berkeley; Beginner class at 7:30 and Intermediate at 8:30. Each pass has value of $64. http://www.eastbayswing.com/ , Thank you Stacey & Vaughn!
And the following courtesy of CURTIS & DIANE UEJO OF BLUE FLAME PROMOTIONS, thank you Curtis & Diane!:
** Bushnell Binocular w/digital camera 8x30 3.2 megapixal Value $250.
**Leeds Digital photo frame 3.5' 32MB w/MP3 & MP4player Value $180.
**5 in 1 Digital photo, photo frame, alarm clock, calendar, & thermometer. Value $60.
**Royce leather tan jewelry box Value $50.
**Millennium Leather jewelry box black Value $50.
**Victorinox Swiss Army Laptop Briefcase Value $80.
**Victorinox Swiss Army Laptop Briefcase Value $80.
**Port Authority Urban backpack(for laptop) Value $50.
**Gem Legend backpack(for laptop) Value $35.
**Pass for a private swing dance lesson with Hep Jen, a UCSF dance instructor, good for one or two people, value $60, hepjen.com. Thanks Jen!
**Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young, who portrayed the lead role of Franki Valli in the award-winning Jersey Boys on Broadway donates Jersey Boy memorabilia:
Two 8x10 glossy photos, a 3x5 photo,a playbill/program, a foldout poster, and the official Jersey Boys CD.... every piece autographed by John Lloyd Young. Oh ... two Jersey Boys pens too!
Did we say award-winning?
Praise for John Lloyd Young:
Tony Award Winner (Best Performance by a Lead Actor)
Drama Desk Award Winner (Outstanding Lead Actor)
Outer Critics Circle Award Winner (Outstanding Lead Actor)
Theatre World Award Winner (Outstanding Broadway Debut)
Drama League Award Nominee (Performer of the Year)
http://www.johnlloydyoung.com/
Thanks John!!
PLUS we’ll have lots of door prizes – you can win simply by paying admission, too many to list here but includes:
**CDs from musicians…including NYC's George Gee & the Jump Jiven Wailers Swing Orchestra.
FOR UPDATES: check the thread at http://www.swingtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7669
***It’s not too late to donate goods and services to the raffle and/or auction!
Send a note and/or make a donation to help Scotty now:
Scott Petersen Transplant Fund
P.O. Box 1010
Novato CA 94948-1010
Cheers!
Carmen Getit
www.luckylounge.com
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Just got word that members of Stompy Jones are also going to make it to this event. What troopers! They'll be driving up from Southern California.
Thanks guys! This will be a very memorable night of music!
I just picked up WAY too many giveaways for the raffle. Great stuff.
BTW, tickets are available in advance on ticketweb.com, or visit the link from the ashkenaz.com website. (they weren't available until this afternoon, due to an error).
And it looks like Scotty himself will be able to participate, unless his new set of lungs comes in before Sunday night!
We’ll see you out there!
Here is a press blurb from the www.ashkenaz.com website:
Scott Edog Petersen Benefit Dance Concert
Sunday May 18
This event is a rare and special one that brings out the two top Bay Area swing dance bands – Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums and Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – to share the evening in a medical fundraiser for beloved local saxophonist Scott “Edawg” Petersen,www.scottpetersen.org. Petersen has been a busy player on the local scene, performing in both bands and many others including the Mike Vax big bands and the Stan Kenton Alumni Orchestra, despite suffering from the congenital disease cystic fibrosis. His career has included a long stint with legendary jazz drummer J.C. Heard’s band, and he performed with Hammond organ greats Shirley Scott and Brother Jack McDuff, as well as a who’s who of pop from Aretha Franklin on down. Now the time has come for Petersen to receive a double lung transplant. Tonight’s bands raise money for his operation, joined by special guests.
The Rhumba Bums have been one of the West Coast’s most popular, to say nothing of most entertaining and fun, bands since composer-pianist-leader Steve Lucky assembled the group back in ’94 int he early days of the swing dance revival. The Rhumba Bums continue to play and sing just about the most irresistible dance tunes extant. They mix some well-known ’40s and ’50s jump blues and swing charts with rare and nearly forgotten gems that deserve to be resurrected. The band’s trump card is singer-guitarist Miss Carmen Getit, who offers vocal sparring matches with Lucky and guitar playing that, whether swing,blues, or even some bebop licks, is inspired, fast, and faithful to the genre. In pre-Rhumba Bums years, Lucky discovered Getit (who had played piano before she could read and has played guitar since shortly thereafter), bought Getit her first electric guitar and introduced her to the music of T-Bone Walker, Ruth Brown, and other swing-R&B legends, and they formed a piano-guitar duo in New York City.www.luckylounge.com
Before swing became a national craze, jazz vocal stylist Lavay Smith and her band were making music as sharp and irresistible as her period costumes that recall the pinup girls of the Forties. More than a decade later they are still the Bay Area’s hottest swing attraction, as well as that rarity that sounds as good as it looks. Big, bluesy-voiced Smith has deservedly raked in national attention from network television to NPR, and Johnny Otis proclaims that “she and her band are a breath of fresh air!” Multiple award winners, Smith and her Skillet Lickers present not only the best-dressed but also one of the most exciting shows of East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop dance music, as well as sultry torch songs.www.lavaysmith.com
SCOTT “EDAWG” PETERSEN TRANSPLANT BENEFIT DANCE CONCERT
WHO: LAVAY SMITH & HER RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS, plus.
STEVE LUCKY & THE RHUMBA BUMS featuring Miss Carmen Getit, plus.
THE SCOTTY PETERSEN BENEFIT BIG BAND playing Basie-style big band charts featuring a who's who of Bay Area jazz musicians, including vocalist KIM NALLEY http://www.kimnalley.com/.
Plus special guest Celebrity swing DJ Jesse Miner, http://www.jesseminer.com/dj/.
Emcee radio personality Pete Fallico http://www.doodlinlounge.com/
WHEN: Sunday May 18
Doors: 6 pm
6:30 Swing Dance Lesson with Nick Lawrence
Showtime: 7 pm Lavay Smith & the Red Hot Skillet Lickers
8:15 The Scotty Petersen Benefit Big Band
9 pm Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums featuring Miss Carmen Getit
WHERE: Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
www.ashkenaz.com
Show line/Venue Phone:
(510) 525-5054PRICE: $15 minimum donation.
Advance tickets available from the Ashkenaz front desk on show nights or online from Ticketweb or call
1-866-666-8932.Beer & Wine, food available.
Easy to get to from Highway 80.
On San Pablo Avenue just South of Gilman, across from R.E.I.
All Ages admitted, Kids 12 and under receive free admission.
Ashkenaz has ample free parking in the lot across the street.
Celebrity swing DJ Jesse Miner spinning tunes in between band sets.
The Ashkenaz is wheel-chair accessible.
Door prizes, Raffle, Possible Live Auction: but we’ll keep it brief to keep the music happening!
Raffle items so far:
**Dance Pass (Value $55) or Competition Pass (value $75) to the SF Balboa Fest and North American Open Swing Championships http://www.SwingChampionships.com, Thank you Burnie!
**Freeadmission to 4 week series swing dance class on Mondays Side-room Swing at Julie's Supper Club in San Francisco. Value: $35. http://www.SwingChampionships.com
Thank you Burnie!
**a Private Tour & Tasting at Arrowood Vineyards & Winery for upto four people with a complimentary bottle of wine from their classic wine list to take after the tour and tasting. The value of the packageis $165. Thank you Cindi Gehrke!
http://www.arrowoodvineyards.com/
**2passes for Free admission for 2 people to 4 week series swing dance class on Friday nights at The Works exercise studio on Telegraph in Berkeley; Beginner class at 7:30 and Intermediate at 8:30. Each pass has value of $64. http://www.eastbayswing.com/ , Thank you Stacey & Vaughn!
And the following courtesy of CURTIS & DIANE UEJO OF BLUE FLAME PROMOTIONS, thank you Curtis & Diane!:
** Bushnell Binocular w/digital camera 8x30 3.2 megapixal Value $250.
**Leeds Digital photo frame 3.5' 32MB w/MP3 & MP4player Value $180.
**5 in 1 Digital photo, photo frame, alarm clock, calendar, & thermometer. Value $60.
**Royce leather tan jewelry box Value $50.
**Millennium Leather jewelry box black Value $50.
**Victorinox Swiss Army Laptop Briefcase Value $80.
**Victorinox Swiss Army Laptop Briefcase Value $80.
**Port Authority Urban backpack(for laptop) Value $50.
**Gem Legend backpack(for laptop) Value $35.
**Pass for a private swing dance lesson with Hep Jen, a UCSF dance instructor, good for one or two people, value $60, hepjen.com. Thanks Jen!
**Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young, who portrayed the lead role of Franki Valli in the award-winning Jersey Boys on Broadway donates Jersey Boy memorabilia:
Two 8x10 glossy photos, a 3x5 photo,a playbill/program, a foldout poster, and the official Jersey Boys CD.... every piece autographed by John Lloyd Young. Oh ... two Jersey Boys pens too!
Did we say award-winning?
Praise for John Lloyd Young:
Tony Award Winner (Best Performance by a Lead Actor)
Drama Desk Award Winner (Outstanding Lead Actor)
Outer Critics Circle Award Winner (Outstanding Lead Actor)
Theatre World Award Winner (Outstanding Broadway Debut)
Drama League Award Nominee (Performer of the Year)
http://www.johnlloydyoung.com/
Thanks John!!
PLUS we’ll have lots of door prizes – you can win simply by paying admission, too many to list here but includes:
**CDs from musicians…including NYC's George Gee & the Jump Jiven Wailers Swing Orchestra.
FOR UPDATES: check the thread at http://www.swingtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7669
***It’s not too late to donate goods and services to the raffle and/or auction!
Send a note and/or make a donation to help Scotty now:
Scott Petersen Transplant Fund
P.O. Box 1010
Novato CA 94948-1010
Cheers!
Carmen Getit
www.luckylounge.com
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