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Jazz Festival 2009

Veronica Nunes is a  Brasilian guitarist and singer from Rio De Janeiro who recently married and moved to New York City. Her music pays homage to the classical brasilian sounds of samba, choro, bossa nova, and soul. She brings a fresh interpretation to various songs of many popular Brasilian artists. Veronica will be accompanied by Mark Knezevic. Mark studied classical guitar in Perth, Western Australia, and was actively involved in the Classical Guitar Society of WA. After honing his skills in various Latin, Tango, Brazilian and Spanish rhythms on the classical guitar, he developed a taste for jazz and Bossa-Nova and the styles of Wes Montgomery, Tom Jobim and Pat Metheny. After moving to Sydney in 2005 he played in several jazz groups. Mark moved to Manhattan in early 2009 and is currently performing at various venues and clubs around the city.

Francesca Tanksley surprises. The internationally-acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, described as a "vivid presence" by Nat Hentoff, breaks through traditional expectations with the power of her musical vision. As Peter Watrous said in The New York Times in a review of one of her recent performances, "Ms. Tanksley reworked the vocabulary of McCoy Tyner as if she had taken just one small aspect of his style and developed it into a full language. She gave the music color, her harmonies and chording adding surprise to the performance." Acknowledged as a fine soloist, composer, and accompanist with such notable groups as the Billy Harper Quintet and the Erica Lindsay Quintet, she has performed throughout Europe, East and Southeast Asia, Scandinavia and South America as well as in the United States, and appears on numerous CD releases of both groups. http://dreamcallerproductions.com

Donna Antonow has performed at many venues some of which are the "The Deer Head Inn" in Delaware Water Gap, Pa, Shanghai Jazz" in Madison, NJ, "Cornelia Street Cafe", Sweet Rhythm" and "Eighty Eight's" in New York City as well as "Snug Harbor" in New Orleans. She has also worked as an accompanist for the singer, Mark Murphy. Donna currently resides in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. To see and listen to Donna, visit www.donnaantonow.com

The "Sweet" Sue Terry Trio “Superwoman of Jazz” “Sweet” Sue Terry is a force of nature who has been “universally recognized among her musician peers for decades as one of the most articulate players of the alto saxophone." A “crowd pleaser with a fiery expressiveness that got the crowd cheering and urging her on,” Sweet Sue has played and recorded with a long list of jazz notables including Dr. Billy Taylor, Clark Terry, Clifford Jordan, Hilton Ruiz, Howard Johnson, Art Blakey, Carmen McRae, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, and Ray Barretto. She’s been a Jazz soloist with the National Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the New York Pops, and has performed at jazz festivals worldwide. Her discography currently contains over forty commercially released CDs. In short, “She smokes!” www.sueterry.net

Estrella Samba y Salsa. "Everything she writes wants to dance.” And in Wall Street Jazz Festival tradition, so will you when you hear pianist/composer Peggy Stern’s Estrella Latin Band, featuring Italian saxophonist Giulio Martino. With "Luminous lyricism...the piano more caressed than played...” Ms Stern is as well-known as a composer as she is for her fine piano playing, with four of her tunes featured in the Sher Real Book series. Peggy has played with such jazz greats as Lee Konitz, Diane Schuur, Stanley Turentine, David Fathead Newman, and Emily Remler. Peggy's music draws from Brazilian, African, Jewish, Irish, Cuban, as well as traditional jazz influences. Acclaimed tenor and soprano saxophonist Giulio Martino will be joining Peggy for this event. Voted one of the “Best New Talents” by the Italian “Musica Jazz” in 2005, Giulio has played with many of Italy’s jazz elite, has played with Ms Stern at top jazz festivals all over the world. www.peggystern.com