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
