Overlooking Symphony Park, the beautiful club called Cabaret Jazz will spotlight some of the world’s most gifted jazz artists and cabaret entertainers at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts beginning March 2012. Cabaret Jazz will showcase legendary names in entertainment and music history, including three-time Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year Clint Holmes, SFJAZZ Collective, three-time Grammy® winner and saxophonist Brandford Marsalis, and cabaret vocalists Barbara Cook and Andrea Marcovicci. Tickets will go on sale beginning January 27, 2012, at 10 a.m.
Patrons can purchase individual tickets for all shows at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts by calling (702) 982-7805 or by visiting www.thesmithcenter.com. Tickets for most shows in Cabaret Jazz start at $35.
Upon its opening in March, Cabaret Jazz will host a number of artists and entertainers. The addition of performances is ongoing and tickets are available to the public upon schedule confirmation. This is unlike other performances scheduled at The Smith Center, which are presented to the public season by season.
In addition, the club will offer a full-fledged food and beverage menu, complete with signature cocktails and a casual dining menu that will include everything from bourbon glazed short ribs to Baton Rouge style gumbo, as well as a list of lite bites.
Built with sophistication and elegance, the 258-seat Cabaret Jazz provides a truly unique and cool experience for music lovers to embrace.
Taking center stage in the stunning, two-story Cabaret Jazz inside the Boman Pavilion, the performance lineup will highlight the following entertainers:
· March 17-18, 2012 – SFJAZZ Collective: Music of Stevie Wonder
· March 31, 2012 – Three-time Grammy®-winner Brandford Marsalis
· Beginning April 2012, performing the first weekend of every month - Clint Holmes
· April 13-14, 2012 – Andrea Marcovicci – Marcovicci Sings Movies
· April 15-16, 2012 – Suzanne Vega and Duncan Sheik
· April 20-21, 2012 – Joey DeFrancesco Trio
· May 11-12, 2012 – James Gavin’s STORMY WEATHER: The Lena Horne Project
· May 18-19, 2012 – Jane Monheit
· May 24-27, 2012 – Barbara Cook
· June 8 & 9, 2012 – Emily Bergl
· June 15-16, 2012 – Lucy Woodward
· June 29-30, 2012 – Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The SFJAZZ Collective is comprised of professional instrumentalists with exceptional talent and creativity. Together, they will perform select hits from the one-and-only Stevie Wonder, as well as original compositions from each member
One of the world’s most talented saxophonists, three-time Grammy®-winner Branford Marsalis, will deliver engaging performances from jazz to classical to funk, with exceptional precision and exuberance designed to excite the senses of audiences.
Beginning April 2012, Las Vegas headliner Clint Holmes will begin his monthly residency, bringing his charm and charismatic presence to the stage. The acclaimed singer, who was named Las Vegas “Entertainer of the Year” three times, Las Vegas’ “Best Singer” four times by readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and honored with the Sammy Davis Jr. Foundation award will return in an exclusive engagement at Cabaret Jazz. Holmes’ magnetic personality and high-energy performances, ranging from contemporary to jazz to Broadway, will light up the stage for an unforgettable night.
Renowned singer-songwriters turned music-theater composers Suzanne Vega and Duncan Sheik will team up to perform their most celebrated songs as well as new material based on their latest theatrical projects. Vega both wrote and stars in “Carson McCullers Talks About Love,” which opened at the Rattlestick Theater in NYC in the Spring 2011. Sheik, best known for the hit song “Barely Breathing” and writing the Tony and a Grammy-award winning Broadway musical “Spring Awakening,” also contributed music to the McCullers project. This is the rare co-bill where two artists will perform their new material together, exploring their uniquely narrative songwriting style.
Two-time Grammy® nominee, Joey DeFrancesco emerged onto the jazz scene in 1989 with the release of his first album, All of Me, bringing back the Hammond B-3 Organ sound to popular music. Selected as the top jazz organist by Down Beat's Critics and Readers Poll every year since 2003, DeFrancesco will perform live at Cabaret Jazz with his trio to deliver a swinging night filled with harmonic depth.
