|
Paula West Launches Premier Season
Sunday, September 17, 2006, 2:00pm
|
 |
Paula West kicks
off the first of four performances in the Castro Valley Arts
Foundation's 2006/2007 Inaugural Season at the Castro Valley
Center for the Arts. An internationally acclaimed jazz
and cabaret performer, Paula is admired for her deep alto
voice with impressive range, and her ability to bring an
extraordinary quality to any material she sings. |
|
|
|
|
West is well-known
in New York, Tokyo, Europe and is a frequent performer in San
Francisco's Plush Room, often performing songs by Porter,
Bernstein, Brown III, Gershwin and Coleman. Accompanied
by her trio of piano, bass and drums, "I am coming to
Castro Valley because they asked me to sing at the new Center
for the Arts," where she will present a repertoire of
diverse musical numbers. "It's very important to have
a balance in the program," she said. "I can't
sing only ballads, for example, I always have some romantic
songs, some "heartbreakers," and some humor."
|
|
|
|
|
West's
unparalleled ability to sing with the jazz, a primarily
instrumental music, and at the same time to bring out every
word of the sometime naive, sometime profoundly-touching
lyrics pertinent to the genre, makes her special, an
outstanding performer.
West was
recognized with an Outstanding Female Jazz Vocalist award by
the New York Nightlife in 2004, 2005 and 2006! She
toured Greece and Japan at the end of last year, and performed
in Moscow this past May. Her next big gig is in New York
in October for the sixth year in a row, but for one afternoon
on September 17, the jazz star will be stopping in Castro
Valley for everyone to behold. Don't miss out - buy your
tickets now! |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Paula's CDs will
be available for purchase during the intermission and after
her performance. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
