Vocalist Spider Saloff - A Fresh Look at Irving Berlin November 20, 2009

Lakewood Cultural Center
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Spider Saloff

Berlin in Swing Time: A Fresh Look at Irving Berlin

Jazz vocalist Spider Saloff returns to Lakewood at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 20 to present a musical tribute to legendary composer Irving Berlin featuring a collection of music from The Great American Songbook. The show includes many of the beloved Berlin classics, interwoven with stories about the composer’s music and controversial life, delivered with Ms. Saloff’s own special brand of humor. Ms. Saloff will be joined on stage by Jeremy Kahn, piano, and local favorites Rick Chiaraluce, winds, and Ron Bland, bass.

Tickets are $22 for adults and are available by calling 303-987-7845, online at www.Lakewood.org or at the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office, 470 S. Allison Parkway (Wadsworth and Alameda). Senior, student and group discounts available. Free parking on-site.

A five-time winner of the prestigious Manhattan Association of Cabarets Award, including one for Best Female Jazz Vocalist, she also received a special citation for her musical contributions from NARAS National Association of Recording Arts and Science which is the presenter of the Grammy Awards. Ms. Saloff has seven CDs released nationally, and her television and radio credits include The Bonnie Hunt Show (CBS), The Steve Baskerville Show (CBS), Centerstage (PBS), Artbeat (PBS), Words & Music (cstar and co-creator of this syndicated series, 57 episodes), a one-hour feature on the Noteworthy Women series (Public Radio), and Studs Terkel (WFMT).

Ms. Saloff has recorded and performed with such jazz luminaries as Les Paul, Tom Harrell, Nick Brignola, Ray Drummond, Harry Allen, Mark Murphy and Dick Hyman. She has worked frequently with Larry Novak, Tony Monte, Steve LaSpina, Ken Peplowski and Bill Charlap.

Recently, Ms. Saloff was featured with the prestigious Chicago Jazz Orchestra in a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. She received the honor of performing the American premiere of a newly discovered song by the great Billy Strayhorn, “So This Is Love.” And as one of the rare officially sanctioned acts of the Gershwin Centennial, her concert, Spider Saloff Sings Gershwin, toured the United States, including Lakewood in 2005, and headlined the St. Petersburg Gershwin Festival in Russia.

The Lakewood Cultural Center 2009 - 2010 Performing Arts Season is generously supported by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) – with appreciation to the citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District – Aura Spa and Wellness Center at the Sheraton Denver West and The Denver Post.