Program

An Evening of Jazz
Shenandoah Concerts presents An Evening of Jazz.Spend a winter night relaxing with the smooth sounds of jazz! The S.P.L.A.A.A.T. Quintet ensemble will open an unforgettable evening. Chaise Lounge completes the evening--a combination of five of the Washington area’s top jazz musicians playing sparkling arrangements of standards and original tunes and featuring the soft, luminous vocals of Marilyn Older. Chef Drew Buzik, who has been cooking professionally for over 20 years, will present a tasting of hors d’oeuvres -- included in your ticket price.

S.P.L.A.A.A.T. (THE Society for the Preservation of Live American Aural Arts) was formed in 1988 to play jazz for listening and dancing. Although the various .horn players have changed over the years, the original rhythm trio of Tom Harbeck - guitar, Lew Morrison - bass,
and Marlon Foster - drums continue to provide a solid swinging musical foundation. For this concert S.P.L.A.A.A.T. will feature two of the area's finest horn players ............. Tim Weir - trumpet/flugelhorn and Brett Kirby = saxes.

Tim Weir has performed with such jazz notables as Michael
Brecker, David Sanborn, Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval and David
Liebman. He was also a member of the Grammy nominated Concert
Jazz Band at the U. of Miami for their 2005 recording with Maria
Schneider.

Brett Kirby was a soloist for the 24th and 25^th International
Saxophone Symposiums sponsored by the U.S. Navy Band. He has
opened for such groups as the Allman Brothers. Chicago, Earth wind
and Fire, and Bernie Worrel. He currently plays with several groups in
Va., Md.,NC. And Washington, D.C ..
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This combination of the S.P.L.A.A.A.T. Quintet plays standards
from the likes of jazz masters Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, Duke
Ellington and Miles Davis.

Chef Drew Buzik has been cooking professionally for over 20 years. He has worked his way through kitchens up and down the east coast from Miami to Pittsburgh, and as far west as Portland, Oregon. Currently, Chef Drew resides in Southwest Virginia and is actively involved in the local sustainable foods movement. His family grows a wide variety of seasonal produce in their backyard garden year round, and can often be found at local farmers markets shopping for what they don't grow themselves. Nearly all meat, poultry, and some fish that Chef Drew uses also comes from local farms."

.An evening spent with her is an evening spent in the warm, inviting glow of one of the wonderful voices singing in America right now.