Jazz vocal sensation Jane Monheit returns to the Kimmel Center for one performance on December 10, at 7:30pm in Perelman Theater. Monheit will be performing selections from her just released first holiday themed album, The Season.
Tickets are on sale now for Jane Monheit's performance on Saturday, December 10 and are priced at $54.00 and $46.00. Tickets can be purchased by calling 215.893.1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings (additional fees may apply).
JANE MONHEIT
“I'm one of those people who go just a little too crazy over Christmas," Jane Monheit cheerfully admits. “So in my head, I've been planning and conceptualizing this album for years. I was just waiting for the right time."
The “right time" now has arrived for The Season-acclaimed jazz singer Jane Monheit's first holiday-themed collection, her first co-production, her Epic label debut, and the fifth studio album of her career. Through her inventive renditions of these eleven songs, Jane embraces all the emotional facets of the holiday season, from joyful celebration to heartfelt longing. The eclectic repertoire ranges from the Carpenters' “Merry Christmas Darling" and the 19th century carol “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" to perennial favorites like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and “Santa Claus is Coming To Town."
From Frank Sinatra and Mel Torm to Dave Brubeck and Jimmy Smith, the holiday album is a long-standing tradition in American jazz and popular song. Jane remains especially fond of Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 set Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (Verve). “That album definitely helped inspire this one," she notes, “but so many of these tunes have become part of the Great American Songbook and of the jazz repertoire. It just made sense for me and the band to try our hand at this material."
Jane Monheit's previous release, Taking a Chance On Love (Sony Classical, 2004), featured several tracks recorded with such special guests as pianist Geoff Keezer and bassist Christian McBride. But The Season is entirely the creation of Jane's regular working quartet: drummer Rick Montalbano, bassist Orlando Le Fleming, guitarist Miles Okazaki, and Michael Kanan on piano and keyboards.
“They are the most incredible New York jazz musicians, as well as the people I've worked and traveled all over the world with for years. Every time we play together, the music is colored by friendships, by shared experience-it makes everything very personal."
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning 2.5 hours prior to evening performances and 11:30 am for matinees. For group sales call 215-790-5883.
Sponsors of the 2005-2006 Kimmel Center Presents season include Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Sovereign Bank, The American Express Company, and Verizon Foundation. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte and Southern Wine and Spirit.
Tickets are on sale now for Jane Monheit's performance on Saturday, December 10 and are priced at $54.00 and $46.00. Tickets can be purchased by calling 215.893.1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings (additional fees may apply).
JANE MONHEIT
“I'm one of those people who go just a little too crazy over Christmas," Jane Monheit cheerfully admits. “So in my head, I've been planning and conceptualizing this album for years. I was just waiting for the right time."
The “right time" now has arrived for The Season-acclaimed jazz singer Jane Monheit's first holiday-themed collection, her first co-production, her Epic label debut, and the fifth studio album of her career. Through her inventive renditions of these eleven songs, Jane embraces all the emotional facets of the holiday season, from joyful celebration to heartfelt longing. The eclectic repertoire ranges from the Carpenters' “Merry Christmas Darling" and the 19th century carol “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" to perennial favorites like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and “Santa Claus is Coming To Town."
From Frank Sinatra and Mel Torm to Dave Brubeck and Jimmy Smith, the holiday album is a long-standing tradition in American jazz and popular song. Jane remains especially fond of Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 set Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (Verve). “That album definitely helped inspire this one," she notes, “but so many of these tunes have become part of the Great American Songbook and of the jazz repertoire. It just made sense for me and the band to try our hand at this material."
Jane Monheit's previous release, Taking a Chance On Love (Sony Classical, 2004), featured several tracks recorded with such special guests as pianist Geoff Keezer and bassist Christian McBride. But The Season is entirely the creation of Jane's regular working quartet: drummer Rick Montalbano, bassist Orlando Le Fleming, guitarist Miles Okazaki, and Michael Kanan on piano and keyboards.
“They are the most incredible New York jazz musicians, as well as the people I've worked and traveled all over the world with for years. Every time we play together, the music is colored by friendships, by shared experience-it makes everything very personal."
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning 2.5 hours prior to evening performances and 11:30 am for matinees. For group sales call 215-790-5883.
Sponsors of the 2005-2006 Kimmel Center Presents season include Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Sovereign Bank, The American Express Company, and Verizon Foundation. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte and Southern Wine and Spirit.
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