Antoinette Montague CD Release Concerts

Antoinette Montague with the Bill Easley Quartet
John DiMartino (piano) Paul West (bass)

Saturday, August 19, 2006
8:00 pm and 9:30 pm
The Bacchus Room
at Bona Fides Restaurant
60 2nd Avenue (between 3rd and 4th Streets)
New York, NY
two-drink minimum
212-777-2840

Antoinette Montague is going to be on WOR Radio, early Tuesday morning, August 22 at 2:00 am on the Joey Reynolds show.

Jazz at the Plaza
Outdoor Summer Festival - FREE!

Tuesday, August 29, 2006
6:00 pm

City Hall Plaza
East Orange Department of Parks & Recreation
East Orange, NJ
FREE to the public

Just Rent It African Apparel presents
A Jazz Fashion Show/Dance

Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Elegant Rose Hall Catering Hall
4848 White Plains Road
Bronx, NY (near the Mt. Vernon border)
Contact: Ruby Figuroa. 914-699-2924

Antoinette Montague's debut CD Pretty Blues is available at fine retail record stores like Tower, Virgin, and from www.jazzbeat.com www.cdbaby.com, among other outlets.

Joining Antoinette on this disk are a group of jazz music masters: Mulgrew Miller (Piano), Bill Easley (Saxophone, Flute), Kenny Washington (Drums), and Peter Washington (Bass).

“Pretty Blues is not a “garden variety" release of standards--no, it's a precisely chosen mix of ballads, blues and swing. With her song selection, Antoinette creates a mood that lets you know that what she has is special. Every selection is personal and a tribute to her mentors and to those who influenced her musically. And her mentors include the legendary Carrie Smith and our late, beloved Etta Jones.

A lesser singer might have shied away from recording songs that are so identified with others, but not Antoinette. I can listen to her renditions of 'Dedicated to You,' 'Teach Me Tonight,' and 'At Last,' without longing to hear the versions by Johnny Hartman, Etta Jones or Etta James.

Humility and excellence is what Antoinette brings to her debut recording. It has been a long time coming but it was worth the wait"--from Sheila Anderson's liner notes. Sheila Anderson, heard regularly on WBGO 88.3 Jazz Radio, is also the author of “The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac" and “How to Grow as a Musician."