Hosting amazing music in our space at Casa has been an amazing and inspiring experience! The Austin Piazzola Quintet was a remarkable show. I'm still smiling from the effects of that music!
My next gig in town will be at The Elephant Room
315 Congress Ave.
GATO 6
featuring Suzi Stern
Friday, November 4th
9:30 to 1:30
GATO 6 is a blast! High Energy Latin Jazz tunes...all original and played by some of the best players in the nation...who just happen to live right here in Austin Texas!! I know the name of the band is GATO 6, but there's actually 7 of us, so there's a lot of sound comin' at cha! Come on down and party with us!!
Check out our GATO info: http://oldziey.com/gato6.php
Watch my Blog for more information about The Austin Civic Orchestra's Holiday Concert! On December 10th I will be the featured singer with the Orchestra, and I'm really looking forward to singing with all of those strings under the baton of brilliant conductor Lois Ferrari!!
Next up on the calendar at our Casa Karen series is the c.d. release concert for lovely vocalist, pianist, composer Beth Ullman, on Sat. November 5th. Beth is joined by a world class quartet and she will be featured playing on that 9 foot grand so we hope you can join us!
www.myspace.com/bethaniullman
Call (512) 459-9900 for reservations and more information!
On December 3rd, we will be featuring the amazing jazz Saxophonist Elias Haslanger and his band. Check out his sounds at http://elijazz.com (512)459-9900 for info.
On December 16th a very special holiday offering.
An original musical rendering of the Dylan Thomas Classic: "A Childs Christmas In Wales"
Jazz Sax wizard Alex Coke will be coming in from Amsterdam to join Rich Harney (piano) Buddy Mohamed (bass) and myself (Suzi Stern, as I read Thomas's text and sing my original compositions and play various wonderful strange toys) for this delightful festive performance! Free holiday sweet treats etc. as well!
Info: (512) 459-9900
Looking ahead to 2012 we have some truly exciting events planned!
Sun. Jan. 15th: Not to be missed: Cuban singer Estrella Acosta with Gabriel Santiago!!
www.myspace.com/estrellaacosta
www.myspace.com/gabrielsantiagomusic
Sat. Jan. 21st is the beautiful music of Mitchell & Harris
The c.d. release of their brilliant new c.d. "Traveling by Moonlight"
www.mitchellandharris.com
Circle this date!! FEB. 29th we predict selling out fast for this amazing not to be missed opportunity to hear:
The Eddie Gomez Trio
Eddie Gomez bass
Stefan Karlsson piano
Ed Soph drums
http://www.eddiegomez.com
stefanmikarlsson.blogspot.com
www.drummerworld.com/drummers/ed_soph.html
Call for info: and reservations now!! (512) 459-9900
I am so thrilled about having Eddie's trio play in our intimate performance space! What an honor!
The lovely photo of me on this blog is by photographer Brenda Ladd. Brenda is a world renowned artist. Check out her work at:
www.brendaladdphoto.com
Other exciting news in my world of music! Two beautiful c.d.s are in the works. One is my project "Sleep Walking Girl" which is a c.d. of my original compositions...My son Rene being my most outspoken fan put me up to the challenge of releasing a c.d. that was only tunes that I had penned...it's not really jazz...not pop...not really anything I can describe, but the playing on it so far is fantastic and I love everyone who has worked on it so much! And, closer to being finished is the GATO 6 c.d, which is sounding amazing. This is George's baby and I'm proud to be singing on it! Both projects will be out in the world in the spring of 2012!
