Hello Dear Friends of Jazz,
Last month was the wonderful musical culmination of many months of planning, connecting, rehearsing and more planning, with the incredibly successful result...LuluFest Lenox, the sister fest from LLF Austin...our "women led bands jazz festival" which happily....thrillingly came to a beautiful conclusion on July 15th.
Both nights were sold out with fantastic audiences and the music I have to say was spectacular...really beautiful all around. Brilliant playing and stunning compositions and arrangements. We all had an amazing time and I was so thrilled that the entire weekend turned out so beautifully...it makes me say "maybe I'll do this again next year!!!"
Here are some images from the weekend, and for those of you who were able to be there, thank you so much for the support and for your energy out there in the audience!
Onward towards the next LLF Lenox!
Musically Yours,
Suzi
The weekend at a glance:
The Suzi Stern Quintet : Vocalist and composer Suzi Stern with George Oldziey piano / Mary Ann Mc Sweeney bass / Paul Ostermayer on flute and sax / Conor Meehan drums
Mary Ann McSweeney Urban Fado Project: with bassist and leader Mary Ann McSweeney / Jason Ennis guitar / Todd Isler drums / and Sara Caswell violin
The Peggy Stern Quartet: Peggy Stern piano / Lew Scott bass / Ron Horton trumpet / Peter O'Brien drums
The Sara Caswell Quartet: Sara Caswell violin / Jesse Lewis guitar / Ike Sturm bass and Jared Schonig drums
