Join Jean Lenke for her 2nd annual Joni Mitchel Celebration Concert, honoring Joni’s joy and sadness and musical genius!
“I can’t remember where I heard the quote, ”When it’s all said and done, Joni Mitchell will go down in history as the greatest songwriter to have ever lived.”, but I do remember thinking, wow, they are so right. Joni’s music is as complex as her poetic lyrics are heart piercing. She is visionary, and exploring her endless catalogue of music is an adventure I feel privileged to be on.” ~ Jean
Joni Mitchell is an example for us all – true to herself and continuing to create, still.
Jean will be performing with pianist Nelda Swiggett & bassist Osama Afifi, sharing again some of Joni’s most beloved tunes form last year’s sold out show and a whole list of new ones!
Early Reservations Recommended!
“This year’s concert is dedicated to pianist Jeremy Bacon who left us just weeks afterour JOni concert with him last year. I know his spirit will be with us. He so loved her music.” ~ Jean Lenke
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ABOUT JEAN LENKE
www.jeantherapymusic.com
With a beautifully smooth and soulful voice, Pacific Northwest Jazz, Folk & Blues vocal artist Jean Lenke paints music in full color with broad strokes and a free hand. As bandleader her approach to music is spirited ~ crossing boundaries and mixing genres ~ she doesn’t always color inside the lines.
Jean’s current projects include a Jazz-Folk album project, due out in the spring of 2025, and a series of singles celebrating women composers! The Sea the Sky, the new Jazz-Folk project celebrates beloved Folk-Rock songwriters in Jazz format, and takes you on road of twists and turns, experiencing all the shades and hues that life brings us here in the great Pacific Northwest! The Celebrate Women! series, part of The Red Rose Project, is also tied to Jean’s own art work and should prove to be an exciting crossover piece of art and music!
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ABOUT NELDA SWIGGETT
www.neldaswiggett.com
Jazz pianist and composer Nelda Swiggett has been active on Seattle’s music scene since the early 90’s. As a bandleader, she’s headlined at many of the Northwest’s top jazz venues, including the Seattle Jazz Fellowship, the Earshot Jazz Festival, Bumbershoot and the Bellevue Jazz Festival. Nelda is an award-winning composer and OA2 Records recording artist. Her five album releases have received rave reviews and extensive airplay around the globe. Nelda’s big band arrangements of her original music have been performed by Seattle’s nationally recognized Garfield High School Jazz Band, the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, and others.
Nelda currently co-leads Clif & Nelda’s Little Big Band, composes for the Megabopolis sextet, and performs “For the Birds” — live music, images and poetry invite reflection on our changing climate — with the Nelda Swiggett Quintet. She is also in demand as a solo pianist, side woman and jazz educator.
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ABOUT OSAMA AFIFI
Osama Afifi is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded and performed live with many artists such as U.S. and Canadian tours with Yanni during the “Reflections of Passion”, “Revolution in Sound”, and “Dare to Dream” concert tours; a European and Canadian tour with French artist Vanessa Paradis; and a TV show on VH1 called Storytellers with The Doors. He worked with jazz vocalists Kurt Elling and Nnenna Freelon, The 5th Dimension, The Cadillacs, jazz saxophonist Gary Herbig, singer Debby Boone, keyboardist Kei Akagi, Doors drummer John Densmore, Brazilian style guitar duo Hugo Jojo, and jazz trumpeter Tony Guerrero.
For several years he has been the bassist for the B Sharp Jazz Quartet. The Quartet toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe. They performed at the North Sea, Istanbul, Nice, Brecon, and Monterey Jazz Festivals, to name a few. Afifi ventured into composition, co-writing the song “Nami” for the album Searching for the One. KLON, a Los Angeles jazz radio station, chose “Nami” to be on a compilation album.
His education includes studies at the Dick Grove School of Music. He also studied with Jeff Berlin and Gary Willis.
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ABOUT CELLAR CAT
www.cellarcat.com
A fun, intimate, sometimes rambunctious
wine-centric watering hole
and local gathering place for cats of all stripes
who love to listen, sometimes sing along,
make new friends,
and drink, eat (cheese, charcuterie)
& be MERRY.
all within a carefully curated wine (& gift) shop
featuring small production wines
from Washington,
the Pacific Northwest
and around the globe.
CELLAR CAT
For those who Drink wine.
Think wine.
Want wine.
21+ up
Kingston, Washington.
Just steps from … a ferry hop… from Seattle
DOGS WELCOME, treated, photographed and fussed over.
Be Here Meow.
