Jazz for the Soul Season Opener/Beth Lederman/Jazz Con Alma
Sun, Sep 25
|JAZZBIRD @ RAVENSCROFT
Welcome Beth Lederman to our Season Opener at Jazzbird! This Latin Jazz Concert presents a powerhouse rhythm section with veteran percussionist Frank Valdes, Emerson Laffey-drums and Mario Mendivil-bass and also features Adam Roberts on tenor sax. Join Us!
Time & Location
Sep 25, 2022, 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM MST
JAZZBIRD @ RAVENSCROFT, 8445 E Hartford Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, USA
About the Event
Jazz for the Soul Season Opener @ Jazzbird. LATIN JAZZ with Beth Lederman-piano, and features percussionist Frank Valdes, Mario Mendivil-bass, Emerson Laffey-drums, and Adam Roberts-tenor sax!
Beth Lederman is well-known for her sophisticated jazz and rhythmic Brazilian and Latin-jazz piano styles, not only in the Phoenix area, but throughout the Western U.S. from Canada to Mexico. She has been playing professionally for more than twenty years, leading several bands and playing with such well-known names as The Diamonds, Bobbie Vinton, and the Drifters, as well as with local artists such as Dave Cook, Pete Pancrazi, Alice Tatum, Dennis Rowland, Renee Patrick, Paul McDermand, and her own groups, Jazz Con Alma and Novo Mundo.
Her music is melodic, fun, fluid, passionate, innovative, heartfelt, rhythmic, eclectic, honest, artistic, humorous, spontaneous…and great!
"Incredible piano diversity, inventive arrangements, and memorable originals."
Frank Valdes is a 26-year veteran of music performance who performs and tours…