THE HAYE LOFT
Entertainment
MUSIC STARTS AROUND 7:30 P.M. AND GOES THROUGH AROUND 11:30
MONDAY
Eddie Tobin ~ Piano/Vocals
Eddie is a native Floridian and has quite an impressive background. He was the musical director and pianist for Engelbert Humperdinck for 7 1/2 years. He also spent 15 years in Nashville accompanying Brenda Lee, the Forrester Sisters, and many other "names" for live performances and as a studio musician. He plays jazz, blues, standards, ragtime, classical, pop, and some country. Jimmy Buffet fans (Parrotheads) will dig him...and wait till you hear him channel Ray Charles.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
Dean Miller ~ Vocals/Guitar Artistry
Dean has been at the Haye Loft for seven years and offers jazz, blues, pop, Spanish, classical and standards with his superb artistry. Dean covers it all! http://www.deanmiller.com
FRIDAY
Ray Biscoglia and Glenn Stevenson Duo ~ Piano/Bass
Ray Biscoglia is a local retired businessman with a passion for music, particularly jazz. Over the last several years he has performed at various venues in the Bay area. Ray is on the Board of Directors of the Clearwater Jazz Holiday and is Chairman of the Music Selection Committee. Bassist, Glenn Stevenson, performs and records regularly in the Bay area. Their style is versatile but the duo focuses on straight ahead jazz.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Mike Markaverich ~ Piano/Vocals
Mike is a native of Nashua, NH. Born blind, but not deterred, he graduated from Darmouth College and the University of New Hampshire with degrees in music. Mike began his career on Cape Cod where he worked solo & in groups for major nightspots and concerts for over 10 years. Mike moved to Sarasota in November, 1988 and has been an integral part of the local jazz scene...in concerts, on radio & TV, school & college workshops, teaching Jazz piano and has 6 CD's - the most recent release October 2007.
SPECIAL APPEARANCES
Karen Benjey ~ Piano/Vocals
Pianist and singer Karen Benjey has performed as a solo artist and also with her trio at a wide range of topflight venues throughout the world, playing the standards made popular from the American Songbook and also bluesy hits from the 50's and 60's. Her style is based on the sophisticated swing, always relying on the best melodies and harmonies written for pop music. Raised in Toledo to a musical family, she moved to the Tampa Bay area to tone her craft at local hotels nearly twenty years ago and has been traveling and playing ever since.
http://www.karenbenjey.com
Matt Bokulic ~ Piano
Matt has been recognized by Jazz Times magazine for his Jazz composition and he has also written articles for Bass Guitar Magazine. He is currently the Director of Education at the Players School of Music in Clearwater, FL. Matt has performance and recording credits with Gayle Moran Corea, Bobby Hebb, Reeves Gabrel, Connie Hains, Livingston Taylor, Jack Brokensha, Henry Cuesta, Celine Dion, Jeff Berlin, Rick Derringer, John Laporta, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Duncan Lamont, and Jeff Kashiwa. Versatility in all these styles with such a wide range of international artists has provided Matt with a pallet of texture for Jazz, unique and exciting for the 21st century.
Eddie Fritz
Jazz pianist extraordinaire, Eddie Fritz, is St. Louis' version of Art Blakey in that he hired many young players and vocalists who have moved along to varying degrees of fame. Drummer, Dave Weckl; clarinetist, Scott Alberici; bassist, Tommy Kennedy, Vocalist, Asa Harris. Because of high demand, Eddie seldom left St. Louis but was Entertainment Director for Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis for 10 years; led the house Band for Breckenridge Hotel Corporation for almost 20 years and has presented many Of St. Louis’ own musicians like the above plus Dave McKenna, Erskine Hawkins, Jay Oliver, Jim Mayer and many more. He also led the jazz bands in two of St. Louis " hot spots" for years: The Black Horse in Gaslight Square where fans heard the Smothers Brothers, Barbara Streisand, Irene Kral and more … long before they were famous and popular jazz lyricist, Fran Landesman along with husband, Jay owned the Crystal Palace at the time. Eddie’s playing is extraordinary …. (think Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, Ramsey Lewis rolled into one!).
Duncan Lamont
http://www.duncanlamont.com
Emily Miller ~ Vocalist
A May graduate of Booker High School, has been in their Jazz Vocal Ensemble for 4 years...and they've won every year in the competition at Boston's famed Berklee College of Music. In addition to being part of the First Place Vocal jazz Ensemble, under the superior direction of Ned Rosenblatt, Emily has been voted (at Berklee) #1 Judges' Choice for 3 years; 2 years as Outstanding vocalist and 1 year for Superior Musicianship. Emily also attended the Vocal Jazz Camp at the University of Miami in the summer of '07 and studied with pianist, Brian Murphy and vocalist & former Sarasota resident, Lisanne. |