1st of 6 concerts for lovers of vocal Jazz featuring Michele Osten & The Scottish NOT Just Jazz Band and special guest from California, Toni Jannotta
Michele Osten & the Scottish NOT Just Jazz Band, a quartet, are always looking for new and exciting places to perform. We are very pleased to have been invited to perform at this years Langtoun Jazz Festival. We cover a vast repertoire, everything from jazz standards to contemporary tunes performed with a jazzy/bluesy twist.
We have also been collaborating with Los Angeles based song writer Denise Dimin and have incorporated a few of her tunes into our song list. One of Denises compositions, Ease Away Slowly, produced by Bob McGilpin in Nashville, was released worldwide as a single in September 2021. It is still gaining momentum and recognition and is for sale via all of the top download platforms.
The band is fronted my Michele Osten (micheleosten.com) born in Seattle, USA and residing in the UK for many years now, her vocals have been described as smooth as silk and she is accompanied by the best of the best musicians in the business.
Michele has been fortunate to have played at some of the finest venues, such as The Verdi at The Royal Albert Hall, The Jazz Bar during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Pheasantry Pizza Express - Chelsea, The Groucho Club - Londons West End, The Half Moon - Putney and Up the Creek Comedy Club - Greenwich, just to name a few and she is excited to be joined by 3 fine Scottish musicians for this gig
Full band lineup
Michele Osten Vocals
Campbell Normans Piano
Jerry Forde Bass
Jack Wilson
We are also pleased to welcome Toni Jannotta who is coming to Scotland from Califiornia and will do a 30 min set with the band
Toni began her career as a dancer, became an actress, and ultimately a singer in any Jazz joint that would have her. Her love of music began with the violin at age 9, so it is no wonder that when acting went bust, she fell back to music and her first love, Jazz.
She has played in clubs and festivals locally in her home state of California, as well as
in Europe, the U.K., and Jamaica
She has three vocal Jazz CDs to her credit, plus a documentary she created and produced featuring her local homeless community doing the storytelling and Jazz improvisers providing
the backdrop.
Toni's latest project, "My Little Heart, Ruthie," is a children's book she wrote to help children of trauma, with a storytelling musical suite she composed and performed. "My Little Heart, Ruthie" was first played by the gracious Grace Black on the Jazz Lounge."
Covid regulations in place at the time of the concert will apply
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