Antoinette Montague Live! Jazz and Blues Sat., Sept. 6 and Thurs., Sept. 11 Two FREE Events!

    Saturday, September 6
8:00 pm FREE!

The Many Colors of a W*O*M*A*N XXIV
FREE Jazz Festival
Aetna Theater at the
Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum of Art
600 Main Street, Hartford, CT
860-231-0663

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Featuring NICKI MATHIS' Afrikan Amerikan Jazz New Millinneum All Stars: Ricky Alfonso, Kalyn Dean, Melanie Dyer, Joe Fonda, Raynel Frazier, Janiice Friedman, Pat Harleston, Yasuyo Kimura, Rozanne Levine, Bill Lowe, Yunie Mojica, Jocelyn Pleasant, Carol Sudhalter, Dotti Anita Taylor, Deborah Weisz, Mark Whitecage; ANNETTE MONTAGUE; NZINGHA's DAUGHTERS; Amina/RJ Edwards, Carla Dean and MORE!

Thursday, September 11
6:30 pm FREE!

The September Concert: The Heart of Jazz
The Twilight Program at
The Sugar Bar
254 West 72nd Street (between Broadway & West End Ave.)
NYC 10023
212-579-0222
www.sugarbarnyc.com

Born and raised in Newark, Antoinette Montague recently released her first CD, Pretty Blues but she has had many invaluable musical experiences. She worked in gospel and R&B ensembles after college, serves as the vice president of the International Women in Jazz, and considers Carrie Smith, Etta Jones, Della Griffin and Myrna Lake to be her mentors.

"She has a powerful voice, the ability to hold long notes without wavering, and a knack for making every song sound bluesy. Antoinette Montague's delivery is heartfelt, infectious and memorable." — Scott Yanow, Los Angeles Jazz Scene

Antoinette has worked extensively in the New York area during the past decade with such musicians as Bill Easley, Norman Simmons, Winard Harper, Wycliffe Gordon, Frank Wess, the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Mike Longo's New York State of the Arts Orchestra and Lou Donaldson has introduced her to many of his audiences.

"If this is the future of Jazz or Blues or even Rock & Roll, then the music is in very good hands."— Sound Bytes

She has appeared on the cover of Jazz Improv's Jazz Guide, and has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, the Zebra Room in Harlem's famous Lenox Lounge, the legendary Blue Note, the Blue Smoke::Jazz Standard with The Winard Harper Sextet and Dr. Billy Taylor, the Jazzmobile Summer Breeze Concert Series with Huston Person for a tribute to Junior Mance with Winard Harper, Tommy James and Bill Moring among other recent gigs.

In addition, Antoinette frequently appears at many Jazz Societies and Festivals. Antoinette is on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of America, Better Business Bureau, The Jazz Committee of St Peters Church, International Women in Jazz, and the Women In Jazz Festival.

"Her ability to both belt the blues and swing with a jazz band is in full evidence on her debut album Pretty Blues. With a style that can be powerful one moment and soft-and delicate the next, her lusty and soulful voice reaches right into the heart of the listener." —The Portland Observer

Recording and releasing Pretty Blues on the Consolidated Artists label raised her profile and has given her fame beyond the East Coast. On this highly enjoyable CD, Antoinette Montague is featured belting out blues, interpreting sensitive ballads, combining passion and sophistication, and making every song sound fresh, infectious and topical.

www.antoinettemontague.com
The September Concert

The September Concert was born in 2002 on the first anniversary of 9/11. Since then, on each anniversary our message of peace through music has spread further and further. In 2007 we organized over 200 concerts with more than 3,000 performers. In addition to 119 concerts in New York, 42 US cities hosted concerts as well as 39 international cities, such as Rome, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, Johannesburg and Casablanca.

The September Concert is a series of free concerts, organized by individuals, schools, businesses, and associations

• to bring communities together
• to reaffirm our hope for peace
• to celebrate life and our universal humanity

Concerts are held in all areas of our city, our nation, our world. A global day of music for peace, every September 11th. Anyone can participate!

http://www.septemberconcert.org/photogallery.php

UPCOMING:
Sat. November 8, 2008
Antoinette Montague Group
with special guest, Bill Easley
The Cape May Jazz Festival
Carney's Other Room
201 Beach Ave
Cape May, NJ

For bookings, please contact:
Blues/Straight Ahead 203-820-8819

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