Press Release Summary = Just what we\'ve been waiting for: Female jazz vocalist with a twist, Tasha Wenger pops the cork on yesterday\'s standards, making everything old new again.
Press Release Body = Native New Yorker Tasha Wenger rolls the dice, travels west to follow a dream, picks up a few roles here and there and in the down time plays saxophone with the old-timers in three LA big bands. Hey, the new girl can even affect the glamour and sway of the old dames who made this music famous. From Helen Forrest to Eartha Kitt she'd sing whatever you got, like the old Nelson Riddle arrangements in Sinatra's key, but much more like Sammy, whenever and wherever you needed it: Hotels, weddings, lounges, restaurants, clubs. Eventually, the girl gets restless, cuts loose from the bands to go solo, creates her own sound.
Now, Ms. Wenger is back in New York, with her own jazz sound that she\'s eager to feed to a new generation of listeners. Call it sultry, velvety, rich, or sexy, the old standards have never sounded so fresh.
\"Every song I sing is a story I want to tell,\" Ms. Wenger explained to me after a performance of one of the two one-woman shows she\'s written: \"The Tasha Show\", a semi-autobiographical musical, and \"Stalker\" , based on the lyrics of Carl Sigman.
Tasha Wenger will be performing songs of love, loss, revenge with award winning composer, arranger Emil Mijares on piano, songwriter, producer Ruben Ramos on bass, and Tad McCully on drums.
New York calendar: 9 p.m. Thursday, July 20: Port Jazz, 201 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY; phone 631-476-7600 www.PortJazz.com
7 p.m. Tuesday, July 25: The Skylight Room at Danny's Grand Sea Palace, 346-348 West 46th St. (Restaurant Row), New York, NY; phone 212-265-8130 or 212-265-8133 www.DannysGrandSeaPalace.com
9 p.m. Thursday, July 27: Port Jazz, 201 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY; phone 631-476-7600 www.PortJazz.com
9 p.m. Friday, July 28:The Skylight Room at Danny's Grand Sea Palace, 346-348 West 46th St. (Restaurant Row), New York, NY; phone 212-265-8130 or 212-265-8133 www.DannysGrandSeaPalace.com
8 p.m. Tuesday, August 1: Sugar Bar, 254 W. 72nd St., New York, NY; phone 212-579-0222 www.SugarBarNYC.com
Web Site = http://www.TashaWenger.com
Contact Details = Ilan Bialer P.O. Box 18401 Beverly Hills, CA 90209
2012
