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Pianist Roberta Piket brings a new trio to New York’s Smalls Jazz Club on Monday July 23rd, featuring west coast bass stalwart Putter Smith and drum great Billy Mintz. Focusing on the American Songbook repertoire, Roberta, who has been singing with increasing frequency, will sing several of her favorite standards including Burton Lane’s Too Late Now, the Harold Arlen classic Come Rain or Come Shine (which begins as a vocal/drum duet with Mintz) and the Gershwin standard He Loves and She Loves.
Bassist Putter Smith is one of LA’s busiest musicians. He has worked with Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Warne Marsh, Alan Broadbent, Bob Brookmeyer, Billy Eckstine, Diane Schuur, Lee Konitz, Jackie and Roy, Carmen McRae, Gary Foster, Art Farmer, Blue Mitchell, Art Pepper, Ray Charles and many more.
In an extraordinary career spanning nearly 40 years, Billy Mintz has played with Lee Konitz, Eddie Daniels, Harold Danko, Mose Allison, Mark Murphy, Bobby Shew, Charles Lloyd, Vinny Golia, and the Alan Broadbent Trio. In recent years, Mr. Mintz has taken on new roles as a bandleader and a composer, performing his own compositions with various ensembles. He also frequently performs solo drumset concerts.
Roberta Piket Trio Monday July 23rd, 2012 at 7:30 and 9pm, $20 admission good for the whole night, all ages admitted Smalls Jazz Club | 183 W. 10th St. at the corner of 7th Ave. in New York City.
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