“Terese Genecco is Frisky, Retro Fun!” - Time Out New York
(San Francisco, CA) – Beginning Sept. 20, 2008, Terese Genecco, the award-winning vocalist, comedian, and bandleader, will once again be headlining in “LAST CALL!” on Sat. nights at 10:30 pm at THE RRAZZ ROOM at the Hotel Nikko - 222 Mason St. (at O’Farrell St.), San Francisco’s Hottest Nightclub, with her retro-cool, 50’s-style nightclub act, complete with a 7-piece band featuring the West Coast’s wildest jazz musicians. This is the closest thing you'll find to Vegas by the Bay - the swingin’est nightclub act in town, as Terese Genecco throws a musical party with her *little big band* in tow! Tickets $30 per person, plus 2-beverage min. on sale online at www.therrazzroom.com or by Phone: 866/ 468 - 3399.
On Sat. Sept. 20, 2008 Jack Costanzo - “Mr. Bongo” -- the 85 year-old legendary percussionist (www.myspace.com/jackcostanzo) who is credited with introducing the bongos into American popular music with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the 50’s, and who played with major celebrities including Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dinah Shore, Frances Faye, and Nat “King” Cole -- will be joining the band on their inaugural show. Other band members include Ellen Seeling on Trumpet and Jean Fineberg on Tenor Sax (the founding directors of the Montclair Women’s Big Band); local favorites Daniel Fabricant and Jeff Neighbor on bass; Kelly Park, Tammy Hall, and Max Perkoff sharing duties with Terese at the piano; Randy Odell and Ranzell Merritt on drums; and a rotating roster of other West Coast jazz greats filling out the 7 pieces each week.
Terese Genecco – is a 2008 MAC Award Winner for Best Recording, a 2007 Backstage Bistro Award Winner, a 2008 MAC Award-nominee for Best Female Vocalist (Manhattan Assoc. of Cabarets & Clubs), and Time Out Magazine in NYC’s Top 10 Best Cabaret Shows of 2006 and 2007. Genecco is best known for her jazz/musical creation, “DRUNK WITH LOVE: A TRIBUTE TO FRANCES FAYE!” Terese pays tribute to the spirit, sound, and style of Frances Faye, the 1950’s bi-sexual, nightclub icon. Genecco has also performed as a headliner at San Francisco’s Rrazz Room, Jazz At Pearl’s, The Empire Plush Room, The Fillmore Street Jazz Festival, ODC Theater and more. In NYC, Terese has performed at Jazz @ Lincoln Center, B.B. King’s Blues Club, Birdland, The Iridium Jazz Club, The Metropolitan Room (where she appears again on Oct 28 and Nov 1, 2008,) and The Encore. She has also appeared in Hollywood at The M Bar & Restaurant, where she appears again with Jack Costanzo and the Hollywood “little big band” on Nov. 14, 2008.
Genecco ‘s MAC Award-Winning CD “Drunk With Love: A Tribute to Frances Faye!” is available at CD Baby, Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, and in Bay Area music stores.
WHAT: Terese Genecco in LAST CALL! featuring her 7-piece * Little Big Band * The Sat. Sept. 20 show features Legendary special guest Jack Costanzo - “Mr. Bongo”!
WHERE: The Rrazz Room, at The Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, (at O’Farrell St.) San Francisco, CA 94102 www.therrazzroom.com
WHEN: Saturdays at 10:30 pm Various dates beginning Sept. 20, 2008; Other dates: 2008 - Oct. 4; Nov. 22; Dec. 13; 2009 – Jan. 24; Feb 14.
COST: $30 per person, plus 2-beverage minimum.
TICKETS: online at www.therrazzroom.com or by PHONE: 866/ 468 - 3399
Press Materials: www.teresegeneccolive.com ARTIST WEBSITE: www.teresegenecco.com ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT: www.sonicbids.com/TereseGenecco ARTIST MYSPACE PAGE: www.myspace.com/teresegenecco You Tube Performance Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG8kygfAqYU
The Rrazz Room at The Hotel Nikko is wheelchair accessible.
Web Site: http://www.teresegeneccolive.com
Contact Details: he Rrazz Room, at The Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, (at O’Farrell St.) San Francisco, CA 94102 www.therrazzroom.com PHONE: 866/ 468 - 3399
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