Jazz! Carson City fires up with Clooney tribute, ice cream social
A tribute to Rosemary Clooney and an ice cream social with live music will kick off a month-jazz extravaganza for the 8th annual Jazz! Carson City Music Festival.
Linda Merrell will perform a jazz tribute to Rosemary Clooney on Sunday, July 31, from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at Sierra Place Senior Living, 1111 W. College Parkway in Carson City.
Merrell is a jazz singer who fills the heart of the listener with joy. From a young age, she has been involved with music, singing for school productions and special events from first grade on. She has performed in Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago. Her music passions are jazz, standards, ballads, blues, caberet, and also contemporary and soft rock. Linda Merrell, is truly “A Singer With Style.”
For her Rosemary Clooney tribute, Linda is accompanied by Peter Supersano a sought-after accompanist who has backed name artists, including The Four Aces, The Four Lads, Frank Gorshin, Rich Little, Phyllis Diller, and jazz greats Carl Fontana, Don Menza, Bill Watrous, and Teddy Edwards.
Meanwhile, Millennium Bug will perform at the Carson City Historical Society Ice Cream Social, also on Sunday, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Foreman-Roberts House Museum, 1207 N. Carson St.
Millennium Bugs is a jazz combo affiliated with the Mile High Jazz Band, features Gil Linsley, trumpet; Dan Lancaster, sax; David Bugli, keyboard; George Worth, bass; and Ruth Clifford, drums.
This free event includes admission, house tour, games, birdhouse building-courtesy of Jim DeMagistris of Woodworking Specialties-and music. Ice cream, cake, cookies, and pie $3. Proceeds benefit the Carson City Historical Society, Go to www.cchistorical.org.
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