Hello music lover!
This month I have a confession to make. "Sex and the City" is
one of my favorite shows. There. I said it. Like many women, I
have even taken 'the quiz' to find out which character my personality most
resembles. I appear to be a combination of Carey (the writer) and Miranda
(the lawyer).
If I had a show -- let's call it "SAX and the City" -- the
first episode might go something like this:
(tapping away at laptop computer)
While seeking inspiring concerts to attend among the sea of
spring music festivals, smooth jazz cruises and major club listings, I
couldn't help but wonder...
"Where are all of the women instrumentalists hiding?"
I believe that any change in the world begins with
me. So this month I'm offering my support of women in the music
business by adding three new female faces to my website's Hall of
Fame.
1) my sax comrade Mindi Abair, GRP smooth
jazz breakout artist
2) quirky and talented singer/songwriter Lauren
Wood, writer of the hit song "Fallen" from the Pretty Woman
Soundtrack
3) my good friend Beth Marlis, head
honcho at GIT (the Guitar Institute of Technology) in Hollywood.
Check out their stories by clicking "Hall of Fame"
at
I've been in this business long enough to know it's
challenges. What's a girl to do? As I told Stacy Trevenon during my
recent interview for the Half Moon Bay Review newspaper, "This is
my gift, the craft I have honed all my life, and the only thing I can do is to
keep doing it. Keep putting it out there. It's my contribution to the
world."
So, I'm delighted to have these
upcoming opportunities to play for you!
Sunday, March 27
Easter Sunday
with
drummer/vocalist Glenn Walters
Half Moon Bay Brewing
Company
(650) 728-2739
390 Capistrano Road
Princeton By The
Sea, CA
4 - 8 pm, no cover
Friday, April 1
with soul jazz vocalist Pamela
Rose
Park Chalet Garden Restaurant
(415) 386-8439
1000
Great Highway at Ocean Beach
San Francisco, CA
8:30 - 11:30 pm, no
cover
Tuesday, April 5
Sonya Jason's "Party of Two"
with
guitarist/vocalist Bill Prichard
Half Moon Bay Brewing
Company
(650) 728-2739
390 Capistrano Road
Princeton By The
Sea, CA
6 - 9 pm, no cover
Saturday, April 9
Sonya Jason's "Style"
with pianist Julie Homi
and bassist Ron Belcher
Pear
Street Bistro
(510) 741-8875
2395 San Pablo Avenue
Pinole,
CA
7:30 - 10:30 pm, no cover
Saturday, April 16
Sonya Jason's "Style"
with pianist Julie Homi
and bassist Ken Miller
Pear
Street Bistro
(510) 741-8875
2395 San Pablo Avenue
Pinole,
CA
7:30 - 10:30 pm, no cover
Friday, April 22
Sonya Jason's "Party of Two"
with
guitarist/vocalist Bill Prichard
Faz Restaurant
(925)
460-0444
5121 Hopyard Road
Pleasanton, CA
5:30 - 9:30 pm, no
cover
FYI -
Anytime you would like to find out where I'm playing, go to my website at
www.SonyaJason.com.
Click "Performer" then "Gig Schedule" and there you have
it!
Feel free to forward this email to
your friends who love SAX.
Hope to see your smiling face at a
performance soon, and THANK YOU for supporting live music in the San
Francisco Bay Area!
Sonya Jason
www.SonyaJason.com
SonyaJason@aol.com
(650) 563-9155
PO Box
370633
Montara, CA 94037
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