KENNY COLMAN AND THE RON PALEY BAND
TUESDAY, JUNE 29 •
7:30 PM & 9:30 PM
RACHEL BROWNE THEATRE
Club Pass and Wristband venue
Individual show ticket:
$22 adv./$25 door
Kenny Colman’s unique talents as a jazz vocalist have been widely praised by everyone from The New Yorker to the late dean of American jazz critics, Leonard Feather. His impressive list of admirers includes Grammy-winning producer, David Foster (“The whole world should know this talent.”), producer/composer Johnny Mandel, and his long-time friend and mentor, the late Frank Sinatra. Kenny was a fixture on the international club circuit, from Monte Carlo to New York’s famed Tavern on the Green.
In the early sixties, the New York jazz scene was swinging and Colman spent his nights sitting in with combos at legendary places like The Half Note, The Five Spot, and The Village Vanguard. At one such late-night session, Sarah Vaughan was in the audience. Vaughan was so impressed by Kenny that she arranged for his first professional gig, singing at Las Vegas’ Flamingo Hotel on the same bill as Lionel Hampton and Della Reese. Colman’s dreams of a professional singing career were coming true. Kenny worked hard and became increasingly busy during the sixties. He has performed for the likes of Prince Albert, Muhammad Ali, and Edward Albee. As a young man, he opened for everyone from Lenny Bruce to George Carlin. He remains one of the few survivors of a golden age in jazz. “It’s been a long, hard road,” he says, “but I’ve loved all the songs along the way and all the great players that have surrounded me.”
Ron Paley formed the Ron Paley Big Band in 1976 after playing bass with the big bands of Buddy Rich and Woody Herman. The big band has performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and played a concert of new music sponsored by Winnipeg’s new music concert organization Groundswell. In 2004 the big band performed and toured with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, playing jazz arrangements of songs by Rodgers and Hart for A Cinderella Story.
www.kennycolman.com
www.ronpaley.com
Presented in assosciation with
Manitoba Homecoming 2010
