Friday, January 25, 2019 7:30 *and* 9:30 P.M.
The adventurous San Francisco Performances' PIVOT series has programmed an intensive four-day festival presenting artists and works with political observations and meanings. The festival's second day presents the beloved Jazz singer Paula West singing a full program of Bob Dylan songs.
In the early 90s, Paula West moved to San Francisco and began taking singing lessons from Faith Winthrop and others. An early musical acquaintance was pianist Ken Muir who became her accompanist. With him and pianist Larry Luckovich she worked at the Terrace Restaurant at San Francisco's Ritz Carlton Hotel. She also appeared in concert at the Maybeck Recital Hall. Although at first supporting herself by working as a waitress, West soon became a known and respected singer and began working in places such as the city's prestigious Plush Room.
In the mid-90s, Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill introduced West to Donald Smith, founder of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. He heard her sing and invited her to appear at the Foundation's 1995 Cabaret Convention, and thereafter an engagement at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room. Other gigs followed and soon she was as well known on the east coast as she was on the west. In 1997 she won the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist Debut and the Backstage magazine's Bistro Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist. West has also appeared in Europe, performing in Switzerland and Italy on a number of occasions, and in 1997 she had a very successful Paris debut at the Maison de la Musique. In the early 00s, she continued an active career, including a 2003 return to the Algonquin.
West's repertoire is eclectic, including songs by Oscar Brown Jr., Mary Lou Williams, Ellington, Charlie Chaplin, Meredith Willson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter. An almost vibrato-less vocal sound and a warm affection for the repertoire she has acquired make West a distinctive singer.
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The adventurous San Francisco Performances' PIVOT series has programmed an intensive four-day festival presenting artists and works with political observations and meanings. The festival's second day presents the beloved Jazz singer Paula West singing a full program of Bob Dylan songs.
In the early 90s, Paula West moved to San Francisco and began taking singing lessons from Faith Winthrop and others. An early musical acquaintance was pianist Ken Muir who became her accompanist. With him and pianist Larry Luckovich she worked at the Terrace Restaurant at San Francisco's Ritz Carlton Hotel. She also appeared in concert at the Maybeck Recital Hall. Although at first supporting herself by working as a waitress, West soon became a known and respected singer and began working in places such as the city's prestigious Plush Room.
In the mid-90s, Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill introduced West to Donald Smith, founder of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. He heard her sing and invited her to appear at the Foundation's 1995 Cabaret Convention, and thereafter an engagement at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room. Other gigs followed and soon she was as well known on the east coast as she was on the west. In 1997 she won the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist Debut and the Backstage magazine's Bistro Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist. West has also appeared in Europe, performing in Switzerland and Italy on a number of occasions, and in 1997 she had a very successful Paris debut at the Maison de la Musique. In the early 00s, she continued an active career, including a 2003 return to the Algonquin.
West's repertoire is eclectic, including songs by Oscar Brown Jr., Mary Lou Williams, Ellington, Charlie Chaplin, Meredith Willson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter. An almost vibrato-less vocal sound and a warm affection for the repertoire she has acquired make West a distinctive singer.
Friday, January 25, 2019 7:30 *and* 9:30 P.M.
The adventurous San Francisco Performances' PIVOT series has programmed an intensive four-day festival presenting artists and works with political observations and meanings. The festival's second day presents the beloved Jazz singer Paula West singing a full program of Bob Dylan songs.
In the early 90s, Paula West moved to San Francisco and began taking singing lessons from Faith Winthrop and others. An early musical acquaintance was pianist Ken Muir who became her accompanist. With him and pianist Larry Luckovich she worked at the Terrace Restaurant at San Francisco's Ritz Carlton Hotel. She also appeared in concert at the Maybeck Recital Hall. Although at first supporting herself by working as a waitress, West soon became a known and respected singer and began working in places such as the city's prestigious Plush Room.
In the mid-90s, Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill introduced West to Donald Smith, founder of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. He heard her sing and invited her to appear at the Foundation's 1995 Cabaret Convention, and thereafter an engagement at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room. Other gigs followed and soon she was as well known on the east coast as she was on the west. In 1997 she won the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist Debut and the Backstage magazine's Bistro Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist. West has also appeared in Europe, performing in Switzerland and Italy on a number of occasions, and in 1997 she had a very successful Paris debut at the Maison de la Musique. In the early 00s, she continued an active career, including a 2003 return to the Algonquin.
West's repertoire is eclectic, including songs by Oscar Brown Jr., Mary Lou Williams, Ellington, Charlie Chaplin, Meredith Willson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter. An almost vibrato-less vocal sound and a warm affection for the repertoire she has acquired make West a distinctive singer.
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The adventurous San Francisco Performances' PIVOT series has programmed an intensive four-day festival presenting artists and works with political observations and meanings. The festival's second day presents the beloved Jazz singer Paula West singing a full program of Bob Dylan songs.
In the early 90s, Paula West moved to San Francisco and began taking singing lessons from Faith Winthrop and others. An early musical acquaintance was pianist Ken Muir who became her accompanist. With him and pianist Larry Luckovich she worked at the Terrace Restaurant at San Francisco's Ritz Carlton Hotel. She also appeared in concert at the Maybeck Recital Hall. Although at first supporting herself by working as a waitress, West soon became a known and respected singer and began working in places such as the city's prestigious Plush Room.
In the mid-90s, Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill introduced West to Donald Smith, founder of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. He heard her sing and invited her to appear at the Foundation's 1995 Cabaret Convention, and thereafter an engagement at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room. Other gigs followed and soon she was as well known on the east coast as she was on the west. In 1997 she won the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist Debut and the Backstage magazine's Bistro Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist. West has also appeared in Europe, performing in Switzerland and Italy on a number of occasions, and in 1997 she had a very successful Paris debut at the Maison de la Musique. In the early 00s, she continued an active career, including a 2003 return to the Algonquin.
West's repertoire is eclectic, including songs by Oscar Brown Jr., Mary Lou Williams, Ellington, Charlie Chaplin, Meredith Willson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter. An almost vibrato-less vocal sound and a warm affection for the repertoire she has acquired make West a distinctive singer.
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