Jazzin’ with the Classics for Christmas

Monday, Dec. 28 at 3 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish

— from Jeffrey Cohan —

Jeffrey Cohan brings vocalist, vibes, pianist and flutist to “Jazzin’ with the Classics” on Dec. 28

What do the Beach Boys, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Olivia Newton-John, Bill Frisell, Frank Zappa, Mannheim Steamroller, Sammy Davis, Jr. and many others all have in common? …They’ve all performed with Tom Collier, director of percussion studies at the University of Washington, our special guest in our ninth annual Yuletide Baroque sponsored by Emmanuel Episcopal Parish.

A very special Christmas concert! Four classical and jazz artists and friends meld their musical perspectives in this unusual collaboration and unique celebration of the Yuletide season that will generate an abundance of Christmas cheer. Linda Tsatsanis, Tom Collier, Martin Lund and Jeffrey Cohan team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and the “art music” of earlier times:

Linda Tsatsanis ~ soprano
Tom Collier ~ vibes
Martin Lund ~ flute, clarinet & piano
Jeffrey Cohan ~ flute

Instrumental musicians have “jazzed up” melodies familiar to them in the style of their day for centuries, and this team’s virtuoso improvisations on Yuletide favorites bring together the best of jazz and classical worlds and is not to be missed. This completely new program follows last year’s immensely popular one-of-a kind twist on yuletide favorites and less familiar but gorgeous carols. We have never experienced anything quite like it and hope you’ll join us on Monday at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish in Eastsound.

Suggested donation: $10, 18 and under free (your donation towards expenses is much appreciated)
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• Hailed as “ravishing” by the New York Times, Canadian soprano Linda Tsatsanis has appeared as soloist with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Auburn Symphony, Pacific Musicworks, Orchestra Seattle, Pacific Baroque Orchestra and for the Early Music Society of the Islands (Victoria, BC), San Francisco Early Music Society, and Magnolia Baroque Festival and many others.
• Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Washington School of Music since 1980, Tom Collier is a veteran of more than 50 years in music and has appeared with many of the great classical and jazz artists of our day, including Bill Frisell, Barbra Streisand, The Beach Boys and many others. He has won twenty five ASCAP Popular Panel and ASCAPlus Awards for his various jazz and percussion compositions, and was presented with an “Outstanding Service To Jazz Education” award by the National Association of Jazz Educators.
• Martin Lund has played with some of the great blues artists of our time and worked in the studios of LA as a composer, arranger and musician with artists such as Mel Torme and Isacc Hayes. He is equally adept at clarinet, saxophone, flute and piano and directs The One World Music Festival on Orcas Island.
• Flutist Jeffrey Cohan has performed as soloist in 25 countries, both on modern and early transverse flutes from the Renaissance through the present. He is artistic director of the Salish Sea Early Music Festival and the Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival in Washington, DC. “Can play many superstar flutists one might name under the table” – New York Times.