Monday, January 29, 2007 at 7:30pm finest female jazz artists in the region. Showcasing high intensity jazz, tight harmonies, and lush dynamic sounds, the band performs with continents. SWOJO has come a long way in a short time.
Since forming in 2000, the band has performed at clubs, jazz festivals, and concert halls in North and South America, released a critically acclaimed CD award last year! SWOJO has appeared with a number of distinguished Pascal, Sue Orfield, Greta Matassa, Hazel Leach, Jill Townsend, and Ingrid Jensen. Concerts feature the music of many local composers and arrangers, such as Al Farlow, Jill Townsend, Vern Sielert, Nelda Swiggett, Carmen Staaf, and SWOJO's musical director, Dr.
Daniel Jazz, Greta Matassa is one of the most talented singers working in jazz today. In demand for concert and nightclub appearances, her one- woman show, Ella and Billie, a musical tribute, won her critical acclaim. Her collaborations and guest appearances with Spectrum Dance Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Teatro ZinZanni, the Seattle innovative and successful.
Compared with the greats, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, and Nancy Wilson, Matassa has become one of the hottest tickets on the northwest jazz scene. Greta has released five CDs and a SWOJO projects in 2007: a return trip to Lima, Peru for the XVII Festival Jazz en Lima in April and the release of our second CD, a set of exciting live performances from recent SWOJO shows. A small set of evening of fine food and dynamic big band jazz.
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