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The Return of Sarah Jane Cion – This Thursday Jazz at The Post!

This week at Jazz at the Post…

The artistry of

Sarah Jane Cion

A special evening with a very special artist

Sarah Jane Cion caresses the piano with sensitivity and love, and the colors she uses demonstrate her gift and vision. —McCoy Tyner 
When no less an authority than McCoy Tyner says that pianist SARAH JANE CION “caresses the piano with sensitivity and love, and she also possesses a unique talent for composition,” you can believe the hype.
—JAZZIZ Magazine

Featuring Mike Camacho, Peter Brendler, and Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall
Thursday, Jan 26

Jazz at the Post
at VFW Post 399

465 Riverside Ave, Westport
(203)-227-6796
sets at 7:30 pm and 8:45 pm
$15 cover
Reservations strongly suggested 
JazzatThePost@gmail.com

Featuring a new hot menu from
Chef Derek Furino
dinner from 7:00 PM

Sarah Jane Cion

Piano

Peter Brendler
Bass

Michael Camacho
Drums

Greg Wall
Saxes

After Sarah Jane Cion’s first Westport engagement at the Post in July people were clamoring for a return engagement…

We were finally able to secure a date, and what a night it will be!

An award winning pianist (1st Place Winner of the 17th Annual Great American Jazz Piano Competition) and thoughtful composer, Sarah invites us into her unique world  that’s uniquely sensitive and oh, so swinging! Most recently, her songs “Cat in the Hat” and “Golden Song” were featured respectively in Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Mule in 2018 and Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Golden Song in Thor: The Dark World.The music of Sarah Jane Cion is unapologetically pretty. It proceeds from her poetic vision, warm and elegiac, and her right hand takes us with her as it climbs. —Thomas Conrad, DOWNBEAT

Sarah Jane Cion is a heavyweight. —Johnny Mandel
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FEATURED ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Pianist/composer Sarah Jane Cion performed with young and older jazz legends such as Clark Terry, Etta Jones, Anita O’Day, Della Griffin, Ralph Lalama, Alan Harris, Carmen Leggio, Dr. Lyn Christie, Bucky Pizzarelli, Don Braden, and many others. She is often found performing with New York City mainstay big bands such as the Lew Anderson Big Band at Birdland and is currently performing with bestselling author and tenor man James McBride. Her debut CD, Indeed! features alto saxophonist Antonio Hart, drummer Tony Reedus and other current jazz giants. Her second CD Moon Song was released internationally on the Naxos Jazz label featuring Phil Palombi, Chris Potter and Billy Hart, and reached Number 15 on the U.S. Gavin Reports.
Her third CD, Summer Night featured saxophone giant Michael Brecker, and the reprise of Billy Hart and Phil Palombi. Summer Night reached number 12 on the Yellowdog Jazz Charts.
Sarah Jane Cion
Sarah with Michael Camacho swing Cole Porter, hard!!

Upcoming  performances at Jazz at the Post

Feb 2 – Michael Mossman plays Horace Silver
w/ David Berkman, Dennis Mackrel, Phil Bowler and Greg Wall

Feb 9 – Mark Berman

Feb 16 – Janice Friedman

Feb 23  – Henry Hey/ Yuriy Galkin

March 2 – Bob DeVos Organ Band

March 9 – Brian Marsella

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31st Monthly Red Cross Blood Drive is Huge Success!

Our 31st straight monthly Red Cross Blood drive held at Post 399 on Tuesday, January 17th had over 67 donors!  We thank the donors and community for their strong support.  The American Red Cross is facing the worst blood shortage in over a decade. The dangerously low blood supply can affect our local hospitals. Donating blood products is essential to community health and the need for blood products is constant. VFW Post 399 is hosting our next blood drive next month on Tuesday, February 21st, 1-6pm.  For an appointment, please visit www.redcrossblood.org – use sponsor code: VFWWestport or call 1-800-733-2767.

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Melissa Newman starts off her Jazz Year at the Post on Thursday, January 19th

Melissa Newman

Jazz Singer Melissa Newman

with Tony Lombardozzi, Phil Bowler, and Arti Dixon

Thursday, Jan 19
Jazz at the Post
(VFW Post 399)

465 Riverside Ave, Westport
sets at 7:30 pm and 8:45 pm
$15 cover
(203) 227-6796

Featuring a new hot menu from
Chef Derek Furino
dinner from 7:00 PM

Reservations strongly suggested JazzatThePost@gmail.com

Melissa Newman
Vocals

Tony Lombardozzi
Guitar

Phil Bowler 
Bass

Arti Dixson
Drums

Join us for a cool evening of hot jazz at Westport’s  home for Jazz! Melissa is a natural talent, and really makes every song she sings her very own. With a band like this, the evening is sure to be way over the top!

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FEATURED ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Melissa Newman had a lucrative career singing jingles for companies like AT&T and Chevrolet, Locally she has  performed at the Blue Lemon, Tengda, and Harvest in Westport,
with guitarist Tony Lombardozzi and bassist Phil Bowler. Melissa also makes, shows and sells ceramic and porcelain sculpture. Two of her pieces were featured in the 2012 Hamptons Show House. She lives in Westport with her husband and two sons.
Melissa Newman live!

Upcoming  performances at jazz at the Post

Jan 25 – Sarah Jane Cion
featuring Mike Camacho, Peter Brendler, and Greg Wall

Feb 2 – Brian Marsella!

Feb 9-  Mark Berman

Feb 16 – Janice Friedman

Feb 23 – Henry Hey/Yuriy Galkin

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