Gratitunes: A Thanksgiving Concert with Libby York, Tom Vaitsas and Jeff Dalton

Celebrate the season of gratitude and generosity with a jazz concert featuring celebrated vocalist Libby York, with Tom Vaitsas, piano and Jeff Dalton, bass. Welcome the holiday season with a show that entertains while giving back. Attendees are encouraged to bring a canned good for SOS Food Bank. A portion of the ticket proceeds will also be donated.

A regular at the top venues in New York, Chicago and Paris, celebrated vocalist Libby York has been called “a jazz singer of cool composure and artful subtlety” by The New York Times. Her critically acclaimed album “DreamLand” (Origin Records) was among DownBeat Magazine’s Best of the Year. “..spotlights her membership in a generation of jazz singers—including Sandy Stewart, Mary Stallings and the late Carol Sloane–who could wrap themselves around a lyric and, with a deep dive, tell a powerful story.” NYC Jazz Record. Libby has recently been welcomed as a voting member of The Recording Academy (Grammys).

Chicago-based jazz pianist Tom Vaitsas started playing professionally in 1992, pulling inspiration from Chicago’s south side scene and from legendary jazz saxophonist Von Freeman.He has performed concerts with jazz greats Von Freeman and Dee Dee Bridgewater and continues to perform at concerts and clubs in and out of Chicago with various groups.

Bassist Jeff Dalton has performed thousands of shows and sessions and recorded with artists from the US, Italy, Spain, Honduras, the Netherlands and Mexico. Dalton makes his home in Key West, but also continues to perform and record with the Lunar Octet and Aron Kaufman’s Dream Ensemble out of Ann Arbor, MI.

Price 45

Time 8:00

Venue The Studios of Key West

Address 533 Eaton Street
Key West, FL 33040 GET DIRECTIONS

Phone Number 305.296.0458