Summer Concert in the Park

July 9 from 6-8 pm.
Lunada Bay Park

Beth Rohde and Guests

Join us for an evening of Brazilian jazz with Beth Rohde and special guests Matt Rohde (keyboard), David Sills (sax), and others are rising stars on the L.A. jazz scene. This is a CD release party for Beth Rohde’s soon to be released CD .

Here are two sample tracks from Beth's upcoming album, to be released in August.

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Gifted and versatile, Beth Rohde has enjoyed a wide-ranging career in music. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Beth was a first-call vocalist on the Boston music scene where she performed with various pop acts and with Brazilian Jazz act "Beijo do Brasil". In 1993, she relocated to Minneapolis where she soon became a favorite on the Twin Cities jazz scene. Her solo CD was in heavy rotation on Minneapolis' leading jazz stations, and Beth was regularly featured on Minnesota Public Radio. She maintained a very busy schedule performing, recording jingles (Radio Concepts, Cartoon Network, etc.) and directing the voice department at McNally Smith College. In 1997 Ms. Rohde moved to Los Angeles where she married Matt Rohde and attended USC on a full-tuition scholarship sponsored by the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation. Beth completed her Master's degree, and taught in USC's jazz studies department through 1999. In 2000, Beth was hired as the lead female vocalist with Les Brown's "Band of Renown". Ms. Rohde maintains a regular performance schedule singing a large variety of music including, jazz, Brazilian, classical, R&B and various pop styles. A gifted vocal technician with a great passion for teaching, Beth teaches a wide variety of students ranging from serious beginners to some of biggest names in the music business.

Visit her myspace site to listen to Beth.

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Matt Rohde is a professional musician who has been active in the Los Angeles music scene for over ten years. An accomplished keyboardist, Musical Director, arranger, producer and composer, Matt has toured and/or recorded with a long list of famous artists, including Christina Aguilera, Alanis Morissette, Jane's Addiction, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah, Kelly Clarkson, Maxwell, Isaac Hayes and Prince. Matt currently works on Fox's American Idol as an Associate Music Director.

Listen to Matt Rohde at his website.

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Chosen as an L.A. Times "Best Bet", David is making a name for himself as one of the finest young jazz musicians in the L.A area. "It was soon apparent that Sills, 26, is not your usual young saxophonist. His airy well-pitched sound carries hints of Stan Getz and Lester Young, and he plays with a patience that speaks of maturity. He goes straight to the heart of a lyric, forgoing the flashy excess of youth, developing the story line during his solos with touches of warm melodicism and the occasional flurry of notes."- Bill Kolhase In the L.A. Times

David's commitment to the integrity of the music is shown in his Naxos Jazz Compact Disk, Journey Together, featuring jazz giants Alan Broadbent, Darek Oles, Joe LaBarbara and Larry Koonse. This thoughtful and swinging album shows David to be a talented arranger, expert bandleader and inspired soloist. David's first album, Hanging Five debued to critical acclaim in 1997. And David has done it again with a fabulous new CD called Bigs, also on the Naxos label. This one features the same band as 'Journey Together' and is available in all of the usual locations.

"a meeting of Stan Getz and Joe Henderson, a style in which smooth reserve and technical ability combine in a single cool-to-the bone sound."
- LA Times

David Sills can be heard at his website and myspace.

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