Karen Hart Honors Joni, Santa Paula CA, November 6

Posted November 02, 2022

Please come join us at this beautiful historic church in Santa Paula as I pay tribute to Joni with my very special All-Star band!

Guitarist Jeff Linsky studied with jazz guitar great Joe Pass. While still in his teens, Jeff began traveling the world as a touring musician, eventually signing with Concord Jazz. As an award winning composer, Jeff’s music has been featured in film and television, and as the broadcast theme for the Monterey Jazz Festival. Jeff has performed in many of the world’s finest concert halls and played privately for Presidents and Royalty. The Los Angeles Times says he is "Simply the finest fingerstyle guitarist you will ever see or hear." Guitar Player Magazine says “Linsky's talent is the stuff guitarists' dreams are made of."

Considered by many to be one of the finest bassists in the world, Jennifer Leitham has been a career Jazz musician for over 48 years. Known for playing with many music world masters, including Mel Tormé, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Doc Severinsen, Woody Herman, Benny Carter, Louis Bellson, Bill Watrous, Take 6 and k.d. lang, along with countless other greats in many genres. Jennifer has played on over 140 albums, including 11 albums of her own. In 2016, L.A. Weekly named her as one of the “50 Most Interesting Angelinos." In 2018 she spoke at Jazz At Lincoln Center's Jazz Congress.

Dr. Randy Drake is an accomplished drum set and percussion performer. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2022 for his work on East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live in Concert. Randy earned a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology with a Doctoral Emphasis Program in Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his B.M. in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas and his M.M. in Jazz Studies at California State University, Long Beach, where he taught drum set for over fifteen years. Randy recently toured Japan with Japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto and Daniel Ho and the United States with Englebert Humperdinck.

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