Judi Silvano and Mike Abene Perform CD Release Show at Jazz At Kitano Tonight

Judi Silvano will perform a CD release show with Mike Abene for "My Dance" tonight, February 26th at Jazz At Kitano, 66 Park Ave. at East 38th St., New York, NY 10016. For reservations, call: (212) 885-7119. Shows at 8 pm and 10 pm. $15 cover, $15 minimum drink and food per person, per set. Visit kitano.com for more information.

Upcoming Live Appearances:

January 8 --Kenny Werner Residency at THE STONE, NYC
- Duos/Trios with Joe Lovano and Judi Silvano
Avenue C at 2nd Street, NYC -- Sets 8 & 10 pm

January 9 and 10 -- Joe Lovano's Village Rhythms Band
-- BIRDLAND, West 46 Street, NYC
Featuring Tim Hagans, trumpet, Judi Silvano, voice, Liberty Ellman, guitar
Michael Olatuja, electric bass, Abdou M'Boup, cora/ percussion, Otis Brown III, Drums
2 shows: 8:30 and 11 pm
-- Tickets here! http://www.birdlandjazz.com/calendar/

February 26 -- CD Release Show NYC for "MY DANCE" !
Featuring Judi Silvano, voice with Michael Abene, piano
Jazz At Kitano, 66 Park Ave. at East 38th St., New York, NY 10016
For reservations call: (212) 885-7119, Shows at 8 pm and 10 pm
www.kitano.com
$15 cover, $15 minimum drink and food per person, per set

MY DANCE is a collection of Judi Silvano's original songs, each with a story of its own, with veteran pianist Michael Abene. These are collaborative arrangements between two creative improvisers at the top of their game. Some tunes have lyrics while others leave the story to the listener's imagination.

--Visit www.judisilvano.com for Events Calendar, Reviews, Pix, Videos, Paintings.
--Like Judi's my band page on Facebook "Judi Silvano" (page with Green Jacket)
--Greeting Cards (blank inside) of Judi's paintings on www.Etsy.com/shop/JudiSilvanoArtnCards
--And to see a video with Judi's paintings: visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehNSgG9ei7A

Judi Silvano "My Dance"
(JSL Records 010)
Street Date January 6, 2015
Judi Silvano -vocals, Michael Abene-piano

Track listing:

1. Dust 3:51

2. Make It A Classic* 3:26

3. It's So Amazing* 5:55

4. My Dance 2:39

5. Samba 33 4:33

6. Bougainvillea* 4:40

7. F Minor 4:05

8. Kokopelli's Dance 5:04

9. Calypso 3:02

10. Our World* 5:30

11. Echo Cardio 4:42

Length: 48:13:64

All compositions and lyrics* are originals by Judi Silvano.

MY DANCE is a collection of Judi Silvano's original songs, each with a story of its own. Conceived from Judi's experiences of life and love, some tunes have lyrics while others leave the story to the listener's imagination. These are collaborative arrangements between two creative improvisers at the top of their game.

Judi Silvano has toured and recorded with artists including Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Swallow, Tim Hagans, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Mal Waldron, Larry Goldings, Vic Juris, Victor Lewis, Rufus Reid, Dick Oatts, Ingrid Jensen, Janice Friedman, Allison Miller, George Garzone, Michael Formanek, Gerry Hemingway and Newman Taylor Baker. She has penned over 40 songs and chamber music compositions which reflect her broad imagination.

Ms. Silvano sings from the heart! Her lucid virtuosity and increasingly mature lyric interpretation engages the listener in any setting from duo to large ensemble. She has sung in ensembles conducted by Gunther Schuller, Robert Shaw, Manny Albam, Byron Olson and Justin DiCioccio among others and Lori Dobbins composed "Sketches For Silvano" for her. Silvano also plays flute/alto flute and paints in Oil, Watercolor, Pastel and Encaustic paints. This is her 11th recording as a leader.

Michael Abene's bio reads like the history of 20th century American music while he continues bringing his enormous contributions into the 21st century as Arranger, Conductor and Pianist. His youthful post for the Maynard Ferguson Jazz Orchestra at the age of 18 as Pianist and Arranger catapulted him into the world of large ensembles where he continues to excel to this day.

Michael has worked with such artists as: Liza Minnelli, Patti Austin, Randy Brecker, Maceo Parker, Eddie Daniels, Tom Harrell, Paquito D'Rivera,

Dianne Reeves, Kurt Elling, Judi Silvano, Fay Claasson, New York Voices and Joe Lovano, with whom he collaborated on the Grammy nominated CD "Symphonica" and released on Blue Note Records.

Mr. Abene has been Musical Director and Arranger of Cologne, Germany's world-reknown WDR Big Band for the past 10 years, the Associate Music Director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, Associate Professor of Jazz Composition at Manhattan School of Music in New York City and is presently Professor of Ensemble Conducting at KUG Jazz Institute in Graz, Austria. Mr. Abene is also an accomplished and swinging pianist as is evidenced on this recording!

For more about Judi, visit judisilvano.com, and for more about Michael, go to www.michaelabene.com.