Baha'i Center Presents ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE With MIKE LONGO 3/23

On Tuesday, March 23, Antoinette Montague will be performing at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium at the Baha'i Center, with Mike Longo, Payton Crossley, Paul West, and Harry Allen on sax.

Reservations are $15 and strongly suggested. The John Birks Gillespie Auditorium is located at the Baha'i Center at 53 East 11th Street in NYC. For reservations call 212-222-5159 or visit  www.bahainyc.org

Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Antoinette grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn, and took out albums at her local library by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Bessie Smith. Other musical influences included artists that spearheaded R&B/soul like The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, the Jackson 5, Jackie Wilson, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Redding, and some in swing like Mel Torme and Nat King Cole. Montague has performed onstage with many top jazz and blues musicians including Red Holloway, Benny Powell, Earl May, Winnard Harper, WyCliff Gordon, Stan Hope, John DiMartino, Bernard Purdy, Victor Jones, Tootsie Bean, Zeek Mullins, Paul Bollenbeck, Frank West, and numerous others. From these experiences, Antoinette Montague honed her talent to sing to her audience. She developed a presence that makes her sound like she is singing live on her studio album, and that makes "Behind The Smile" jump out at listeners and bring them into the songs. For more information, visit http://www.antoinettemontague.com/.