Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Premiere BOOM at Iridium Jazz Club, 1/10

Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway will premiere their new concert entitled BOOM at the Iridium Jazz Club on January 10th. Baby boomer sisters, the Callaways sing and celebrate the soundtrack of their childhood, the unforgettable songs of the 60's and 70's.

When Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway combine musical forces in their new show "Boom". Memories come alive through the music of such greats as Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon, The Beatles, Paul Simon, Jimmy Webb and Stevie Wonder, to name a few. The two Tony Award nominated stars share heartwarming and humorous stories of their years growing up in Chicago and New York.

One of today's most celebrated sister acts put their unmistakable stamp on solos and duets of songs such as "Both Sides Now", "Up, Up and Away", "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", "Bridge Over Troubled Waters", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" and "Downtown" among other classics.

As a champion of the great American Songbook, Ann Hampton Callaway has made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. Her unique singing style blends jazz and traditional pop, making her a mainstay in concert halls, theaters and jazz clubs as well as in the recording studio, on television, and in film. Ms. Callaway is best known for her Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical Swing! and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series The Nanny. Callaway is a Platinum Award winning writer whose songs are featured on five of Barbra Streisand's recent CD's. Ms. Callaway has been a special guest performer with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood and is featured at many of the Carnegie Hall tributes. She has sung with more than twenty-five of the world's top orchestras and big bands, and has performed for President Clinton in Washington, D.C. and at President Gorbachev's Youth Peace Summit in Moscow. A versatile performer, she has also begun work on a new PBS-TV variety show "Singers Spotlight with Ann Hampton Callaway" that recently aired in Chicago with special guests Liza Minnelli and 2007 Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole.

Liz Callaway, the award-winning actress, singer and recording artist, made her Broadway debut inStephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. She received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Baby, and for five years, sang "Memory" as Grizabella in Cats. She has also starred in the original casts of Miss Saigon, The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love. Off-Broadway, she received a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in The Spitfire Grill, and also appeared in No Way To Treat A Lady, Marry Me a Little, Godspell, and Brownstone. Other New York appearances include Hair in Concert, the legendary Follies in Concert at Lincoln Center, A Stephen Sondheim Evening, and Fiorello! at Encores! She also starred as Venus in the Chicago Ovations! production of One Touch of Venus, and in Elegies at Reprise! in Los Angeles .

The award-winning "Sibling Revelry" - created with sister Ann Hampton Callaway - was presented to great acclaim at the Donmar Warehouse in London . Originally produced at New York's Rainbow and Stars, the show was recorded live by DRG Records. "Relative Harmony," also created with her sister opened to rave reviews in New York and Los Angeles. She had the pleasure of co-starring with Jimmy Webb and Paul Williams in their critically acclaimed engagement at Feinstein's in New York . Her extensive concert and symphony work includes appearances at The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, and on tour with the Boston Pops. Worldwide, she has performed in China, Iceland, Estonia, Germany, France, and Slovenia.

Liz sang the Academy Award-nominated song "Journey to the Past" in the animated feature Anastasia. Liz is also the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's The Return of Jafar, and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Other film work includes the singing voice of the title character in The Swan Princess, Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, Beauty and the Beast and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.

She received an Emmy Award for hosting "Ready to Go," a daily, live children's program on CBS in Boston. Other TV credits include "In Performance at the White House," "Inside the Actor's Studio: Stephen Sondheim," "Christmas with the Boston Pops," "Late Show with David Letterman" and "Senior Trip" (CBS Movie of the Week). Liz's solo recordings include The Beat Goes On, The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On and Off-Broadway, and Anywhere I Wander: The Music of Frank Loesser. Her numerous other recordings include Unsung Sondheim, Unsung Irving Berlin, Lost in Boston, The Maury Yeston Songbook, and Hair In Concert.The performance of BOOM at the Iridium Jazz Club will take place January 10th at 6:00pm. Tickets for the event are $25 and may be purchsed online at www.ticketweb.com or by calling the Iridium Box Office at 212.582.2121.

Iridium Jazz Club started with a mission in December 1994; present local artists in an attractive setting. New York's jazz scene is littered with The Remains of countless jazz clubs, who shot up quickly, only to close soon after. The Iridium took an unplanned evolutionary approach, utilizing local artists culled from homemade tapes. Soon, Iridium was "discovered" and was fortunate to begin operations in the midst of a jazz revival, the success of jazz at Lincoln Center, and an affluent West Side looking to experience a real NY Jazz Club. The club has undergone several renovations to keep up with its increasing popularity. There have been many major releases recorded live at Iridium from such artists as Jacky Terrasson, Charlie Haden, Kenny Barron, Benny Carter, The Jazz Messengers, Sweets Edison, and Clark Terry.

For more information, visit www.iridiumjazzclub.com.

 

 

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