Phoebe Legere Ooh la la Coq Tail Plays Iridium Jazz Club

Phoebe Legere, a composer, recording artist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and singer with a four-octave range who's also a powerhouse of keyboard virtuosity, will appear at New York's famed Iridium Jazz Club, Broadway and 51st Street. Her new show Ooh la la Coq Tail with her quartet will be performed on the third Tuesday of the month, beginning January 18 and through March 15. Shows are at 7 and 9 P.M. There's a $25 music charge, and $10 food/drink minimum.

Directed by award-winning cabaret artist (and director) Eric Michael Gillette, the act features songs from Legere's just released CD of the same name, including "Playing Me Like a Piano," "Sex is Love," "Sometimes It Snows in Las Vegas," and her hit "Marilyn Monroe." She duets with George Leonard on "I Love Myself When I'm with You" and "Bye, Bye, Cutie Pie." Standards such as "Under Paris Skies," "I Wish You Love" "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," "I've Got a Crush on You," and "The Very Thought of You" are also featured.

In addition to her musical talents, the Vassar and Juilliard-educated Legere is a painter, poet, and filmmaker. Rock NYC describes her as "uber-fem performance artist as Sapphic goddess." She is also that rare contemporary artist who's a prize-winning accordionist.
Legere calls Ooh la la Coq Tail "graphic cabaret." The multi-media program showcases her "sensual, provocative, and vibrantly-colored paintings" on five wide-screens.
She's been compared to Beethoven, Frank Zappa, and Bobby Short. After the success of "Marilyn Monroe" (Island Rcords), Legere played concerts and jazz festivals. Her Blue Curtain (Einstein Records) was nominated as a Top 10 CD of the decade; and she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her work with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony.

At Iridium, Legere will be accompanied by George Leonard on guitar and violin, Ray Marchiko on drums, and Jon Burr on bass. Leonard doubles as Legere's "love foil" in the act. He's a multi-talented musician/composer. As lead singer of Georgie Porgie & the Crybabies, he opened for such acts as the Rolling Stones on their first U.S. tour, Petula Clark, Jimi Hendrix, Chubby Checker, Frank Zappa, and STIX. Most recently, in East Coast clubs, Leonard developed his multi-media concept, ElvisSinatra.

Legere's just released CD, Ooh la la Coq Tail, is available at iTunes. It features 16 tracks, mixing original songs and standards by Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Ellington, Porter, and Charles Trenet. Album art is by famed print and Broadway poster illustrator Hillary Knight, known for creating the classic Eloise character with Kay Thompson.

Million Watts of Sound wrote: "Ooh la la Coq Tail is an album not to miss, Phoebe's voice is absolutely delightful and complements this collection of jazzy melodies perfectly . . . this album is both fun and flirty and sensual . . . Phoebe's piano playing is captivating."

For more information, visit www.phoebelegere.com.

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