Jazz Vocalist Spider Saloff in Concert at Jazz at Pearl's
Jazz at Pearl's (San Francisco, CA)
Jazz at Pearl's presents a rare appearance by Spider Saloff, Chicago's premiere jazz vocalist, featuring pianist Ken Muir and the CD release of Cole Porter Live at Maxim's. Heard worldwide as the co-star and co-creator of the internationally syndicated radio series Words and Music on PBS, Saloff has received international critical acclaim.
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- “Slyly sophisticated, easily accessible, Saloff stands as a kind of ideal.” --Chicago Tribune
- “A wicked way with a lyric and a glint of well-controlled mischief. A sparkle that lights up a performance.” --New York Times
- “Saloff remains one of the finest jazz vocalists working in this or any other city.” --Chicago Tribune
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A five-time winner of the prestigious MAC Award, including Best Female Jazz Vocalist, presented by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets, she also received a special citation for her musical contributions from NARAS (presenter of the Grammy Awards).
Saloff has played renowned venues including New York's Firebird, Michael's Pub, the Russian Tea Room, the Algonquin, Café Carlyle and Birdland, as well as San Francisco's Plush Room, Napa Valley's Copia, and Chicago's famed Gold Star Sardine Bar, Toulouse on the Park, the Fairmont Hotel, the venerable Green Mill and the Plaza Tavern. She has recorded and performed with such jazz luminaries as Tom Harrell, Nick Brignola, Ray Drummond, and Dick Hyman. She has worked frequently with Larry Novak, Tony Monte, Steve LaSpina, and John Colianni (Mel Tormé's pianist for five years).
Spider Saloff has five CDs released nationally on Kopaesthetics Records: 1938, Sextet, The Memory of All That, A New Set of Standards, and Cool Yule.