Video of the Week:
           Cyrille Aimée



International chanteuse
to make Berks fest debut
The petite, curly-haired French jazz singer Cyrille Aimée & The Surreal Band will perform during the Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest on Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., at the Miller Center of the Arts located on the Reading Area Community College campus.
Aimée is part of the "New Faces of Jazz" co-bill that also includes the amazing pianist Eldar and his trio.
Last year, Eldar created a buzz with his festival performance.
The voices inside Aimée, whose father is French and whose mother is Dominican, come from all over. One minute she is a French chanteuse, the next a playful salsa singer, the next she dabbles in Bobby McFerrin-like electronics with a loop pedal. Everything is connected and integrated into an internationalist concept of jazz that has no stylistic hierarchy.
CLICK HERE to view video of Cyrille performing with guitarist Diego Figueiredo.

    'Jazz Under The Stars'
     Thursday, January 3

Andy Roberts & Friends set
for Museum series concert
The Reading Public Museum's "Jazz Under the Stars at the Neag Planetarium" series continues Thursday, January 3, at 7 p.m.
Andy Roberts & Friends will perform a number of great jazz tunes that have a "space" theme, plus some original music, as well.
Roberts said "Swingin on the Moon," "How High The Moon," "Stars Fell on Alabama," and "Moonlight in Vermont" will be part of the performance.
Pianist Roberts arrived at his approach to music and composition through the absorption of musical styles from disparate eras. His influences range from jazz greats Fats Waller, Bud Powell, and Chick Corea to rockers like Professor Longhair and Rick Wakeman.
Vibraphonist Tony Miceli, whose playing has been compared with the legendary Milt Jackson and Gary Burton resides in Philadelphia, and has been working steadily on the jazz scene since 1980. As a group leader, sideman, and recording artist, he has performed with numerous top musicians worldwide.
Other members of the ensemble are Fred Griggs, drums, Nicole Roberts, vocals; Andy Alonso, bass.