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Event: "Super Songbird Of All Time" Lynn Roberts With The Bob Alberti Trio at Jazz Corner, Fri, May 7 8:00p
Big Band queen Lynn Roberts graces our stage with Hilton Head's "Ambassador of Jazz" Bob Alberti. Lynn started her exciting career with Charlie Spivak at the age of 15. Songbird Roberts spent one year with Charlie, a year with Vincent Lopez, five years with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, ten years with Benny Goodman and four years with Harry James. She also shared the spotlight with Sammy Kay for a year and a half, on the ABC-TV show "Music from Manhattan". Lynn also sang with the Pied Pipers for many years. Her career momentum led her to stellar performances throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Israel. Many famous clubs became routine stops on her busy schedule; the Cafe Rouge at the Statler Hotel in Manhattan, the Coconut Grove and the Paladium in L.A., and the renowned Paramount Theatre in New York with the fabulous Dorsey Brothers and Frank Sinatra. Lynn has the distinction of being the only girl singer to have sung with all these superstar band leaders. In 1978 producer Michael Bennett featured her as Marlene the girl singer in the Broadway production of "Ballroom". It was there that critic Rex Reed said, "Lynn Roberts sings like an angel, and the way she handles "Dreams", the evening's best song, is a thing of pure beauty." In recent years Lynn has been deluged with requests for special appearances at Jazz Festivals, on Major Cruise Lines, and Television specials. The symphony orchestras of Buffalo, Palm Beach, Phoenix, San Diego, Corpus Christi, Toronto, Hawaii, Myrtle Beach, Denver, and others have featured Lynn in major productions ranging from specials dedicated to Judy Garland, and to the Big Band Era as a whole. Lynn released "The Men in My Life", a CD dedicated to the talented musicians with whom she has worked over the years. Lynn used the spectacular "Big Band Reunion", made up of musicians from the Air Men of Note, and the Us Navy Commanders. Back in the 60's, Lynn worked with another student of the legendary Tommy Dorsey. They were studio performers in New York City, she singing commercials and Doc Severensen blowing his trumpet in the background. Like Lynn, he paid his dues in those recording studios, and she and Doc became friends. After his retirement from the Tonight Show, Doc toured the world with his "Big Band" show. And, yes, he chose Lynn Roberts has his featured singer. They are still performing with symphonies both here and abroad. Well she is still as pretty as her pictures, enjoying the best voice of her career, and constantly winning over a growing fan club of listeners throughout the world. Recently, she performed in England, and while there gave a wonderful interview with the late Benny Green on the BBC Radio Network in London. Born Leonore Theresa Raisig in Brooklyn, New York in 1935, Lynn was raised in Queens by parents at opposite poles of support for their precocious, pre-school singing daughter. Dad,an accountant who always longed for his own show-biz career, prevailed, and at the age of eight, Lynn began performing in vaudeville during summer vacations. It was there that she performed in the company of such greats as Abbott & Costello and Roddy McDowell. Bob ALBERTI Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bob Alberti has spent a lifetime as a professional pianist, composer, conductor and arranger. With jazz as his primary love, he always gravitated to the famous clubs on Fifty-Second Street in New York, gaining a multiplicity of influences from Art Tatum, Bud Powell. Billy Taylor, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing and Bill Evans as well as from his teacher, famed pianist Teddy Wilson. After playing in New York with his own trio, Bob eventually joined the name bands of the '50s, eventually ending up with Les Brown's Band of Renown in Los Angeles. He also spent a number of years as personal conductor to well-known stars including Paul Anka, Johnny Mathis, Jane Morgan, Jerry Vale, Keely Smith, Shari Lewis, Donald O'Connor, Jack Jones, Patti Page, Kay Starr and Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme. Bob Now plays jazz festivals, symphonies and club dates in the southeast. Bob spent 23 years at NBC in Burbank, California where he was in charge of music for the long-running Bob Hope television series. Prior to that time, he spent seven years at ABC Television in Hollywood. He was twice nominated for an Emmy in musical direction. While at NBC in the '70s and '80s, he served as alternate pianist on the "Tonight Show" with Doc Severinsen's orchestra. Bob currently has five CDs available: "PASTELS", "NICE 'N' EASY", "Everything I LOVE" featuring tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, "CHRISTMAS FAVORITES" and a recent collaboration with bassist Ben Tucker titled "THE MASTERS." Bob Firmly believes that jazz should be pleasantly acceptable to aficionados and laymen alike, and should not assault the senses. Wherever he performs, the comments are unanimous, with most people saying that they wish there was more understandable jazz of this type to be heard. The concept is melodic, harmonic and rhythmic, offering the listener a memorable and joyous experience. Bob also recently completed a book, "UP The Ladder And Over The Top: Memoirs of a Hollywood Studio Musician." The book is now in print and can be ordered directly or through a number of on-line sources. In his current home base on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, he's active in the Hilton Head Jazz Society, and conducts the Hilton Head Symphonic Pops orchestra, blending the jazz idiom with the orchestra.
Event: Big Band Vocalist Lynn Roberts With The Bob Alberti Trio Featuring Multi-Instrumentalist Dr. Bill Prince at Jazz Corner, Fri, Mar 12 8:00p
Big Band queen Lynn Roberts graces our stage with Hilton Head's "Ambassador of Jazz" Bob Alberti. Lynn started her exciting career with Charlie Spivak at the age of 15. Songbird Roberts spent one year with Charlie, a year with Vincent Lopez, five years with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, ten years with Benny Goodman and four years with Harry James. She also shared the spotlight with Sammy Kay for a year and a half, on the ABC-TV show "Music from Manhattan". Lynn also sang with the Pied Pipers for many years. Her career momentum led her to stellar performances throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Israel. Many famous clubs became routine stops on her busy schedule; the Cafe Rouge at the Statler Hotel in Manhattan, the Coconut Grove and the Paladium in L.A., and the renowned Paramount Theatre in New York with the fabulous Dorsey Brothers and Frank Sinatra. Lynn has the distinction of being the only girl singer to have sung with all these superstar band leaders. In 1978 producer Michael Bennett featured her as Marlene the girl singer in the Broadway production of "Ballroom". It was there that critic Rex Reed said, "Lynn Roberts sings like an angel, and the way she handles "Dreams", the evening's best song, is a thing of pure beauty." In recent years Lynn has been deluged with requests for special appearances at Jazz Festivals, on Major Cruise Lines, and Television specials. The symphony orchestras of Buffalo, Palm Beach, Phoenix, San Diego, Corpus Christi, Toronto, Hawaii, Myrtle Beach, Denver, and others have featured Lynn in major productions ranging from specials dedicated to Judy Garland, and to the Big Band Era as a whole. Lynn released "The Men in My Life", a CD dedicated to the talented musicians with whom she has worked over the years. Lynn used the spectacular "Big Band Reunion", made up of musicians from the Air Men of Note, and the Us Navy Commanders. Back in the 60's, Lynn worked with another student of the legendary Tommy Dorsey. They were studio performers in New York City, she singing commercials and Doc Severensen blowing his trumpet in the background. Like Lynn, he paid his dues in those recording studios, and she and Doc became friends. After his retirement from the Tonight Show, Doc toured the world with his "Big Band" show. And, yes, he chose Lynn Roberts has his featured singer. They are still performing with symphonies both here and abroad. Well she is still as pretty as her pictures, enjoying the best voice of her career, and constantly winning over a growing fan club of listeners throughout the world. Recently, she performed in England, and while there gave a wonderful interview with the late Benny Green on the BBC Radio Network in London. Born Leonore Theresa Raisig in Brooklyn, New York in 1935, Lynn was raised in Queens by parents at opposite poles of support for their precocious, pre-school singing daughter. Dad,an accountant who always longed for his own show-biz career, prevailed, and at the age of eight, Lynn began performing in vaudeville during summer vacations. It was there that she performed in the company of such greats as Abbott & Costello and Roddy McDowell. Bob ALBERTI Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bob Alberti has spent a lifetime as a professional pianist, composer, conductor and arranger. With jazz as his primary love, he always gravitated to the famous clubs on Fifty-Second Street in New York, gaining a multiplicity of influences from Art Tatum, Bud Powell. Billy Taylor, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing and Bill Evans as well as from his teacher, famed pianist Teddy Wilson. After playing in New York with his own trio, Bob eventually joined the name bands of the '50s, eventually ending up with Les Brown's Band of Renown in Los Angeles. He also spent a number of years as personal conductor to well-known stars including Paul Anka, Johnny Mathis, Jane Morgan, Jerry Vale, Keely Smith, Shari Lewis, Donald O'Connor, Jack Jones, Patti Page, Kay Starr and Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme. Bob Now plays jazz festivals, symphonies and club dates in the southeast. Bob spent 23 years at NBC in Burbank, California where he was in charge of music for the long-running Bob Hope television series. Prior to that time, he spent seven years at ABC Television in Hollywood. He was twice nominated for an Emmy in musical direction. While at NBC in the '70s and '80s, he served as alternate pianist on the "Tonight Show" with Doc Severinsen's orchestra. Bob currently has five CDs available: "PASTELS", "NICE 'N' EASY", "Everything I LOVE" featuring tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, "CHRISTMAS FAVORITES" and a recent collaboration with bassist Ben Tucker titled "THE MASTERS." Bob Firmly believes that jazz should be pleasantly acceptable to aficionados and laymen alike, and should not assault the senses. Wherever he performs, the comments are unanimous, with most people saying that they wish there was more understandable jazz of this type to be heard. The concept is melodic, harmonic and rhythmic, offering the listener a memorable and joyous experience. Bob also recently completed a book, "UP The Ladder And Over The Top: Memoirs of a Hollywood Studio Musician." The book is now in print and can be ordered directly or through a number of on-line sources. In his current home base on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, he's active in the Hilton Head Jazz Society, and conducts the Hilton Head Symphonic Pops orchestra, blending the jazz idiom with the orchestra.
