Vickie Smith

Special Performances

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Keyport Summer Concert Series - July 25th - Vickie Smith Jazz Quartet presented 2 shows, including  our "Ella & Duke - Love You Madly!" Tribute.   What a great way to keep the music alive across the generations!

 

 

 Vickie Smith at Keyport with young audience
Vickie Smith Jazz Quartet at Swing46 in NYC with a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

 

 Showcased "Ella & Duke - Love You Madly!" at Swing46 in NYC on June 2nd - with my jazz trio Bob de Benedette (piano), Ron Naspo (bass), and Rick Visone (drums).  The audience loved the songs especially selected from the monumental recordings and concerts of this dynamic duo!

 

Vickie Smith Quartet at The Priory Friday Night at the Priory Jazz Series in Newark, NJ -  swingin' audience!

 

Fun at WB11 in NY, as guest forecaster on the Morning Weather.  Great experience!

 

Vickie Smith - Friday Weather Forecastger on WB11

On May 28th,  my band and I were honored to perform at the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life Survivors' Dinner in Basking Ridge. Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of  the American Cancer Society.


Relay For Life represents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day, cancer will be eliminated.

I'd like to thank Ralph Petti, Co-Chairperson of the Relay For Life event, for his kind words - "Thank you again for sharing and bringing your upbeat swingin' show of popular jazz
&  "C Ella brating" Hope with the cancer survivors and caregivers during the Relay for
Life of Somerset Hills annual dinner.  Your performance made the dinner magical for all the cancer survivors.  It has been a real honor to work with you and your band.  We cannot thank you enough for your contribution of time and resources to our event." 

It was our honor, Ralph.

Vickie Smith, Ted Curson, Vitali Imereli, Enrico Granafei
photo by John Meixner

 Jammin' at Trumpets with world renown jazz greats - Ted Curson (trumpet), Vitali Imereli (violin) and Trumpets owner Enrico Granafei (harmonica)

 

Vickie Smith with Bob de Benedette, Ron Naspo, Rick Visone
photo by John Meixner

Presenting an evening of "Ella & Duke - Love You Madly!" plus jazz and swing standards - at Trumpets Jazz Club, Montclair, NJ on March 10th, 2004.

 

Performing with me was my Jazz Trio -  Bob de Benedette on piano, Rick Visone on drums and Ron Naspo on bass.

Vickie Smith singing at the Metuchen Library Nov 16, 2003

A great time at my "Ella! The Song is You" show at the Metuchen Public Library on November 16th.  The upbeat and warm audience made the swinging tribute to Ella Fitzgerald pure fun.  Performing with me was my jazz trio -  Bob de Benedette on piano, Rick Visone on drums and Ron Naspo on bass.

Vickie Smith singing at the Bloomfield Harvest Fest How exciting to perform right in my own hometown of Bloomfield, New Jersey - at the 11th Annual Bloomfield Harvest Fest. With my band on the stage behind me,  I performed at street level with the audience and we really cooked!

Eddie Monteiro & Vickie Smith at the Edison, NJ, Italian-American Street Festival

Sunny skies for my Sept. 6th performance at the Italian-American Festival in Edison, NJ - accompanied by the multi-talented  Eddie Monteiro.

 Vickie Smith and her jazz trio at the Red Bank, NJ Street Festival

The great weather continued into Sunday - and we had one hot  performance at the Red Bank, NJ Street Festival.

 

Vickie Smith singing at OSPAC

Performance with OSPAC Jazz Workshop, August 16, 2003.  Behind me is Ed Palermo leading a very talented young group of horn players.

 "Ella! The Song is You"
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
 for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation

 at the Moonlight Nights in Montclair Summer Concert series
 sponsored by Montclair’s Office of Art & Cultural Development
 

 

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation

  photos  | news story

July 17, 2003

Vickie Smith & Cool Blue Central at the Keyport Festival of Sails

 

 

 

 

photo courtesy of the Independent Press

Great weather and lots of sailboats at the Keyport annual Americana Festival of Sails and Oyster/Seafood Feast  on July 5th.  My jazz trio, Cool Blue Central, and I had a prime spot overlooking the scenic Keyport Harbor and a turnout of over 12,500 people.  A really fun day, thanks to Allen Consulting, the Keyport Business Alliance, and all those jazz-loving festival-goers.

 

 Vickie Smith singing at the Keyport Festival of Sails

Photo by Mark Goldstein

June 8th at Trumpets, Montclair, NJ,  I presented my tribute show "Ella! The Song is You", followed by sets of  jazz favorites.  In my jazz trio Cool Blue Central were Bob de Benedette (keyboard), Calvin Hill (bass) and Jeff Pines (drums). 

As Jim Dean, a well known New Jersey Big Band leader, put it - it was "Solid Jackson!"

(right) Vickie Smith with Calvin Hill on bass

 Vickie Smith singing at Trumpets Jazz Club

Vickie Smith and her jazz trio at Cranford Street Fair (NJ)

 

We had perfect weather on Sunday, May 18th to perform at the Cranford, NJ Street Fair.  With Bob de Benedette on keyboard,  Larry Carter on acoustic bass and Glenn Weber on drums, the joint was jumpin!  The performance was televised live by Comcast.

Vickie Smith and her jazz trio at Cranford Street Fair (NJ)  Vickie Smith and her jazz trio at Cranford Street Fair (NJ)

Debut performance of  "Ella!  The Song is You" - my swingin' tribute show to the early recording years of the First Lady of Jazz - the great Ella Fitzgerald, on May 14th, 2003 to a packed house at Chez Suzette, NYC.  Repeat performance was at Chez Suzette on Friday, Sept. 26th at 7pm.             

 Vickie Smith brings her exciting new tribute show "Ella! The Song is You" to Chez Suzette on Wednesday, May 14th.

Taped another interview with Joe Franklin at his restaurant on 8th Ave & W. 45th St., on February 11th - to be aired on February 16th on WOR radio - "Joe Franklin's Memory Lane".  My previous interview was aired on  Sunday Morning, January 19th .  What fun it was to hear him play "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House" as recorded for my new cd "The Song is You".  On this latest interview, we listened to the title cut from the cd - "The Song is You."

See interview photos and hear a sound clip
Fun time on Lee Leonard's Jersey's Talking tv show on August 20th, 2002  with Bob de Benedette on piano and Bruce Van Hoven on bass.  Vickie Smith, Jazz Vocalist
 

 

Sat in with the super John Somers Orchestra on July 29th, 2002. Great musicians and a lot of fun.

Vickie Smith, Jazz Vocalist - singing with the Somers Dream Orchestra

What a treat to sing with the fabulous Bucky Pizzarelli at the Fairlawn Concert on July 28th!
That's Joe Cocuzzo on drums and Jerry Bruno on bass. 

Vickie Smith, Jazz Vocalist - singing with Bucky PizzarelliVickie Smith, Jazz Vocalist - singing with Bucky Pizzarelli

My swingin' cabaret jazz show, Blue Skies, was at Don't Tell Mama in New York, in February and back by request in April - filled with standards from the Big Band Era such as "Stompin' at the Savoy", "New York State of Mind", "Mountain Greenery", "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie", "All the Way", "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House", "The Song is You".
 

 

Hear a live audio clip from Arthur Schwartz' WOR-710AM radio show "Food Talk" - playing our recording of "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House"

 

  

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