Thank You
to
All our Fabulous Patrons / Performers / Sponsors / Media / and Vendors
for an amazing
JOSA’s 30th Season!
6 Clubhouse Lane, Eastman, Grantham, NH
December 4, 2022
Back Bay Transit
Local music legend, Bill Wightman, pianist/vocalist and JOSA director and founder has gathered six, top-notch musicians from his rich musical past who perform an eclectic blend of funk, pop, rock, & jazz.
An afternoon of outstanding vocals; soaring solos with an exceptional rhythm section.
December 18, 2022
Paul Asbell
“Paul is a consummate entertainer with a large following of guitarists who know the best from all the rest…”
- Eric Schoenberg
world-renowned vintage guitar authority, legendary guitarist, and owner of Schoenberg Guitars
January 8, 2023
Giacomo Gates
“Gates is one of the most extraordinary singers working in jazz today, the owner of a joyful baritone who has synthesized a host of influences – Eddie Jefferson, Jon Hendricks and Sinatra among them – and turned them into something uniquely his own.”
-Glenn Whipp, LA Daily News
January 22, 2023
Donna Byrne
“Donna Byrne (is) one of the best singers currently on the scene, one who approaches her lyrics with both intelligence and swinging time, and without distorting syllabic emphasis or resorting to stagy histrionics to get her meaning across.”
- Jazz Times
February 5, 2023
Greg Abate
“Greg Abate is considered by jazz writers and aficionados to be one of the most exciting saxophone players out there today.”
-Mike Joyce, Washington Post
February 19, 2023
Dan Moretti
“Moretti is a supple player. His soprano tends more toward the willowy approach than the shrill, crying approach. His tenor eschews bluntness and rides the melodic curves smoothly.”
— Jazz Times
March 5, 2023
Shawnn Monteiro
"...rich in voice, with a fluid scat…reaches into a song, pulling everything she can from it – all the sweetness or sorrow, joy or sassiness that can be had…”
- Providence Monthly
“Exciting, captivating and completely distinctive”
March 19, 2023
Christine Fawson
“A distinctive performer with compelling dynamism.”
- Downbeat Magazine
“a performer who must be seen, as well as heard to be suitably appreciated.”
- All About Jazz
April 2, 2023
Cercie Miller & Dominque Eade
“The Lady Plays A Tenor. Cercie Miller Swings. She swings while playing a saxophone with a tone straight down the middle of Sonny Rollins cum Michael Brecker. She plays and composes with much soul as heard on her own ‘Wake Up Call’.”
- C. Michael Bailey
“A vocal virtuoso…In addition to her pristine alto and exceptional harmonic sense, Eade has a way of cutting right to the essence of a song.”
— JAZZTIMES
