Rim Review Sept. 28, 2016

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the rim review

FREE SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

PAYSON, ARIZONA

Live on Stage photo

Country singer and songwriter Victoria Banks opens the 38th season of the Tonto Community Concert Association with a 7 p.m. performance, Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Payson High School Auditorium. Buy a season subscription for the 2016-17 series of seven remaining concerts or by a single ticket for $25. Doors open at 6:30 for at the door sales.

TCCA, Friends of Jazz launch fall music season BY TERESA MCQUERREY RIM REVIEW EDITOR

Fall has arrived in the Rim Country and so has a new lineup of diverse entertainment. The 38th season of the Tonto Community Concert Association’s series of performances opens with Victoria Banks at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Payson High School Auditorium. The one-time Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year has toured with such notables in the industry as Reba McEntire, Wynonna Judd, Lonestar and Randy Travis. Enjoy an evening of top-flight country music and take the opportunity to purchase a subscription for the TCCA’s remaining 2016-17 seven concerts. The cost is $100. Single tickets are also

available for $25 per person. To get a subscription and more information, call 928-472-2423 or 303-903-2895. The year’s series features a wide variety of performers, as always, with many working with area students through short residency programs. The subsequent concerts are: a collection of Broadway standards and pop tunes from the 1950s through 1970s with Portraits of America with George Bugatti, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16; Celtic music with The Next Generation Leahy — a big, talented family troupe, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9; another diverse collection of music with Tenore, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29; more variety, with some classical selections, from The Kat Trio, 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16; classics, jazz and Broadway tunes with KUBECCA, 7 p.m., Thursday, March 16; big band

swing with The Equinox Little Big Band, 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 28; magic with Adam Trent, 7 p.m., Thursday, April 27. OCTOBER JAZZ ALL STARS

The Payson Friends of Jazz bring back the ever-popular jazz series with a new format — Jazz All Stars. Starting in October, enjoy two special performances by some of the region and nation’s most outstanding jazz artists. The first show is at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 2 and features Jerry Donato, saxophone; John Darst, guitar; Jack Radavich, bass; Gerry Reynolds, drums; and special guest Lew Turano, piano. Donato is a studio session, show and concert, corporate and club performer — listen to the versatile and finesse of Jerry’s amazing sax playing in a quintet formed for this performance.

He is a regular performer at Valley venues, such as the Sacred Grounds Coffee House with Armand Boatman, Cinco de Moio with drummer Dom Moio, The Ritz, and with piano sensation Nicole Pesce, naming just a few. Darst says the major artists influencing his playing are Johnny Smith, Howard Roberts, Joe Pass, Herb Ellis and Wes Montgomery. He studied jazz at the University of Utah, and then played the gamut of bands, from country, blues to be-bop in the Los Angeles area for many years. More recently he moved to a 36-acre ranch in the Show Low area, and he now leads his jazz band in a weekly engagement at The Salt restaurant and other venues in the White Mountain area. Radavich has worked with many CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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