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SUMMARY:Myanna \"Sax Goddess\"
DESCRIPTION:09/13/2009 10:00 PM - Myanna \"Sax Goddess\" [Edit] [Cance
 l]\n435 South Huntington Avenue\nJamaica Plain, 02130\nUS\nCost:Always
  Free\nDescription:MYANNA In the 1970s and 1980s, it was very unusual 
 for a woman to play saxophone. Then Myanna came along and made headlin
 es with her strong, gutsy horn-work and kickin’ compositions! Now, a
 lmost three decades later Myanna is still making news with the release
  of her latest CD. Titled, One Never Knows, Do One? this disc is a sol
 id jazz release . . . sure to garner critical attention. Illinois Jacq
 uet, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, and B.B, King were saxophonist Myann
 a Pontoppidan’s core musical influences, beginning in her late teen 
 years. Myanna grew up in Weston, Massachusetts and after graduation we
 nt on to Berklee College of Music in Boston where she studied with mas
 ter saxophone teacher Joe Viola. Her career soared early on; she sat i
 n with Grover Washington, Jr., performed with Gray Sargent, Martha Ree
 ves, Ronnie Specter, and the Platters, among others. After a stint at 
 University of Massachusetts in Amherst (where she studied with bebop d
 rum legend Max Roach), Myanna sprinted off with the respected R&B Nort
 hampton-based band, “Lilith.” Myanna left that group in the late �
 ��70s and joined the Bill Bellamy Project - an original jazz/R&B band.
  In 1984, she, saxophonist Cercie Miller and singer Didi Stewart put G
 irls’ Night Out together as a lark - playing ‘60s girl group songs
 . The band ended up staying together due to high demand - and added mo
 re and more originals, until it morphed into an original rock band tha
 t also played some oldies. Chris Hamel of the Springfield Morning Unio
 n described the band thus: “member for member and in total, one of t
 he best rock acts that New England has ever produced.” “Girls’ N
 ight Out” was chosen as one of five finalists in Musician Magazine�
 �s 1986 national “Best Unsigned Band in America” contest. Around t
 he time that Girls Night Out split up, Myanna joined another highly su
 ccessful band, The Love Dogs, and also formed her own band, called sim
 ply MYANNA. “There’s nothing quite so satisfying as playing one’
 s original music with a bunch of fine musicians,” says Myanna. From 
 the moment she and her band first stepped onto the musical stage, she 
 and the band garnered widespread attention. She released her first CD,
  Myanna, and in 1992 she won the prestigious Boston Music Award for �
 �Outstanding Local Jazz Act.” She and the band were nominated again 
 in 1994. Then the Myanna band went on to win the coveted Boston Phoeni
 x/WFNX Best Music Poll as the “Best Local Jazz Act” in both 1994 a
 nd 1996. Along the way, Myanna set out to create an outlet for her gro
 wing wealth of original material. The pop-jazz style of her first CD, 
 Myanna, evolved into a funky, danceable sound on her second, highly ac
 claimed release, After Hours, on the Bridge City label.\n\nFor more in
 formation visit http://neighborsforneighbors.org/events/myanna-sax-god
 dess
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CATEGORIES:sax, goddess
LOCATION:The Alchemist Lounge
WEBSITE:http://Alchemistlounge.com
URL:http://Alchemistlounge.com
CONTACT:617-477-5741
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