Chaya Brasserie New Year's Festival to Feature Legendary Jazz Singer Anita O'Day.LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1999-- Chaya Brasserie bras·se·rie n. A restaurant serving alcoholic beverages, especially beer, as well as food. [French, from brasser, to malt, brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin will be putting on quite a show for its New Year's Eve Festival with a performance by legendary jazz vocalist Anita O'Day Anita O'Day (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006) was an American jazz singer. Many place her among the greatest female jazz singers (the only white one) in a group that includes Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter. , who will be accompanied by the Marty Harris Trio. Also performing will be jazz vocalist Mark Miller and, at the end of the evening, The Detroite Band. In the 1940s, O'Day was the personification personification, figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities, e.g., allegorical morality plays where characters include Good Deeds, Beauty, and Death. of "swing" music, appearing with the Gene Krupa Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was a famous and influential American jazz and big band drummer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style. Biography Eugene Bertram Krupa was born to Polish parents in Chicago, Illinois. and Stan Kenton Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) (pianist) led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator. bands. She recorded a set of classic albums for Verve in the '50s, and this year returned to the studio to record "God Bless the Child" with Sade's band, Sweetback, which will be released on the band's new Sony/Epic CD. Also available from the same label will be O'Day's original recordings with Krupa and Roy Eldridge, made 58 years ago. Oscar-winning set designer Tim Chappel ("Priscilla, Queen of the Desert") will transform Chaya's interiors for the evening, creating a tribute to "Le Bal du Moulin Rouge" with cabaret dancers, French theater sets and costuming Chaya Brasserie's staff for the evening. Rather than a formal sit-down affair, there will be seafood and caviar stations; martini, shot, champagne and wine bars; tray-passed appetizers and entrees; and a dessert-and-fromage buffet throughout the evening. Doors will open at 8 p.m. The cost for the evening is $199.90 (includes entertainment, food, tax and gratuity Money, also known as a tip, given to one who provides services and added to the cost of the service provided, generally as a reward for the service provided and as a supplement to the service provider's income. ). To make reservations or to find out about special room rates at the nearby Four Seasons Hotel, call 310/859-8833. |
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