Alverno Presents: Performing Arts Events

Paula West

Saturday November 17, 2007 8 p.m.

Pitman Theatre

Ticket Price: $28


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Ever heard of Paula West? Until only a short while ago, I hadn't either. But when I first heard her sing - smart, sultry, smoky, with an uncanny and unerring sense of rhythm, and a taste for songwriters that ranges from Gershwin to Dylan – I wondered how I could have missed out on such a terrific artist. I started asking the jazz-heads if they knew her work (and if they did, why they were keeping mum), only to discover that Paula West, for reasons that defy rational understanding, is one of the great secrets of contemporary jazz. Remember where you were when you first heard Ella? Come to the Pitman on November 17, and you'll have stories to tell the grandchildren. (She's that good.)

www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=1573/

West featured in the New York Times, October 22, 2007 edition.