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“Man, the lady can sing! Her magic gets to the ears and the hearts of the audience.”
- Lionel Hampton
Cole Porter once asked, “What Is This Thing Called Love,” and it’s a question that many of our greatest artists have grappled with ever since – creating some of |
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
December 2009 Newsletter
If you have been following my travels, my husband and I have enjoyed the past six months spending time together doing the things we love. We have spent time with our friends from near and far, we have been sightseeing with a little shopping here and there and I have had a few singing engagements. In between travels, we stopped in Miami for a few days to celebrate my husband’s birthday. Right now we are in Argentina visiting with friends and winding down before I begin the 2009-2010 Performance Season. I have been rehearsing throughout our vacation and I am so excited that it is only a week away. I enjoy singing and performing and I always look forward to sharing my music with my fans.
Speaking about that, my first performance of the season will be on December 12 at Bertofino’s. The show will include selections from the American songbook and from my CD It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett. This show is always very festive so I do hope you join me. Besides my performances at Bertofino's, I also have five additional singing engagements at Mariposa Restaurant at the Neiman Marcus in Coral Gables (see Save the Date section).
My current project is now in the final phase with the design already complete and only the finishing credits being added right now.
I wish you all Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
From the heart,
Sylvia
Romantic Christmas Evening with Sylvia Bennett
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Bertofino’s
The Towers at Key Biscayne
1111 Crandon Blvd.
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
For Reservations Call: (305) 365-8580
Limited Seating. Reserve Early!
Sylvia will perform songs from the American songbook and from her CD It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett. Bertofino’s will present a three-course prix fixe dinner for $45 includes entertainment. Dinner reservations between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Show begins at 9:30 p.m.
Fans Make Songs Become Hits
It is you the fan that helps create number one songs! How? Call or email your favorite radio, satellite, and/or internet stations and request to hear your favorite Sylvia Bennett songs!
You can hear tracks from It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett on the following stations: WQQQ 103.3 FM Tri-State area, WXEL 90.7 FM West Palm Beach, WFSS 91.9 FM Fayetville, NC.
Become a Sylvia Bennett Music Ambassador
We need you to help share Sylvia Bennett music with others. Music Ambassadors are people that help share Sylvia Bennett's music with their friends, families, and coworkers. Things that you can do to help out are: request Sylvia Bennett's music at your local stores, request her music at radio stations and internet stations, and let your friends know about her performances.
This holiday season we are excited to offer a unique opportunity to our Music Ambassadors. Whether you want to save money, make money or raise money for your favorite charity, for every 10 CDs of It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett sold you keep $5 of the $15 retail price. Make $50 for every 10 sold, or you could save $50 for every 10 CDs you buy this season. It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett makes a perfect gift to help others get into the Christmas spirit this season and for many years to come.
Here's how to get started: contact Janet at Janet@SylviaBennett.com or (786) 205-1895. |
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Released: 2009
CD Price: $14.99
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“Man, the lady can sing! Her magic gets to the ears and the hearts of the audience.”
- Lionel Hampton
Cole Porter once asked, “What Is This Thing Called Love,” and it’s a question that many of our greatest artists have grappled with ever since – creating some of America’s most enduring and timeless music in the process. Now, it’s Sylvia Bennett’s turn. On her new album, Songs From The Heart featuring the Three Tenors - Boots Randolph, Ed Calle and Kirk Whalum, the smooth jazz and pop vocalist sings of the vicissitudes of love with a warmth, clarity and spirit that is enveloping and tender, showcasing the depth of her skill, talent and experience.
The Italian born and American raised Bennett is a singer’s singer, having sung on TV, in community theater, club dates, conventions and even the inaugurations of presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Walking in the footsteps of her idols such as Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Barry Manilow and Bette Midler, Sylvia has opened for artists as diverse as Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jackie Mason, Dizzy Gillespie, Barry Gibb and David Brenner.
Her big break came in the 1980’s, when legendary vibraphonist (and National Arts Award Winner) Lionel Hampton took Sylvia under his wing and made her the first female singer to record with him in thirty years. She recounts, “Lionel validated me as a performer and inspired me to be the best singer I can be. He made me realize that the audience was the most important thing and that all I needed to do was to sing from the heart and be honest.” Sylvia worked with Hampton for ten years, touring and recording two albums together. The first, Sentimental Journey, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1987. The second project, There Will Never Be Another You, was a CD/DVD tribute to “Hamp” from Sylvia, and she furthered the honor to her mentor with the show, “The Lady and the Legend,” premiering in Miami in 2007.
Songs From The Heart featuring the Three Tenors emerged in the wake of Sylvia’s tribute to Hampton, when her producer, two-time Grammy nominee and two-time ASCAP Award winner, Hal Batt, suggested that she record timeless love songs and standards, backed by a small band to convey the desired intimacy. Sylvia was enamored of the idea immediately. “I’m a hopeless romantic,” she says unhesitatingly, “I think that love is what life is all about – wanting it, having it, losing it and having it again.” The songs, classics from the great American songbook, were chosen for how they related to the experience of love, making it a concept album, akin in spirit to Frank Sinatra’s great concept albums of the mid-1950’s.
The album really took off when Sylvia was joined on the recording by tenor saxophone legends, Boots Randolph, Ed Calle and Kirk Whalum. The tenors enhance the album’s smoky and organic vibe, complementing Sylvia’s silky smooth voice. “It was a thrill to have those incredible players on the album,” enthuses Sylvia. “The only song they played on together was “Since I Fell For You,” and it was pure magic.” Producer Batt declares, “We captured a moment in time that won’t happen again between three of the greatest tenor sax players in the world.”
Sylvia’s exquisite taste shines in the selection and performance of the material. From “My Funny Valentine,” (“It sums up everything about love to me”) to “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” (“Nothing and no one can take away the time you have with someone”) to “How Long Has This Been Going On,” (“I first sang that song in junior high – but now I really know what that song is about”), Sylvia utilizes her phenomenal ability to get inside these classic songs and have them reveal emotional dimensions previously unfamiliar.
Sylvia is eager to perform these songs in her natural environment – in front of a live audience. “I’ll be doing romance themed nights, performing the album as well as the material I did with Lionel Hampton,” she says. It’s clear that she’s immensely proud of Songs From The Heart featuring the Three Tenors and that she knows she touched on something. Sylvia concludes, “We live in such a technological world today that I think we forget about touching people. I think we all need a hug, we need to be embraced – we’re living in a troubled world. There’s nothing better than romance and being with someone who can shelter you from those storms.” |
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| Friday, December 4th, 2009
December 2009 Newsletter
If you have been following my travels, my husband and I have enjoyed the past six months spending time together doing the things we love. We have spent time with our friends from near and far, we have been sightseeing with a little shopping here and there and I have had a few singing engagements. In between travels, we stopped in Miami for a few days to celebrate my husband’s birthday. Right now we are in Argentina visiting with friends and winding down before I begin the 2009-2010 Performance Season. I have been rehearsing throughout our vacation and I am so excited that it is only a week away. I enjoy singing and performing and I always look forward to sharing my music with my fans.
Speaking about that, my first performance of the season will be on December 12 at Bertofino’s. The show will include selections from the American songbook and from my CD It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett. This show is always very festive so I do hope you join me. Besides my performances at Bertofino's, I also have five additional singing engagements at Mariposa Restaurant at the Neiman Marcus in Coral Gables (see Save the Date section).
My current project is now in the final phase with the design already complete and only the finishing credits being added right now.
I wish you all Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
From the heart,
Sylvia
Romantic Christmas Evening with Sylvia Bennett
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Bertofino’s
The Towers at Key Biscayne
1111 Crandon Blvd.
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
For Reservations Call: (305) 365-8580
Limited Seating. Reserve Early!
Sylvia will perform songs from the American songbook and from her CD It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett. Bertofino’s will present a three-course prix fixe dinner for $45 includes entertainment. Dinner reservations between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Show begins at 9:30 p.m.
Fans Make Songs Become Hits
It is you the fan that helps create number one songs! How? Call or email your favorite radio, satellite, and/or internet stations and request to hear your favorite Sylvia Bennett songs!
You can hear tracks from It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett on the following stations: WQQQ 103.3 FM Tri-State area, WXEL 90.7 FM West Palm Beach, WFSS 91.9 FM Fayetville, NC.
Become a Sylvia Bennett Music Ambassador
We need you to help share Sylvia Bennett music with others. Music Ambassadors are people that help share Sylvia Bennett's music with their friends, families, and coworkers. Things that you can do to help out are: request Sylvia Bennett's music at your local stores, request her music at radio stations and internet stations, and let your friends know about her performances.
This holiday season we are excited to offer a unique opportunity to our Music Ambassadors. Whether you want to save money, make money or raise money for your favorite charity, for every 10 CDs of It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett sold you keep $5 of the $15 retail price. Make $50 for every 10 sold, or you could save $50 for every 10 CDs you buy this season. It’s Christmas Time with Sylvia Bennett makes a perfect gift to help others get into the Christmas spirit this season and for many years to come.
Here's how to get started: contact Janet at Janet@SylviaBennett.com or (786) 205-1895.
Posted By Sylvia Bennett (FL) @ 8:00 PM |
| Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Happy New Year!
I am so energized for the New Year! I have been working on a One Woman Show entitled The Lady and the Legend to pay tribute to my mentor and cherished friend the legendary Lionel Hampton featuring songs from our latest release There Will Never Be Another You as well as songs from our grammy nominated album Sentimental Journey. We are in the final phase of putting it all together. It will be a show like you’ve never seen before that brings the past and present together in a magical audio-visual presentation!
We will be presenting this show in venues around the country and abroad. I look forward to enchanting you at one of these events.
Love, Syl
Out of Sight Music
Posted By Sylvia Bennett (FL) @ 3:29 PM |
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