Linda Kosut, BMI/Bistro Award winner & MAC Award nominee, jazz/cabaret vocalist brings her new show “When I’m 64! a birthday celebration” to San Francisco ’s prestigious Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 8:00pm. Cover $25 (advance purchase) + 2-drink min. Tickets: TicketWeb or (866) 468-3399.

Known for her warmly dark sound, an engaging presence and strong acting chops, Linda blends cabaret and jazz styles into sparkling renditions of songs of differing genres. Don Heckman, International Review of Music and jazz critic to the Los Angeles Times says of Linda “ [this] amazing Bay Area canary brings her skills as an actress to her insightful interpretations of songs underscored with a fusion of jazz, pop and folk.” Linda has performed to full houses at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club to San Francisco’s Yoshi’s. She is thrilled to be making her Rrazz Room debut.

Linda will be backed by a stellar JAZZ QUARTET of Bay Area musicians presenting songs in Linda’s unique style from songwriters as diverse as Beatles to Berlin to Dylan, just to name a few. The band is headed by bandleader John Simon on piano; Daniel Fabricant on bass; Alan Hall on drums; Tony Malfatti on reeds. And from Seattle, vocalist and Bistro-award winner, Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse, will be making a guest appearance.

Growing up in New York City and transplanted to San Francisco over 20 years ago, Linda only began pursuing her dream of performing several years ago as she approached “boomer” status, and she has not stopped since. “I am sure that I am not alone in my journey to satisfy a creative bug I’ve had my whole life; but one that up until nearing ‘retirement’ status, I did not pursue,” says Linda. “The excitement of doing my dreams translates to my audience who tell me how I have inspired them. It is my sheer pleasure to do so.”

Her recent national tour – a heartfelt tribute to the late jazz great Oscar Brown Jr., celebrated her sophomore CD, Long As You’re Living, the songs & poetry of Oscar Brown Jr. and garnered packed houses, awards and national recognition. The San Francisco Bay Times wrote, “[She] is the real thing. Multi-talented Kosut knows just when to play it small and quiet and when to let ‘er rip … A perfect accompaniment to dinner with friends.”

Linda has recorded three CDs, the most-recent of which Long As You’re Living received BackStage Magazine’s 2008 BISTRO/BMI AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RECORDING as well as nominations for BEST FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST and BEST JAZZ RECORDING from MAC, Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs; plus the Cabaret Hotline 2008 MEMBERS’ CHOICE AWARD.

Through her company, Jizel Music and Design, Linda provides coaching to singers in both presentation and production, and designs marketing collateral for performers and performing arts organizations. Linda lives in San Francisco with her fiancé, 2 dogs, 2 turtles, 4 chickens and thousands of fresh-water fish!

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