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3 SWINGIN' TENORS PERFORM IN NATICK SEPTEMBER 7th
The 3 Swingin; Tenors, Jack Alessi Steve Marvin and Jim Porcella, will
perform for one night only on Friday, September 7th at 8:00 pm at TCAN:
The Center for Arts in Natick (14 Summer Street, Natick, MA - 508-647-0097
- http://www.natickarts.org/
). From their beautiful tributes to The Big Apple, the Mills Brothers,
the songs of WWII and The Rat Pack, to musical impersonations of some
of America's most beloved entertainers, three national recording artists
have combined their vocal and theatrical talents to create a performance
that will excite and entertain audiences of all ages. 3 Swingin' Tenors
promises the best of the Great American Songbook together with their
own delivery of warmth, humor and an evening filled with memories.
Originally from the Boston area, Jack Alessi began his
musical career as a drummer in the early sixties working with his
father, guitarist, Don Alessi. During the late sixties and early seventies
Jack landed the coveted spot of M.C. at the Famous Monticello Night
Club in Framingham, MA. Jack has performed with and opened for Tony
Bennett, Vicki Carr, Jerry Lewis, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Durante,
The Mills Brothers and many others. He has been the featured vocalist
and toured with such big bands as Tommy Dorsey, Glen Miller, and Stan
Kenton. It was Jack Alessi's concept of the "3 Swinging Tenors" that
brought this trio together.
Steve Marvin, originally from the Roxbury area of Boston,
started out also as a drummer and studied at the Berklee School of
Music. With roots as an R&B singer, he was the drummer/vocalist with
Boston boyhood friends the "GClefs". Steve is comfortable performing
jazz, blues and cabaret. He has performed internationally including
the Blue Note ,Paris; La Pepistrano, Rome; Bodegatron Jazz Club, Tel
Aviv; and the Jazz Cafe, Barcelona. Most recently, Steve has been
performing a series of Concerts celebrating the music of Frank Sinatra,
including performances at Town Hall and Lincoln Center in New York
City.
Jim Porcella grew up in Medford, MA, and started playing
drums at the age of fourteen. While attending The Berklee School of
Music in Boston he began performing around the New England area. He
began a jazz vocal career and has recorded seven critically acclaimed
CDs performed in jazz and cabaret settings in the Northeast, London,
San Francisco, The Virgin Islands and Vancouver. Jim was also the
featured vocalist at Boston's Ritz Carlton and Boston's prestigious
Bay Tower Room. He has been the featured vocalist with the Artie Shaw
Orchestra, and is the leader of the swing band Bombay Jim and the
Swinging Sapphires, as well as the lead vocalist in PrimaVera!, a
tribute show to the music of Louis Prima and Keely Smith.
Admission is $20.
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