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MARY FOSTER CONKLIN PRESENTS BLUES FOR BREAKFAST CD RELEASE

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Jazz vocalist Mary Foster Conklin returns with her quartet to the THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 - http://www.metropolitanroom.com/ ) on Thursday, September 21st at 7:00 pm for a special preview performance to celebrate the release of her third CD, BLUES FOR BREAKFAST - REMEMBERING MATT DENNIS on Rhombus Records. Arrangements are by John DiMartino, who will also be at the piano as Music Director. Other musicians include Sean Smith on bass, Tony Romano on guitar and Tim Horner on drums. Cover charge is $20 with a 2-drink minimum.

BLUES FOR BREAKFAST is a tribute to the late great singer, songwriter and pianist Matt Dennis (1914-2002), who was hired by band leader Tommy Dorsey in the 1940s as an arranger/composer and later had a full career of his own playing the country's top supper clubs. His songs "Angel Eyes" and "The Night We Called It a Day" were recorded and made famous by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and countless others. Besides his early hits with the Dorsey band with lyricist Tom Adair, the evening will include compositions with lyrics by Earl Brent, Sammy Cahn, Virginia Maxey Dennis, Jerry Gladstone, and Bobby Troup.

Mary Foster Conklin received the 1999 MAC Award for Jazz Vocalist, and is a two time Bistro Award winner for Outstanding Vocalist and Outstanding Recording. Her debut recording CRAZY EYES was listed as one of the ten best CDs of 1998 by IN THEATRE Magazine. Her second CD, YOU'D BE PARADISE, was released in Fall 2001 to critical acclaim. Terry Teachout featured her work in The New York Times, praising her as "a highly creative singer whose style blends cabaret and jazz so thoroughly as to defy any kind of easy categorization." David Finkle of The Village Voice applauds her as "the perfect East Coast interpreter to pay homage to West Coast Cool."

More information about Ms. Conklin can be found on her web site at http://www.maryfosterconklin.com/

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