Joseph Blake
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Carol Sokoloff is a Peabody Award-winning local vocalist and songwriter who is donating her talent to the ongoing Blues for Eric project to raise money for the Eric LeBlanc Memorial Scholarship at UVic for a student with an interest in jazz and blues. Sokoloff will be joined by Trio Espresso at The Oaks Restaurant and Tea Room (Oak Bay Ave. at Monterey) on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the benefit concert are $20 and can be bought in advance at The Oaks.
Sokoloff is also a published author and poet, a choral director and arranger, and a Middle Eastern dance artist, an art that influences her vocal rendition of Duke EllingtonB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Carava, one of the highlights in her Billie Holiday-inspired versions of jazz classics and original songs.
One of the stars of SokoloffB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 2012 CD debut, Let Go! is pianist Kenny Seidman, and heB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ll join Carol at The Oaks alsong with UVic Jazz student Isley Owens on bass on December 8 for what promises to be an evening of great, bluesy jazz for an important cause. These Blues for Eric benefit concerts at The Oaks are great fun. DonB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™t miss it.
For more information call The Oaks at 250-590-3155.
c.vanreeuwyk@blackpress.ca
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