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Sunday May 5, 2024 at 7PM
Westbeth Community Room
55 Bethune St
b/s Washington and West Sts
NY

Marya Zimmet
Growing up with artist/hippie/lefty parents and an older sister in Chelsea and Greenwich Village, the house was filled with the sounds of Billie Holiday, Lead Belly, Judy Garland, and the singer-songwriters and bands of the 60s and early 70s. Dad bought me a guitar at age 11 and I studied finger-style guitar. I moved to San Francisco with mom at age 14, and in my late teen years took my first singing lessons. At twenty-one I moved back to NYC, studying jazz at City College and discovering The Great American Songbook. Then followed a brief (33-year) detour to pursue a doctoral degree and career as a school psychologist, during which time I engaged in varied musical endeavors: a 5-woman folk group, a couple of jazz trios, and the creation and performance of several cabaret shows.

I launched my first CD project just before the pandemic hit, and completed it in spring 2021. A mere 3 years later, I’m puttin’ on a show! I’ll be doing several songs from the CD and a bouquet of additional jazz, folk and pop standards, each given a fresh spin by the wonderful trio with whom I’ll be performing.

Nicki Adams, Piano and Musical Direction
Eddy Khaimovich, Bass
Evan Hyde, Drums
Directed by Barry Kleinbort