The House Concert experience uniquely connects artists & local communities, and we are delighted to extend an invitation to you. S. Lizzy Street Jazz is a new house concert series featuring local & national jazz artists, in an intimate, up close neighborhood setting.
S. Lizzy Street Jazz is by-invitation-only and the performances will be limited to 25 guests on a first to commit basis.
Please bring your favorite beverage. Desert will be provided
Tenia Nelson, Piano
As a 2023 Jazz Journalist Jazz Association Jazz Hero, LifeForce Jazz Records artist, pianist, percussionist, composer and arranger, and educator, Tenia Nelson has over 20 years teaching experience. Currently, Tenia teaches privately in her music studio and also teaches classes at Neighborhood Music at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora, Colorado and Tenia also mentors future musicians through GRAMMY U. Tenia received her Bachelors of Music Education Degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2004, and her Masters of Music Degree (Jazz Studies) from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2010.
Harold Summey, Drums
Born in Newport News, VA and raised in the Washington, DC area, Harold Summey started playing drums and percussion at age 13. With degrees from Hampton and Howard Universities and studies at Eastman School of Music, he has crafted a career that spans decades, genres, and continents. Individuals he has performed with as either drummer or percussionist include Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Buck Hill, Harold Mabern, Eric Alexander, Gunther Schuller, Wynton Marsalis, Geri Allen, Pat Metheny, Whitney Houston, James Moody, John Hicks, David "Fathead" Newman, Don Braden, Brian Lynch, Charlie Young, Tim Warfield, Walt Weiskopf, Terrell Stafford, Nick Brignola, Ray Charles, Patti Austin, Aaron Neville, Paul Carr, Bobby Watson, and Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Larry Vernec, Bass
Born and raised in Montreal Québec, Larry Vernec began his formal bass studies with John Leftwich in Cardiff-by-the Sea, CA in 1982. John has composed and toured with Hubert Laws, Freddie Hubbard, Sergio Mendez, Carmen McCrae, Ricki Lee Jones and continues to be a force in today’s Los Angeles recording scene. Vernec played jazz in the San Diego area for nearly thirty years, playing straight ahead and modern jazz with a variety of local players. In the early 2000's he and collaborator Adam Wolff created a series of ambient jazz grooves called Blue44, all improvised on the spot and recorded live. He currently plays with Wolff, Joe Anderies, Harold Summey, Alex Tripp, Tenia Nelson, Daniel Moran and Russell Bizzett (worked with Jose Feliciano, Freddie Hubbard, Ravi Coltrane and Billy Preston)
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