SAT, DEC 7, 2024, 8 PM at LEFRAK CONCERT HALL
Welcome to Jingle Bell Swing with the sensational Bria Skonberg! Get ready to swing into the holiday spirit as Bria’s smoky vocals and fiery trumpet light up the stage. This award-winning artist brings her signature sass and brilliance to seasonal classics like “Let It Snow” and “Carol of the Bells,” while exploring the soulful depths of “What Child Is This” and Duke Ellington’s “Dance of the Sugar Rum Cherry.” Don’t miss her Louis Armstrong-inspired rendition of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas,” a holiday hit with over 1.5 million streams on Spotify. Enjoy the show!
Bria Skonberg, trumpet & vocals
Chris Pattishall, piano
Birsa Chatterjee, saxophone
Barry Stephenson, bass
Darrian Douglas, drums
BIOGRAPHY
“shaking up the jazz world” (Vanity Fair)
Bria Skonberg is a Juno-award winning artist, 10x Downbeat Rising Star, Jazz at Lincoln Center Swing! Awardee, and the 2022 recipient of the “Legend” Award by the Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook. She has been a featured artist at hundreds of festivals and stages the world over, including New Orleans Jazz & Heritage, Monterey, Newport, and Montreal Jazz Festivals.
The daughter of teachers, Bria was introduced to jazz by a spirited public school band program and local festival in her hometown of Chilliwack, British Columbia. A professional band leader since her teens, she moved to Vancouver and obtained her degree in Trumpet Performance from Capilano University. Since arriving in New York in 2010 she has been at the forefront of a revival of classic American music as both a performer and educator, programming concerts and workshops for students of all ages on behalf of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Jazz House Kids and more. Bria is an active mentor in the Women in Jazz Organization, a Bach Conn-Selmer artist, a board member of theInternational Trumpet Guild, and became a mother in 2020.
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