Vocalist Sue Matsuki and The Gregory Toroian Trio play The Cutting Room on Thursday, August 7 at 7 PM. Pianist-arranger,music director and vocalist Toroian is joined by bassist Skip Ward and drummer David Silliiman. Special guest vocalist is Kati Neiheisel.
Bistro, Julie Wilson and multi-MAC Award winning Cabar-Jazz performing artist, Matsuki is performing in what will be a bon voyage party and show with her band before she leaves New York for a new base in the Caribbean. The show will be a mixed bag of the band’s pick on all the amazing arrangements that Toroian has written spanning 30 years from jazz to blues to American Songbook to Cabaret favorites and more.
Over her career, Matsuki has played every club in New York as well as Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Opera. Matsuki has over 400 songs in her repertoire including jazz, blues, show tunes, American Songbook and country. She is the first recipient of the Julie Wilson Award, chosen personally by Julie, and a Bistro Award Winner for Outstanding Collaboration with her long-time Musical Director, Gregory Toroian. She has received MAC Awards for Jazz Vocalist, Original Song and Jazz Duo. Lovingly referred to as “The Godmother of Cabaret,” Matsuki is co-author of the book So You Want to Sing Cabaret (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) and a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).
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The Cutting Room is located at 44 East 32nd St, New York, NY,
