March 18, 2003 – Friday's "Sunset Jazz in Frederiksted" will feature vocalist Catalina Sevilla-George and Company.
The monthly outdoor jazz event in Veterans Park along the waterfront is presented by the Frederiksted Economic Development Association. The music begins at 5:30 p.m. and will end two hours later, leaving plenty of time for dinner and/or some later nightlife in town.
Sevilla-George, singer, composer and a minister's daughter, began her vocal career, not surprisingly, in church. She lists Ella Fitzgerald, Nat "King" Cole and The Supremes as early influences. She enrolled at Westminster College in Princeton, New Jersey, as a piano student but later switched her major to voice. As a member of the college choir, she performed at New York's Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Washington Center for the Performing Arts — and with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.
She holds a master's degree in vocal performance from New York University, has appeared on "Sesame Street" and is the author of a book of poetry called "Cats Paws/Pause." She teaches music at Lew Muckle Elementary School and can regularly be heard on Friday nights at the Hibiscus Beach Hotel.
Keeping Sevilla-George "company" for her Sunset Jazz date will be Demitri "Pikey" Copemann on saxophone, Marcus Rabb on trumpet, Dan Dixon on guitar, Marsvyn David on bass, Steve Davis on drums, and Rene Encarnacion on congas. As an added treat, Music in Motion will make a guest appearance during intermission.
"Sunset Jazz in Frederiksted" is a family-oriented affair, and everyone's encouraged to come with folding chairs or blankets to spread on the ground. Admission is free and so is the sunset. You'll need to cough up a little cash for the food sold by Hispanos Unidos and the beverages at the cash bar operated by FEDA to raise funds to keep the jazz concerts going.
Sunset Jazz events are held on the third Friday of each month. Next up on the calendar are a couple of "imported" acts:
– The return by popular demand of Paradise from St. Thomas on April 18
– Steelpan artist Carl Freeman from St. John on May 16.
To learn more, call 719-3672 or e-mail to Sunset Jazz.
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