| Suzi Krebbs The L. A. Scene | |
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Born and raised in Baltimore, Suze grew up in a home filled with the sounds of Bach, Beethoven, Gilbert & Sullivan, Broadway musicals and the blues of Bessie, Billie and Ella. Graduating from Hollins College with a BA in Drama & Dance, Susan went on to spend her twenties in New York City – studying acting with the extraordinary Uta Hagen, appearing in various Off-Broadway plays and musicals, TV commercials and performing with the improvisational theater company, War Babies. The New York clubs offered her a jazz education, presenting the likes of Duke Ellington, Sheila Jordan, Jackie & Roy, Alberta Hunter, the Mel Lewis/Thad Jones Big Band, Carmen McRae, Dizzie et al.
In1976, Suze and her fellow War Babies flew to Los Angeles for a TV series. She chose to remain in L.A. and make it her new home – delighted that she could garden and hike – and that there were greater work opportunities. Over the years, Suze has appeared in dozens of TV shows (Numbers, The West Wing, ER), Films (Million Dollar Baby, 28 Days), Animation, TV & Radio commercials, and Theater, including her own solo musical revue, Lunar, the all-women’s improvisational company, The Wims, and the contemporary opera, A String of Pearls, both in L.A. and at Carnegie Hall. |
| Throughout Suze’s career as an actor and improviser, she was also performing occasionally as a vocalist , and studied for several years with the great jazz singer and teacher, Sue Raney. – Then, in 1995, seeking clarity and artistic direction during a four month “middle years” retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Suze’s sense of herself as a “jazz gardener” came into being – which she explains is “about the art of becoming – whether working with plants or music or with oneself – to dig down, to cultivate, to encourage growth, to thrive and flourish, and eventually to let go and begin the cycle anew.” And so, she returned to L.A. with the intent of devoting herself to the art of jazz singing both as a student and as a performer in order to tell her tale through song. | |
| Jazz Aviary – $16.00 | What Am I Here For? – $16.00 | ||
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1. High Flying Bird 2. Bird Alone 3. The Peace Of Wild Things 4. Songbird 5. Strange Meadowlark 6. Baltimore Oriole 7. Bob White 8. Blackbird 9. The Lark Ascending 10. Skylark 11. A Gaggle Of Geese 12. Ornithology 13. Medley: I’m So Lonesome, Dink’s Blues, Three Little Birds 14. Bird In The Rain 15. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley 16. Song Of The Birds |
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1. Peace 2 What Am I Here For? 3 Nature Boy 4 The Way You Look Tonight 5 Out of This World 6 Good Morning Heartache 7 Water Under the Bridge 8 A Sleepin’ Bee 9 You Bother Me 10 In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 11 Ten Minutes Ago |
| piano -Rich Eames Gary Foster – alto sax – flute Luther Hughes, Ken Wild – basses Mike Clinco – guitar Scott Breadman – percussion Jerry Kalafo – drums-vibes |
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