"PORGY & BESS JAZZ CONCERT" An Extra Special Concert Celebrating George Gershwin's Timeless 1935 Folk Opera.

Thu, Feb 19

ALL THAT JAZZ presents A Special Jazz Concert Celebrating the Music from “PORGY and BESS”, George Gershwin’s Classic 1935 Great American Folk Opera. Enjoy Jazz Versions of the Gershwin’s Deeply Moving & Joyous Compositions Including: Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So, My Man’s Gone Now, Bess You is My Woman Now, There’s a Boat Dat’s Leaving Soon for NY, I Loves you Porgy, I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin, and more… Come out for this Wonderful, Passionate Live Jazz Performance! Featuring ARGARITA on Vocals & Flute. WALDRON DUNKLEY on Trombone, JOHN COLLINGE on Saxophone, JIM PETULLO - piano, MICHAEL KOLBER - bass and RASHAAD GREENE on Drums. "IT'S YOUR TABLE ALL NIGHT" The Ultimate Night Out! Concert Tickets $20 Table Seating. $15 at the Bar. Dinner Separate. 5:30-9:00 Open for Dinner. 6:30-7:00 Jim Petullo at the Solo Grand Piano (Pre-Show Dinner Set) 7:30 SHOWTIME: Featured Concert. If you have any difficulty booking a table for the size of your party give us a call and we will personally assist you. Call 954-572-0821. Thank you. Full Dinner Menu, Drinks and Desserts are served before and during the show. There is no minimum if you are having dinner with us. There is a $20 minimum per person if you are not having dinner (drinks, appetizers, desserts). Dr. ARGARITA JOHNSON is an internationally acclaimed flautist, vocalist, author, composer, and pedagogue, Argarita has performed in Italy, Poland, Barbados, Finland, Melbourne, Australia and most recently, Accra, Ghana. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Flute Performance from Stetson University as well as the Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In addition, Argarita earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Studio & Vocal Jazz Performance from the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Argarita, is the Chair of the Department of Arts & Humanities, Assistant Professor of Music, and Director of the Ambassador Chorale at Florida Memorial University. Currently, she is working on original music for a new album as she has already released an original tune entitled “Take Me Away,” available on iTunes. Besides, Argarita has performed alongside jazz legends and R&B musicians such as James Spaulding, Cecil Bridgewater, George Benson, Najee, Raw Chew, Steve Miller, David Baker and she also opened for Diana Ross. Waldron E. Dunkley II, is a musical performer, arranger, and multi-faceted instrumentalist. Being of Bahamian and Jamaican descent, Waldron grew up in the sunshine state of Florida. Waldron attended Broward College, in Broward County Florida where he achieved his AA Degree in music performance, and finished his studies most recently at Florida State University (FSU) where he achieved his bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Music Performance. As a well-known freelance musician, Waldron’s repertoire consist of jazz, reggae, soca, Junkanoo, orchestral and symphony work, r&b, soul, and church gospel. Waldron is currently Director of the Jazz Studies program at Broward College, as well as the president and co-founder of the “Travis Quinn Young Musicians Foundation”. JOHN COLLINGE (originally from New Haven, CT) graduated from New York City’s New School University in 2011 with a BFA in music performance (saxophone) and a BA in history. His teachers include Reggie Workman, Barry Harris, Jane Ira Bloom, Walt Weiskopf, George Cables, Tim Price, Rachel Z, Gil Goldstein and Jim Snidero. After college he worked in New York’s music industry for Boosey and Hawkes and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), eventually rising to the position of Senior Account Executive for the Broadcast Licensing department, while continuing his career as a musician performing throughout the New York metropolitan area. Marriage in 2018 brought John to his wife’s city of Belem, Brazil where his music career flourished. In Belem, he passed a public entrance exam to become a professor of saxophone at Belem’s renowned Carlos Gomes Conservatory and was selected to play alto saxophone in the state jazz orchestra, "Amazonia Jazz Band", performing regularly at Belem’s historic Teatro da Paz and touring Brazil and many parts of South America, sharing the stage with many famous Brazilian musicians. Having recently returned to the US with his family, John has settled down in South Florida where his day job is hiring musicians for the Royal Caribbean fleet and he has quickly become one of the region's first-call jazz saxophonists.