A not for profit organization dedicated to enriching cultural life and community in the Mid-Hudson Valley by making high quality arts, performances and educational programs accessible to all.

Hudson Valley Jazz Greats
Betty MacDonald, Mike Mainieri, Jay Anderson, Dennis Mackrel
with Betty MacDonald, Mike Mainieri, Jay Anderson and Dennis Mackrel

A hot evening with the coolest of the cool: Betty MacDonald, Mike Mainieri, Jay Anderson & Dennis Mackrel. Four jazz greats gather for an evening of solos, duets and quintets. Long-time Woodstock resident Betty MacDonald is well-known as an outstanding jazz violinist, vocalist and composer. Bassist/composer Jay Anderson has been performing with Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan, Michael Brecker, Toots Thielemans, Michael Franks and the great Joe Sample. Award-winning vibraphonist / producer / composer / arranger Mike Mainieri has toured with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and has played with such legendary artists as Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins and Wes Montgomery. Dennis Mackrel is the leader and drummer of The Manhattan Symphony Jazz Orchestra. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by The Count Basie Orchestra, The McCoy Tyner Big Band & The Woody Herman Band.

The photo of Mike Mainieri (upper right) is by tom.beetz

Visit our artists' web sites: Betty MacDonald, Jay Anderson, Dennis Mackrel.

Saturday · June 7 · 8pm
at Unison Theater
$16 members / $21 non-members
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NYSCA

Unison's arts programs are funded in part by grants from New York State Council on the Arts and Poets & Writers, Inc.

NYMAC: NY Multi-Arts Centers Consortium

Unison is a member of the New York Multi-Arts Centers Consortium which is funded by NYSCA and J. P. Morgan Chase.


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updated 2008.5.6; webmaster Amos Newcombe.