19-Piece Compaq Big Band w/ Special Guest Vocalist Anaïs Reno

Hip jazz club style and vibe, New York City's rising jazz star, AND a terrific 19-piece big band - all together to support a great visual arts symposium! That's what's in store on Saturday September 21st when the Compaq Big Band and Special Guest Vocalist Anaïs Reno perform in concert to support the Andres Institute of Art (AIA) in Brookline, NH as part of their 24th Annual International Sculpture Symposium.

This will be Anaïs' second appearance in New Hampshire, having wowed the crowd in her Granite State debut just last month at the Park Theatre in Jaffrey. Have a quick listen to our encore recorded live that night in response to a standing ovation at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/948624i2o12xbpnjx8uei/AHrXLhKntc44PqqmIrrddhc?rlkey=kdjgmnoayyx43mrsudphjppvm&st=qz4rql3z&dl=0.

The venue for this event is the AIA Welcome Center located at 106 Route 13 in Brookline. The show runs 6:00pm-8:00pm. There is a reception downstairs 5:00pm-6:00pm, with Doors Open to the music room just prior to the concert.

Admission is just $25pp. We expect this performance to sell out, so advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged - https://andresinstitute.org/store-2/compaq-big-band/. Walk-ins permitted as space allows (cash and card accepted).

All seating is General Admission - table sizes of 4-, 6-, and 8-people. Early arrival is encouraged to get best seats, and you will likely be asked to sit with unaffiliated parties unless you have enough for a whole table - bring friends ;)

Complimentary soft drinks and beer/wine will be offered - but please make a donation ($2 and $4, respectively - cash and cards accepted). Feel free to bring your own food from home, local restaurants (The Alamo Texas Barbecue and Tequila Bar [https://www.alamobarbecue.com/](https://www.alamobarbecue.com/) and Chrysanthi's Restaurant [https://chrysanthisrestaurant.com/](https://chrysanthisrestaurant.com/) are GREAT nearby choices), or Brookline's Finest on-site https://www.fromgraciestable.com/.

Come earlier in the day to hike the sculpture park - explore 140 acres with 12 miles of trails - featuring over 100 creations. See http://www.andresinstitute.org for more information.

Since Anaïs' public Boston debut with us just three short months ago at City Winery, this rising New York City jazz star has been busy performing in her hometown, and in Boston, St. Louis, Philadelphia (where one of her frequent jazz club venues named an ice cream after her...), San Francisco, London, Edinburgh, Lake Tahoe, and more.

On September 21st she'll be singing arrangements from the Great American Songbook as performed by Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as other jazz classics as sung by Ella, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, Helen O'Connell, and more. A few very hip, more modern takes on timeless vocals will be sprinkled in, such as John Clayton's powerful version of "Fever". And, we'll round out the evening with a few tasty instrumental arrangements from the likes of Chris Walden, Sammy Nestico, and Gordon Goodwin.

Anaïs began singing the Great American Songbook at the age of eight, and has been performing at legendary Birdland Jazz Club in Times Square since she was thirteen. A graduate of the acclaimed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts in NYC, she is an Ella Fitzgerald Scholar who just beginning her senior year at Purchase College (SUNY Purchase) in New York, majoring in vocal jazz performance. Among her many accolades, she won the Ben Tucker Jazz Award at the 2023 American Traditions Competition, took First Place at the 2020 Mabel Mercer Foundation competition, received the 2020 Julie Wilson Award, was awarded Second Place at the 2018 Michael Feinstein's Great American Song Book Academy competition, and earned the 2016 Forte International Competition's Platinum Award. Anaïs appears regularly at iconic music venues such as Dizzy's, Birdland, Chris' Jazz Club in Philadelphia, and at PizzaExpress in London. Her first album, "Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno sings Ellington and Strayhorn", debuted in 2021, and is a 12-song compilation of 100% Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn collaborations that rose quickly to #6 on the jazz charts. Her second album - "Anaïs Reno at PizzaExpress Live - in London" - was recorded last year at the iconic club's trendy Soho flagship location.

To get a couple more samples of what you're in for on September 21st, take a listen to a couple small-group jazz tracks from Anaïs' first album that - we'll be doing full big band arrangements of these on May 19th: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bxGPJ3mncM&list=OLAK5uy_kHm45Cra7FSia4UlomWi_YrbNBo2P6cMw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bxGPJ3mncM&list=OLAK5uy_kHm45Cra7FSia4UlomWi_YrbNBo2P6cMw) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTf7uQMLB4Q&list=OLAK5uy_kHm45Cra7FSia4UlomWi_YrbNBo2P6cMw&index=4.

Check out http://www.compaqbigband.com and http://www.anaisreno.com. 'Like' the CBB, 'Anaïs Reno', and 'Andres Institute of Art' on FB. Follow @anaisrenojazz on IG

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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2602711-0?pid=176 
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Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Price: General Admission: USD 25.00