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Friday, December 6, 2024
7:30pm
10:00pm
7:30pm - $35.00
10:00pm - $35.00
Bio
New York based sax player/vocalist and songwriter Paula Atherton has shared the stage with
such contemporary jazz notables as The Rippingtons, Nick Colionne, Chuck Loeb, Cindy
Bradley, Brian Simpson, Althea Renee, Four80East, David Sanborn, Bob James, Marc Antoine,
Hiroshima, Gerald Albright and Chieli Minucci. Paula has also worked in the traditional jazz
field; one of the notable performances being a weeklong engagement at the Blue Note NYC with
pianist and jazz legend, Hank Jones. Paula also performed with Grammy award winning singer
Dee Dee Bridgewater at the Annenberg Theater, for the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival.
Some tour dates include The Bishop Arts Theater in Dallas, The Empire Theater in San Antonio,
The John Ruffin Theater in Chicago, Jazz in the Park in Birmingham, AL, Smooth Jazz Festival
in Atlanta, Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Fest in CA, Las Vegas Jazz Festival, Capital Jazz fest
and Low Country Jazz fest with Jazz in Pink, Smooth Jazz at Sunset in MI (opening for Marc
Antoine), Southern Tier Jazz festival in Elmira (opening for Rick Braun), the 3rdannual
Women’s Jazz festival in Huntsville, AL, Lake Arbor Jazz Festival in MD, the Hub City Fest in
NJ (4 years in a row) and the Pensacola Jazz Festival.
Paula performed at the Hot Smooth Jazz festival in Madrid, Spain, in April 2019 at Maria
Guerrero theater. Other 2019 performances include Jacksonville Beach Jazz series, Dauphin
County Jazz Fest, Potomac Jazz Festival, Brass City, Grand Rapids, and Legacy Jazz Festival.
Paula just released the 1st single from her forthcoming 6th release, entitled “Can You Feel It.” It
was produced by Greg Manning and written by Paula and Greg. As of April 4th, 2020, “Can You
Feel It”, was #1 on Mediabase, #1 on the Smooth Jazz Network, (for 4 weeks) and as of May 2nd,
has been #1 on Billboard for 3 weeks.
Preceding “Can You Feel It,” Atherton has enjoyed 5 Billboard Top 30 charting singles, “Sassy
Strut,” “Herbie,” “Between You & Me,” “My Song For You,” and “Into the Night.” Atherton
was also featured on Cindy Bradleys’ single, “Girl Talk,” which hit #2 on Billboard.
Atherton’s sixth release, Can You Feel It includes music from a few different producers.
Including Greg Manning, Paul Brown, Nate Mitchell, Matt Godina, Schuyler Deale (who
produced “Herbie” and “Low Rider” on previous releases), and Lou Gimenez, who has produced
the majority of Atherton’s music.
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