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General News: Jazz Singer to Hold Haiti Benefit
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| Alexis Cole will be joined by other musicians at the benefit for Haiti in Peekskill. |
January 21, 2010
Alexis Cole is a jazz singer who believes in using music to touch the hearts and souls of her listeners and this Friday night she is offering a special concert a 2 Alices Coffee Lounge to help raise funds for earthquake relief in Haiti.
Cole, who is a singer with the USMA Jazz Knights, has delighted voices around the world, from Tokyo and Toronto to the clubs of New York City. While playing a long engagement in a club in Tokyo, she auditioned for the Jazz Knights and after she was accepted last year, joined the Army and went through basic training. (You can read about that experience in her blog, Jazz Diva Goes to Basic Training.) She now lives in this area.
Coles said that she has been singing professionally since she was a high school student in Miami, Florida, and that, in addition to musical talents she inherited from both sides of her family, she is inspired by a search for religious meaning. She said that when she performed Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” this past weekend that she invited people to send love and hope out into the world.
It is this spirit that inspired her to organize the To Haiti with Hope concert at 2 Alices. She will be performing there with other people from the Jazz Knights, including Sgt. Scott Arcangel on piano, and Michael Goetz on Bass. A clarinet trio, the Vino Trio, led by USMA musician Jeff Geller, will take part in the benefit as well as Neil Alexander, a jazz keyboardist, and Gordon Shepherd, a friend of Cole’s with whom she will sing a cappella Irish music.
Cole says that she will set up two computer terminals at 2 Alices where people will be able to go online to make contributions for the Haiti relief effort. She hopes that people will be inspired by the music and the vibe of the evening to open their hearts and their wallets to help others.
2 Alices Coffee Lounge is located at 311 Hudson Street in Cornwall-on-Hudson. The concert begins at 8 pm on Friday, January 22. Admission is free. Visit www.2alicescoffee.com for more details.
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