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3 nights of competition, 40 contestants, 14 finalists, who will win?

Jazz Search West 2012

GRAND FINALE THIS SATURDAY!

Piedmont Piano Co., Oakland • 7-10 pm 

1728 San Pablo Avenue at 18th St., Oakland, 94612

Open to the Public for only $10 

Judges: Faye Carol, Kellye Gray, Mark Levine
Band: Walter Bankovitch (piano) Peter Barshay (bass) Jeff Marrs (drums)

Limited Seating
Arrive Early to Get Your Spot!

Three exciting Jazz Search West competitions have been held over the past two weeks at the Purple Onion and Broadway Studios in S.F. and Vitus in Jack London Square in Oakland.

This year’s contestants included an amazing array of vocalists, sax players, guitarists, pianists and a truly unique jazz harpist.

Each evening was marked by exceptional talent followed by constructive feedback from our panel of jazz professionals.

Our Finalists:

Purple Onion Finalists (above from left to right): E’VANA, Pamela Umali, Mark Johnson, Rich Kalman

Broadway Studios Finalists (above from left to right): Anya Malkeil, Thea Cristman, T. Lowe,  Avalina Brown-Nenez, Alex Pinto

Vitus Finalists (above from left to right): Tiffany Austin, Sharmila Guha, Wajeedah Hameed, Destiny Muhammad, Jesse Levit

Don’t miss the Jazz Search West Grand Finale where our 14 lucky finalists will compete at the beautiful Piedmont Piano Co. Three lucky winners will be selected by a panel of jazz professionals along with a 4th vote from our Grand Finale audience!

The Jazz Search West Grand Finale is a great opportunity to hear amazing talent, to support local artists, and to vote for your favorite musician or vocalist!

Special thanks to Kyle Blase and all of our talented and supportive 2012 Jazz Search West judges and musicians.

Prizes include:
• Tuition to Jazz Camp West ’12, June 23- 30, 2012

• Professionally produced, engineered and recorded Demo CD
donated by Larry Russo

• 4-Hour recording session at Live Oak Studios, Berkeley- Owner Priscilla Rice

COME OUT and support all the finalists!

If you plan one attending and have INSTAGRAM, please take photos and use the #JSWFinale.

We will also be broadcasting the show live on upstream!  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jazz-search-west

Jazz SEARCH West’s mission is to help invigorate the Bay Area Jazz community with enthusiasm and excitement for the Jazz genre. Jazz Search provides exposure and visibility to emerging artists, along with performance opportunities for promising Jazz talent.