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Charlotte jazz singer at Meadowbrook
Sunday
By Jeff Eason
Charlotte-based jazz singer Beth
Chorneau will perform at the Meadowbrook Inn this weekend
as part of the Blowing Rock Jazz Society’s Second
Sunday concert series.
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One of the Blowing Rock Jazz Society’s favorite performers,
singer Beth Chorneau, returns to town this weekend for a special
concert at the Meadowbrook Inn. This Second Sunday concert will
take place on Sunday, October 12 beginning at 7 p.m.
Chorneau, an accomplished singer of pop tunes, torch songs
and Broadway melodies, will perform with a number of western
North Carolina jazz players. The repertoire will contain classic
jazz, Latin jazz and new material.
A California native, Chorneau began singing in her father’s
band while still in her early teens at jazz venues in the Los
Angeles area. That early taste of being an integral part of
the entertainment business, in a town that specializes in the
entertainment business, helped steer the course of her career.
“I can remember being really young walking through downtown
L.A. with David Benoit,” said Chorneau. “We had a
gig in this theatre in Hollywood I believe it was. We were fearless
back then.”
After marrying artist Raymond Chorneau, Beth and her family
ultimately settled in western North Carolina. She now lives
and works in Charlotte.
“Charlotte was all the things I wasn’t used to:
humidity, mosquitoes, and I could sing seven days a week if
I wanted to,” said Chorneau. “It was wonderful.”
During Chorneau’s multifaceted singing career, she has
recorded albums, performed solo in a production of Andrew Lloyd
Weber’s Song And Dance, and has played in just about every
jazz festival in the country.
“Singing brings me joy,” said Chorneau. “And
I think others pick up on that as well. It’s always there…just
like my faith…it’s always there.”
Los Angeles jazz legend David Benoit stated about Sliver of
Time, “In a world of overly processed recordings featuring
drum machines, samples, synthesizers, and vocals that can be
tuned digitally, how nice it is to finally hear Beth Chorneau.
Beth is a highly gifted vocalist who weaves acoustic instruments
and hypnotic percussion grooves together with great original
melodies.
“This record is soothing and sensuous, and yet full of
wonderful surprises for the listener. This work is a combination
of classic standards and fresh original songs. Beth Chorneau
not only displays her talents as an elegant chanteuse, but as
a talented songwriter as well.”
For more information on Sunday’s Blowing Rock Jazz Society
show, call (423) 727-0795.
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