Tickets on sale now for Gary Smulyan, January 21, 2012

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council Presents Jazz It Up! with Special Guest Gary Smulyan on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm, Shorewood High School Theater. Tickets: $15/$12/$10

Jazz up your winter! Please join us on January 21, 2012 for Jazz It Up!, the Arts Council’s annual Arts Scholarship Program fundraiser. Our specials guest this year is award-winning baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan.

Joining him will be the Shoreline School District’s Friends and Faculty All Star Band as well as Shoreline middle and high school jazz bands. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors and $10 for children 12 and under.

This concert is made possible through the support of the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation and Kennelly Keys Music.

Shorewood High School Theater is located at 17300 Fremont Ave. N, Shoreline, WA 98133. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 206-417-4645.

Gary Smulyan plays in Shoreline January 21st

Gary Smulyan

Baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan was born on April 4, 1956 in Bethpage, New York. The gifted multi-instrumentalist started his music career by first learning alto saxophone during his teenage years on Long Island. Today he is critically acclaimed across-the-board and recognized as the major voice on the baritone saxophone. His playing is marked by an aggressive rhythmic sense, an intelligent and creative harmonic approach – and perhaps most importantly – a strong and incisive wit.

Gradually establishing himself the talented Smulyan was asked to share the stage and the recording studio with a stunning potpourri of luminaries, including: trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Dizzy Gillespie, saxophonist Stan Getz, pianist Chick Corea, timbales king Tito Puente, and R&B/Blues and soul icons Ray Charles, B.B. King and Diana Ross.

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.