MUSICIANS:
Sandy Cameron - saxophones and clarinet
Bill Lockie - bass
Colin Spence - piano

Continuing their series of performances focused on contributors to the “Great American Songbook”, the Shujazz Trio will perform the work Cole Porter this week at Lakeside Manor.

Born June 9, 1891, Cole Porter was an American composer and lyricist who began violin study at the age of 6 and piano at 8. He composed an operetta in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan at 10 and saw his first composition, a waltz, published a year later. In 1928 Porter composed several songs for the Broadway success Paris, and this led to a string of hit musical comedies. He concurrently worked on a number of motion pictures. Porter was not only a great composer but also one of the wittiest of all lyricists, with a subtlety of expression and a mastery of the interior rhyme. His large output might have been even more vast had not a horse-riding accident in 1937 left him a semi-invalid, necessitating 30 operations and the eventual amputation of a leg. He died October 15, 1964, leaving a body of work that continues to stand as the epitome of what we now refer to the “jazz standard”.

ADMISSION: By donation.
BEVERAGE SERVICE: Beer and wine available.
DOORS: Open at 6:00 pm