AMS Pre-Reception Cocktail Fundraiser & Jazz Concert

Thank you to our presenting event sponsor, Krenzen Auto.

Live Jazz Concert Featuring:

Lee Engele

Vocalist Lee Engele is a multifaceted performer who fronts combos and big bands, and her active solo career has put her in the company of both local and national artists, with east coast shows that include the Metropolitan Room in New York. She has a number of self-produced CDs to her credit, which have received savory reviews praising her “warm and sensuous voice” by both local and national reviewers including LA Jazz Scene Magazine, and Twin Cities legend Leigh Kamman, former Jazz Image™ host on MPR. She has been featured internationally on a number of jazz and pop compilation CDs. Lee has also appeared at numerous festivals including the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, and other concerts have included shows at Bloomington and Hopkins Centers for the Arts, Old Log Theater, and the Landmark Center.

Tom Cawcutt

Tom Cawcutt is a well-known pianist/vocalist in the Twin Ports, and surrounding area. Cawcutt started playing piano at the early age of three. Tom began classical piano training at 5 years of age, and continued well into his teens. In addition to classical studies, he is also self-taught in his jazz stylings. Over the years, he has combined his classical training with his own style, and has a very unique, and readily recognized, “Tom” style. Tom is a well-established, and sought after stage musician. He has played piano and keyboards for decades with numerous bands throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Midwest. In addition to playing, he has also composed several pieces, including the original “Bentleyville” theme song. He has often been heard to say….”I can’t imagine my life without music.”

Jane Aleckson

Bass Guitar, Guitar, Vocals
Comfortable with jazz, funk, pop, and rhythm & blues, Jane has played with many talented artists, notably Tony Sandler of Sandler and Young, Gene Pitney, Blue Canvas Orchestra of BigTop Chautaqua and while living in Minneapolis she played bass with Women Who Cook! and traveled to the USSR in ’88 & ’89 doing a Musical documentary. Currently she plays with 3 Twin Ports local bands: Lake City Smokin Section Horn Band. Donny Buck and the Rockabilly Revue, and the Tom Cawcutt Quartet as well as doing shows with Big Top Chautauqua, and a growing popular Blues Brothers Revue.

Jeff Peabody

Jeff Peabody is a musician, photographer, and videographer, and is Duluth’s go to drummer. He previously performed long residencies at the Blackwater Lounge and Club Saratoga, and can be seen wit numerous bands throughout the Twin Ports.

Directions

Park on the street or in the Holiday Center Ramp, entrance on 1st Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave W.

If you are also planning to attend the AMS Reception later in the evening, the Skywalk will remain accessible between the Holiday Center and the US Bank Building, route and locations pictured in first map.

If you are entering the Holiday Center through the main entrance on Superior Street, continue straight back to the Lyric Conference Center door near the elevators.

If you are parking in the Holiday Center, take the elevator to the 1st floor and enter the Conference Center to your right upon exiting.