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LORREE - Stand-up Bass [Contact Lorree] Of her varied list of interests and activities (including alternative design and construction of home and garden and an appreciation of the natural world) music and playing string bass are at the top. Her mentor, Steve Luceno, says, "Lorree Gardener's bass playing is a metaphor for her sense of community. She plays her "parts" with the purpose of making the band, as a whole, sound like "one". She's been engaged in musical craft since childhood and has developed a lovely sound, both arco and pizzicato. Her impeccable sense of pitch and reliable time make her an ideal accompanist. She brings these finely honed skills to a wide variety of musical settings, from orchestra to hotel lobby, from standard jazz to Caribbean styles. Her presence
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SUSAN - Conga & Percussion [Contact Susan] She is proof that it is never too late to learn to play music, but living in Olympia helps. She started in her mid-20's by learning conga patterns to accompany a friend's African dance class in the Olympia Elks' Club Post #3. Since then, she has continued to learn from local musicians and favorite recordings. Bevy is a wonderful place for her to apply the rhythms she has learned to various styles of music. Susan dreams of a day when there is more time for music,but is grateful now for the chance to, at least once week, set the chores and concerns of the world aside, and with friends, find a place of repose and beauty through music. |
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DANIELLE - Trumpet & Lead Vocals [Contact Danielle] Danielle has been playing trumpet for over 20 years, but only recently has she begun to build her jazz chops. She is thankful for Bevy and the opportunity to play and sing with an amazing and talented group of women. |
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BETSY - Tap Percussion & Lead Vocals [Contact Betsy] Years of piano, clarinet and tap conspired to give Betsy a great ear. Her first local musical foray began with Olympia's own, hard driving batucada samba band. Her intoxication with rhythm led her to seek out fine PNW artists and teachers of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian music. Bevy has been a dream come true for Betsy, enabling her to use what she has learned and grow further as a musician. |
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LYDIA BETH - Keyboards [Contact Lydia Beth] I'm an organic farmer,
improvisational actor, and musician. I started playing with Bevy a few
years ago. Before that I played in The Street Karaoke Project. I
direct the choir at Temple Beth Hatfiloh. I'm the Farm Production Manager at Left Foot Organics, and I'm a member of The Heartsparkle Players. |
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NANCY - Sax, Flute & Lead Vocals [Contact Nancy] Nancy is the real deal. Years of school bands led her to the University of Washington School of Music, but that was only the beginning. Jazz is her genre, playing with some of the finest players of free jazz on the West coast with her life's partner Bert Wilson. But you can also find her in flute and chamber music ensembles. |
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LISA - Clarinet & Soprano Sax [Contact Lisa] Lisa is part of BEVY's new horn section. Lisa almost majored in music, studying with symphony players in Minnesota, but then took a hard left turn and arrived in Olympia. A lawyer by trade, she appreciates the balancing effect of music in her life. She revels in the opportunity to play gigs, and is quite grateful to BEVY for not making her learn anything about cords, amps or electricity. |
Like Micky Rooney and Judy Garland, who said, “Let's put on a show,” Becky and salsa dancer Chris Hamm (www.salsadecuba.us) said in 2001, “Let's have an all-women Latin jazz band!” A librarian by training and vocation, Becky has been hammering away at the piano since 1996.
Her first public appearance was as accompanist for the Chinook Middle School choir, which mortified choir member Dinah, her daughter. Around that time, she also started playing ago go bells and surdo in what became her first musical love, Samba Olywa (www.sambaolywa.com) . She played with the short lived but well loved Local Time jazz quartet, and has finally caught on that her grandma Rosetta (an awesome pianist) was right: practice makes perfect.
Becky has recently started to explore the baritone (which is like a small tuba) and highly recommends it to anyone considering a horn.
Michelle Dedman has been performing in the northwest since she moved to the Seattle area in 1987 from Texas.
A vocalist and rhythm guitarist mainly, she was the drummer and one of 3 singers in the string swing band Beats Cookin' for 8 years.The Michelle Dedman Quartet, a band that played folk, blues and standards, produced an eclectic CD called "Meet Me Where They Play the Blues" in 1995.
Since moving to Olympia in 2004 she has hooked up with Lisa Seifert and Lorree Gardener and soon became a member of Bevy as a guitarist."
