Friday Night Jazz At The Parrish Presents Lauren Kinhan

Lauren Kinhan will perform at Friday Night Jazz At The Parrish. Image courtesy of Parrish Art Museum

Southampton - The Parrish Art Museum Business Council will host its year-end networking event, Friday Night Jazz, on Friday, November 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 pm. Veteran New York City singer and songwriter Lauren Kinhan will present music from her much anticipated solo CD "Avalon," which is scheduled for release in February 2010.

The evening, featuring food by Tim Burke Productions, champagne from Veuve Cliquot, and wines from Bedell Cellars, will take place in the Museum's concert hall, which will be transformed into a cabaret for the evening.

Kinhan continues to bridge musical genres that span jazz, pop, blues, folk, classical, and Brazilian jazz with ease and aplomb. Her rich and expressive vocals and melodies, her poetic lyrics and inventive arrangements combine to create a truly unique and powerful artist. Legendary Phil Ramone describes Lauren as a true songstress, like Joni Mitchell and Phoebe Snow: "She is musical, lyrical, and really delivers vocally." Over the years, Kinhan has worked with Bobby McFerrin on his choral project, recorded and toured with Ornette Coleman, and worked with such renowned artists as Herbie Hancock, Janis Siegel, Nancy Wilson, and Kenny Rankin, among many others. Kinhan is a longtime member of the Grammy Award-winning vocal jazz quartet New York Voices.

The evening, which is open to the general public and Parrish Members, provides an opportunity for local business professionals to come together, make new contacts and friends, while relaxing to jazz with a glass of Bedell Cellars wine or Veuve Clicquot champagne and sampling the delicious hors d'oeuvres by Tim Burke Productions. Tickets to the event are $35 for Parrish Members and $50 for Nonmembers. For those who join the Business Council prior to, or on the night of the event, four free tickets will be offered.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, call the Membership Department at 631-283-2118, ext. 49, e-mail membership@parrishart.org or visit the Museum's website at parrishart.org.

Friday Night Jazz has been made possible, in part, through the generous support of 88.3 FM-Public Radio on the East End, Bedell Cellars, Pine Barrens Printing, Sara Nightingale Gallery, The Southampton Press, 27east.com, Southampton Publick House, Tim Burke Productions, and Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin. Additional generous event support has been provided by Burke & Sullivan, P.C.; Capital One Bank; Marshall Fine Arts, Ltd.; NL Financial Alliance, Martha O'Neill & Frank Savelli; Pamela Williams Gallery Ltd.; RBC Wealth Management; A Butler's Manor; boltax.gallery; Lydia & Mats Carlston; Eric Dever; Gloria Jewel; Hampton Dentistry, PC; Hamptons Creative Group; Herrick Hardware Inc; Invisible Fence by Canine Control Company; Robin Long Esq.; Mosquito Hawk Gallery; Bud & Cynthia Rogers; Sabel & Oplinger, CPA, PC; Terry Thompson, Prudential Douglas Elliman; Tulla Booth Gallery; Patricia Veneziano, Bank of America Home Loans; The Washwick Agency; Whitmores; and Christine Sullivan Witker, Brown Harris Stevens.

The Parrish Art Museum Business Council is a network of local and regional business leaders with a strong interest in promoting the vitality of the East End through support of the Parrish. Business Council Members receive special benefits including public recognition of their involvement, invitations to events, special discounts, and free admission to the Museum. The Business Council holds three events a year designed specifically to provide Members with an opportunity to increase their visibility within the East End community, to meet other business leaders, and to link the name of their firms with an important cultural presence on Long Island. Membership is open to all businesses.