Katerina Brown with Rick Ferguson

An evening of piano-vocal jazz and pop music this Friday in Redwood City! Reserve advance online via PayPal $25 beachjazz@skylonda.com , else $30 at the door. Wine, tea, croissants and desserts available on site. Meetup members gather at the big tall table next to the piano.

KATERINA BROWN is a professional jazz vocalist from St. Petersburg who came to the US in 2015, appearing at such leading Bay Area venues as Yoshi’s in Oakland, San Jose’s Café Stritch, Berkeley’s California Jazz Conservatory, San Francisco’s Black Cat, SFJAZZ’s Monday Night Big Band, and Redwood City's Angelicas.

Katerina leads the MELLOW TONES VOCAL ENSEMBLE, who will also appear at our event, along with ensemble soloists Anna Kruglova and Tatiana Kvitka.

RICK FERGUSON (piano) loves invention and delight. Rick has played venues from Chicago to Melbourne to Sedona to Kauai and the Bay Area, has two songs featured in a 2013 movie soundtrack, and recently played for the President of Ireland. He has accompanied such jazz vocalists as Kimberly Gordon and Joe Williams in Chicago, Sarah Marie Young, winner of the 2011 Montreux Jazz Festival Young Vocalist Competition, Le Perez from San Jose and Katerina Brown from St. Petersburg. A regular at Angelicas and the Filoli Mansion for more than 5 years, Rick works with established and emerging vocalists in the Bay Area.