Big Band Holidays, with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, features Dominican guest vocalist Ashley Pezzotti. Pezzotti’s “expressive and commanding presence rings in the most wonderful time of the year.” This weekend’s shows take place at the Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Saturday, December 16, 2023, at 2:00pm and 8:00pm.
Ashley Pezzotti: Vocalist and composer Ashley Pezzotti was born in New York to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican/Ecuadorian mother, but they soon moved to Florida, where she started taking voice lessons at only 4 years old, and in 2018 she completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. [. . .]
Pezzotti discovered her love for music when her Dominican father would sing her classic Spanish songs to sleep. She began taking voice lessons at only 4 years old, and in 2018 she completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music with a full tuition scholarship. In the spring of 2019, Ashley participated in the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program where she gained invaluable mentorship by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jason Moran and Marcus Printup. She is also a 2021 alumni of Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Woodshed Network program.
At the young age of 26 years old, Ashley has performed with renowned artists such as Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, Arturo Sandoval, Joey Alexander, Dave Holland, Jon Secada, and country star Keith Urban. She has also performed as a leader at prestigious venues such as Birdland Jazz Club, Dizzy’s Club, Blue Note Jazz Club, The Jazz Showcase, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, Stockholm Concert Hall, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.
For more information, see https://jazz.org/concert/big-band-holidays/ and
See more on Ashley Pezzotti at https://www.ashleypezzotti.com/ and https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ashley-pezzotti-telling-her-story-ashley-pezzotti-by-rj-deluke
Big Band Holidays, with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, features Dominican guest vocalist Ashley Pezzotti. Pezzotti’s “expressive and commanding presence rings in the most wonderful time of the year.” This weekend’s shows take place at the Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Saturday, December 16, 2023, at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. Ashley Pezzotti: Vocalist and
