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Friday, 7/31 8pm STORMIN' NORMAN & SUZY Please join SUZY WILLIAMS & NORMAN ZAMCHECK Visit: http://www.zamcheck.com | http://anw.com/rk/pfsuzy | http://www.puddingbench.com/suzy.htm Admission: $15 at the door
At eighteen years old, Suzy met “Stormin’ Norman” Zamcheck, a Yale graduate in literature and “damn good boogie woogie piano player”. Partnering with Stormin’ Norman, she cut two albums with him (Fantasy Rag, 1975 and Ocean of Love, 1978) and toured the east coast for 12 years. In 1976, the great jazz pianist and composer Eubie Blake paid Suzy an inspiring compliment in the form of a handwritten letter, "I heard alot of white women try to imitate negroid singing, but you are the only one who has it down pat." With their own unique rag'n'roll, Stormin’ Norman & Suzy eventually played Carnegie Hall. They received lots of critical praise: "Suzy's voice is vibrant and lusty...great gusto and bold emotion." - Nat Hentoff. "Williams' energy must be seen to be believed...a natural performer." - Robert Palmer, The New York Times. Suzy Williams has played Carnegie Hall with Stormin' Norman Zamcheck, performed with Moses Pendleton's Pilobolus dance troupe, and has worked with Van Dyke Parks, Buster Poindexter, Marc Shaiman, Nicholas Ray among many others. Bette Midler, Horace Silver, Roosevelt Sykes, Ann Magnuson, Eubie Blake, Odetta and Hadda Brooks have praised her passionate singing and vibrant energy. "Williams is an enormously amusing, endearing presence...with tough, belting authority." - John Rockwell, NY Times. |
