Tonight, April 29, 2023, The Ed Jackson Quartet featuring Stephanie Jeannot at the Jackson Room

Music adds great value to my life. I love what happens in the unique cultural art spaces where musicians can vibe with each other and enjoy the deep reckonings of jazz music; especially when you can add your own harmonic ideas to it and make it flow. Jazz for me is a powerful driving force and I love it a lot.

And so, as your weekend steamrolls along, I hope that perhaps you will join me for a night of jazz music at the Jackson Room. This evening, April 29, 2023 from 7PM to 10PM at the Jackson Room located at 192-07 Linden Blvd in St Albans, NY, I will be featured with the Ed Jackson Quartet, singing a few songs that capture the joys of vocalizing jazz music. 

It is Jazz Appreciation Month and it’s Duke Ellington’s birthday; a

perfect day to echo some of the best of Ellingtonian jazz pieces and more, in a jazz club located in a place where so many of the jazz greats lived. The night will be part instrumental, and part vocal jazz and it will be awesome.

The evening might dictate that you get engrossed in a song, sing along, dance to the musical grooves, and simply feel the euphoric sense of freedom that the improvisational jazz conversations embody.

I will agree that I find enjoyment in spinning the plethora of jazz 45s in my music collection, but nothing beats the experience of live music because it allows experiential moments that you are bound to remember vividly in your memory.  And so with that in mind, I hope that you will join us for this special night of music happening this evening, April 29^th, 2023, from 7PM to 10PM at the Jackson Room located at 192-07 Linden Blvd in St Albans, NY. 

You will be amongst fellow enthusiasts in the charming, ambient corner.

Hope to see you there. Looking Forward!

Jazz on the JNote Airs this Sunday, September 11th, 2022 at 7:30Pm on WNYE 91.5FM with your host Stephanie Jeannot

I will never forget that sad day in 2001 when chaos took over New York City.

 

I just sat at my desk sipping on my Venti cup filled with dark roast coffee. It was not shortly after the freshness of it got me all jittered up for the day ahead of me that I heard the news of a plane crashing into the first of the Twin Towers.

I was in my office building in mid-town and everybody ascended to the top floor of the building so that they could see from the windows what was going on. The sites I saw that day, I hope to never see again.

It was like a movie and so unreal. Who would have thought something like this could have been happening right before our eyes.  And the craziest part about it all is that it happened 21 years ago and it is still very fresh in my mind like it was yesterday, when my friends and I walked along the thoroughfares of Manhattan, over the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn; I still remember seeing burnt paper from the World Trade Center showering over the streets of Flatbush as I approached the comfort of home and the quietness that took over the city that never sleeps thereafter.

Twenty-One years later, we remember the tragedy, the lives lost, the beautiful skyline, the shopping center that was in the building, and just all the things that was pre-9/11. I want to encapsulate the memory of these very things in this Sunday’s episode of my radio show Jazz on the JNote which will air Sunday, September 11, 2022 from 7:30PM to 8PM, as part of the Medgar Ever’s College Community Radio Stream over the airwaves of  WNYE 91.5 FM, hosted by show host & producer Stephanie Jeannot.  

The show traditionally plays jazz and has commentaries throughout the show that relate the songs to the topic at hand. This week in particular is to celebrate the lives lost on the tragic day back in 2001. Hope that you will join us this Sunday at 7:30PM on WNYE 91.5 FM for Jazz on the JNote with your host Stephanie Jeannot.

Until then, Peace!

Jazz on the JNote: Tribute to Sarah Vaughan, Airs this Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 7:30PM EST on WNYE 91.5 FM

 

Sarah Vaughan was a world-renowned singer and pianist who was regarded as one of the greatest of all jazz singers.

She was a contralto with a range of three octaves. She sang with rhythmic flexibility and blessed any record that she sang on to make it to become timeless, universal music.

Some called her Sassy; others, the Divine One. I call her my favorite singer. And I am taking great pleasure in celebrating the life and cherishable art of this Grammy Award winning artist. With that in mind, I would like to invite you to listen in to this week’s episode of my radio show Jazz on the JNote.

 

What will you hear?

 

You will hear the capricious voice of Ms. Sarah Vaughan gushing out of her mouth and coming alive in your ear like an explosion of color burgeoning to blossom. You will hear some of the relics of her heroinism; those that made her brief time on the planet meaningful. You will hear sounds that come from the ecstatic world of jazz music and you will hear the voice of the host and producer of Jazz on the JNote Radio Show, Stephanie Jeannot, using the duration of the show to celebrate the charm, vibrato and life of the Divine One.

The show airs this Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 7:30 PM EST, as part of the Medgar Evers College Community Radio stream over the air waves of WNYE 91.5 FM. To find out more info on Jazz on the JNote, you can click on the link below to check out some of the flyers and previous episodes of this show, for your viewing and listening pleasure: JNOTEMUSIC.COM

 

My hope is that you will join us for the newest radio stream this Sunday evening and that the songs will not only get you listening to Sarah Vaughan’s amazing vibrato hit you full in the face so effectively that it makes you want to sing along and dance throughout the show’s entirety, but that this week’s episode of Jazz on the JNote will bring a positive and joyous end to your weekend. 

Catch it live on Sunday March 27, 2022 at 7:30PM EST on WNYE 91.5 FM.

 

Looking Forward!

Jazz Keeps Unfolding in the Walls of My Heart

My hearts unfolds like a flower when I get the opportunity to experience the culture of jazz.

 I was squealing with delight at the idea of celebrating nature’s abundance of simple joys.  What was being celebrated?

Black history.

Jazz history.

The history of jazz dance.

The event was hosted by the Harlem Swing Dance Society and was held at the Pelham Fritz Recreational Center in Harlem, NY and featured me and my band, Stephanie Jeannot’s Savoy Four Band.

Please check out the mini clip of the event that was held here:

https://youtu.be/NmgnLuWKMBI

The ambiance was great there in that Harlem venue located at Mount Morris Park. The art on the walls gave an appeal that just melted my heart. 

I walked in and saw dancers dancing with an instructor teaching them a bit of jazz dance from its history at the Savoy Ballroom where the lindy hop was first introduced. I always enjoy these events because of the air of knowledge and jazz that I am able to breathe in while history is being shared until the band is ready to play the music to set the dancers up on a rhythmic fleet.

An eclectic array of standards was hoisted into the air met by the swinging dancers on the floor who met our sounds with energetic body movements. We played finger snapping rhythms, evocative classics, and modernized versions of antiquated songs. The instrumentalists did not shy away from improvising solos or showcasing their unique flavor which made it easy for me to be drawn in by their sounds to sing before the host of people rhythmically propelled to dance to the music. They danced to throbbing beats played by Napoleon Revels-Bey who approached the counter rhythms with brushes of purposeful soulfulness. They bopped to the thumping of the technical virtuosity of Hill Greene. They hammered their heels to the floor to the variety of tinkling sound played by pianist Danny Dalelio and I sang to the twists and turns of their music as the music gave a cultural salute to the sounds they played.

I was suddenly flooded with memories of earlier times when purveyors of the music would gather dressed to the nines to share their artistic expression. I thought of artists like Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Max Roach. Music was definitely their vehicle for improvisation whether it was playing, singing or dancing to it because music is all about self-expression and sharing.  They were always draped in the finest of threads and communicating to the audience with their hearts full of music. It was a fertile harmonic ground for joy to be sprung. It was the world’s most glamorous atmosphere and jazz history at its best. How could one not absorb the cultural influences and be inspired by those troubadours of yesteryear who made great triumphs with their music?

With each deep-throated growl, the onlookers danced and danced and danced. 

That day still remains imprisoned in the walls of my heart. I have a growing admiration for the culture of jazz which makes my heart skip a beat more and more each time I dabble into it. Music infuses me enthusiasm and makes me feel alive. And so, I have grown this insatiable hunger to listen and to learn and to sing and to dance and to just take in music as much as I can; because it is my first love and because I have a growing appetite for it. 

The more I sing, the more it calms my rage. Thankful for every musical opportunity and for the beautiful gift of song that God planted in me when he fearfully and wonderfully created me.

F is for Fresh Perspective

“The more you are able to understand and

appreciate someone else's perspective,

the more dimension, depth, and texture you ultimately add to your own”

- Rania Al Abdullah

 When the thought of trying to finally complete my college education started to dominate my life, I started to shape my view around the idea of being a radio show host and producer of a jazz program at Medgar Evers College. It unlocked the door to a new world to me as I delved into the histories of jazz to make the show include many aspects about the culture of this American cultural contribution to the world.

I can’t believe it has been three years since I walked into the studio and sat in front of the switchboard with a vision board on Sarah Vaughan’s life and music for my first hour long radio broadcast. Nothing like a fresh perspective that pushes you to embark on a new, wild adventure. Being vocal more than just in a song was the wild part about it because it definitely stretched me beyond my capacity in every way.

I decided to try something new within this non-stop jazz radio show where I will feature an individual whose story has struck a chord with me as they share their breakthrough story and their why.

I tried it out for the first time this past Sunday on my show and interviewed NY-based drummer, King Beat who helped me celebrate Louis Armstrong and shared different aspects of his musical journey. 

Please check out a snippet of our hour-long conversation where he also blessed our ears with his original sounds flowing through the airwaves. You can see the clip from our interview here: https://youtu.be/Xm9hRmQn9p8

I feel built up and am glowing with satisfaction not only at this show but also the fact that A to Z challenges such as these have helped me to triumph over daily writing and has also helped me to delve more into writing scripts and vision boards again. The inspiration to write is so much more than a whisper now and it has given me a fresh perspective.  Thankful! 

I Entered the 7th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Please Listen & Vote!

Hey everybody.

Every year, Indaba Music hosts a number of different music competitions where artists can enter in and have an opportunity of winning. I have entered quite a few contests myself in the past because I wanted to see what would happen. 

This year, Indaba Music once again hosts the 7th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Artists are supposed to enter into the competition and submit three selections; one ballad, one mid-tempo or blues tune and one upbeat jazz song; one of which must be a cover of a song that the Divine One Sarah Vaughan has done. 

So I decided to enter into the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and I am hoping that perhaps you will take a listen and hopefully vote for one or more of my submissions. 

This is my Ballad entry: "Tenderly - Stephanie Jeannot" 

https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/7th-annual-sarah-vaughan-international-jazz-vocal-competition/submissions/0c639518-74f7-11e8-b1e5-0e23ec8b8f61 

This is my Midtempo Blues entry: "Route 66 - Stephanie Jeannot"  https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/7th-annual-sarah-vaughan-international-jazz-vocal-competition/submissions/6aa870be-74fa-11e8-ac47-0ecda187fe01


This is my Uptemo entry: "Caravan - Stephanie Jeannot" https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/7th-annual-sarah-vaughan-international-jazz-vocal-competition/submissions/3c68820e-74fd-11e8-8615-0ecda187fe01

Please listen and vote. Maybe you'll like one of them. Maybe you'll like more than one. Hopefully, you will at least take a listen. 

Thank you so much in advance and God bless!

Love and Appreciation For the XYZ of Jazz

It is always a pleasure for me when I can indulge in the sweetness of jazz. It captivates me like no other genre and I joyfully indulge in it when presented with the opportunity to embrace the pomp and pageantry of it.

I remember the day when my good friend presented the thought to me of being the featured vocalist at his weekly jazz event. Imagine how filled with curiosity the Roman Catholic church raised choir girl that I was who was more accustomed to singing R&B than any other genre was. How could I not look at him with a quizzical gaze? The idea made me take a hard look at myself, but I decided to try my best to handle the weight of the idea and I did it.

If for nothing, my good friend affected my life like none other because from that point on, I

have been on this non-stop journey of discovery, research and mind-blowing experiences to remember. If it were not for him, I would have never decided to approach jazz with more intentionality or accumulate knowledge of its history to base my 30-paged college thesis on jazz and racism. Or, I may not have ever decided to become more indulged in studying music theory and practicing my craft. And if it were not for him, I would have never started my radio show on jazz. And so, whenever I am afforded with the opportunity to sing in this beautiful genre of music, I simply rejoice because I love how jazz has truly made a personal connection with me.  

Jazz Appreciation Month

Every April is Jazz Appreciation Month. The Smithsonian Institute started this cultural celebration in 2001 and since, it has been a way to honor those influential innovators who have come before us in history and jazzed up the world with their beautiful music.  

And so, it was with great zeal to have joined in the plethora of performers in Eric Frazier’s 2018 Fort Greene Park Spring Jazz Festival which happened in the midst of Jazz Appreciation Month in Brooklyn, NY. Jazz is not a fossilized genre of music; it is very much alive. So, with that in mind, I must say that the afternoon was filled with a full swath of emotions.

What makes jazz so appealing to me is that no matter who is playing their instrument or vocalizing, each comes with their own individual expression and create very genuine reactions. Each comes with their own spunk of character with their difference in method based on culture and environment, and the joy of the company and the spirit of the music is what is felt in the air.

And so, it was a pretty nice event from the music, to the musicians, to the beautiful spring day that it was, to the people and everything that made the afternoon a splendid occasion.

To my delight, I felt enchanted to sing one of my favorite jazz standards. It is by Harry Warren and Al Dublin and what makes me like it so much is for one simple reason. I am a big English nerd and there is a play-on-words in the song. Its title, September in the Rain, would suggest it is a song for the fall season but in the song, the lyrics say, "though spring is here." I think it is the way the writers wrote these tunes that give me butterflies the most. They truly had a way with words and I just love that. In that particular Brooklyn environment and in the warmth of that spring day, it felt right to sing this song.

I invite you to check out the performance from the festival here: https://youtu.be/BK8faET7Nn4 

Today’s blog post was prompted by love and I threw myself into writing mode with that in mind and come to this point with a roar of satisfaction. I hope that I sparked in you, even a small bit of interest n my story. 

The warm feeling in my heart can’t even truly define my gratitude. You richly bless me by taking the time out the routine of your day to read my thoughts and I thank you for your continued support.

Happy Birthday to Two of My Favorite Singers: Mariah Carey & Sarah Vaughan

Two of my favorite singers in the world share the same birthday. There has to be some irony in that!

Both put their entire body and soul into everything they sang and made me want to work hard to not only sing songs I love, but to understand some of the methodologies and theories behind music and I am thankful for that.

One of the two is Mariah Carey. She came into my life when I was in the fifth grade and I became mesmerized with her instrument. At one point in my life, my entire repertoire was comprised of Mariah Carey songs. I love her voice and her music. The second is Sarah Vaughan. Her timbre is amazing, and she just has this incredible way with her voice. My Ipod currently has more Sarah Vaughan tunes in it than any other artist and she is who I listen to the most. Happy birthday to Mariah Carey and to Sarah Vaughan.

Stephanie Jeannot as Sarah Vaughan

Earlier this month, I wrote a short one-act play which I entitled “And Then There Were the Ladies of Jazz” which went into production as a women’s History Month tribute at the Roosevelt Public Library in Roosevelt, NY. I played the role of both Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan which for me was wonderful because I was happy to be able to honor two jazz vocalist who I absolutely love while also sharing some historical data with the crowd before me that I felt was important for people to know; especially for those who did not know about the identities of these international women in jazz and how their roles in music played a role in the racial order or the time.

I want to share a short video clip from the show, where I rendered a cover of the song that Sarah Vaughan sang which was somewhat of the Genesis to her career entitled "Body & Soul" which she sung and won the Amateur Night at the Apollo contest and became who the world came to know as The Divine One. Hopefully you will watch it and enjoy what you hear as much as I enjoyed embracing it on stage with Charles Bartlett on trumpet, Daniel Dalelio on piano, Herb Lewis on Saxophone, Napoleon Revels-Bey on drums and Rachiim Sahu on bass.  

Thank you so much for checking out my blogpost. Have a phenomenal day!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 EVERYBODY! 

Hope that this year is filled with much joy and many, many blessings.
And maybe this could be the year that we connect on a higher level;
perhaps in a collabo of some sort.


That would be nice! 

Wow! A new set of 265 days?
What are your plans for this brand new year? Any resolutions?
Whatever it is, I hope one of those many things on your to-do-list will include
checking out my Youtube Channel.

You can check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/sj1and0

Trumpeting the Musically Gratifying Dizzy

When I think of his creative energy, the sparkle and grace in his playing and the volcanic personality he had, I can’t help but smile about Dizzy Gillespie.  

I feel as if the emotion was embedded in me though. No matter what, his name comes up, I start clapping enthusiastically inside and I can’t help it.

Musically Gratifying

I may have been too young to remember him being on Sesame Street though I saw a few images and clips this week as I spent many hours of my week with this audacious interest to watch some old interviews he was a part of, a few concerts he performed in, some podcasts that featured him speaking and many other things that focused on Dizzy.

Yup, that was my station of life this week as I compiled information to put together a centennial celebration show worthy of celebrating, I guess you can say, my favorite jazz artist’s centennial birthday. What I do remember that never left my heart was seeing him on an old episode of “The Cosby Show” as he was featured as Vanessa’s music teacher. That episode always leaves me feeling so happy. Even until today. Perhaps, it is one of the reasons I became a musician myself.

Let me clarify this before I move on. Many will not consider a singer a musician because we sing and when we go to a gig, we do not carry heavy equipment that needs to be set up on the stage. 

We however carry our instruments in our body. Our bodies are our instrument. We use our bodies to produce sound and add our vocal chords to any song, over wailing musicians. Therefore, vocalists certainly are musicians.

 Trumpeting My Excitement with Purpose

This year has been a year full of jazz great’s centennials with this year celebrating the 100 years of the first lady of jazz Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne who was the first black person to have a major contract with MGM studios, The genius of modern music better known as Thelonious Monk and John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie who was one of the founding fathers of the Afro-Cuban and/or Latin jazz tradition and a major figure of the bebop and modern jazz movement who remained an outgoing and tireless ambassador for bop throughout his life; just to name a few.

Dizzy had this creative edge that was unbeatable. Everything he performed came out of his horn with an outpouring of emotion. He had a keen sense of humor that could make a person laugh until tears fell out of their eyes.

He is most noted for enlivening the world of jazz with his iconic “swollen cheeks” and for blooming those flirtatious, race horse tempos and complex syncopations out of his up-angled trumpet. He is also known for his quirky humorousness on the stage which was one of the reasons why while in his first ever band, the Frankie Fairfax band, he gained his nickname Dizzy. Stanley Crouch called him, “one of the most influential players of his horn in the history of the music.”

“Music is An International Language” (Dizzy Gillespie)

As a jazz musician, Dizzy became a beacon of human possibility with jazz being an integrator of races as well as what gave people of color an identity. I found it amazing how music can bring people together. I experienced it on my first ever musical tour which occurred last year around this time in Russia. 

You do not even have to speak the same language and yet somehow can be on the same stage and music is the language that you and someone with a whole different set of cultures and traditions can speak to bridge the gap. It is one of the most incredible things that I ever experienced and a layer of music that I will always appreciate. 

Dizzy claimed that one of the reasons to be part of the musical exchange is that, “jazz transcends the barriers of political ideologies, of cultural, racial, ethnic and religious differences from Brazil to Senegal, from Denmark to Australia, from Senegal to Czechoslovakia, from the USA to the USSR. Jazz brings people together to smile, to enjoy and be enriched by the beauty and joy of our majestic music that elevates the human spirit. Jazz is a mirror of life and also jazz is a universal language” (Dizzy Gillespie).

“Improve Over the Years Adding Layers of Finish,

Polishing and Refining, Your Art’s Sheen

and Subtle Symmetry”

(Whitehead).

Dizzy said that as a musician, you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.  In the book Hard Bop by David Rosenthal, Dizzy admitted to learning a lot from “the first Picasso of jazz” better known by the world as Thelonious Monk; another centenarian of jazz. Dizzy was largely influenced by Roy Eldridge. Dizzy claimed that “When coming up, all trumpet players wanted to sound like Roy Eldridge.” But Dizzy certainly developed his own original sound. 

Dizzy said that “he could see somebody copying something because everybody has someone to copy and he didn’t care if he heard a guy say that he got his sound out of the air because that would be a lie. He didn’t care who the individual was and further said that no matter who you are as a musician, you definitely had a standard you studied and went by.”  This is true even for me. I find admiration in different artists and even though I started out trying to mimic what Whitney Houston and Sarah Vaughan may have done, I certainly did start adding who I am into the music and my style started to gain it’s own gossamer wings as I came out of my shell. Music like life is in a constant state of flux and we as musicians who study and practice our craft, are constantly changing.

One thing that will never change for me though is how much I like and respect Dizzy Gillespie. I am still very captivated by his energy and the more I learn about him, the more I am lured in to wanting to know and listen to more of his contributions to this world of music.

Speaking of music . . .

I have a radio show. Jazz on the JNote is a show I started while in college as I was in my final year and trying to complete my thesis which was on the topic of Jazz, Identity & Racism for which I read about 200 books to write 30 pages discussing the cultural aspects of jazz and its history. My first show featured music from my favorite jazz vocalist, Sarah Vaughan. 

Two years later, the show is still running and this week’s episode will celebrate the centennial of Dizzy Gillespie. 

Hope that you'll join me for this very special episode.  

Please visit www.theenglishconnectionmedia.com or http://mixlr.com/the-english-connection-media/  this Sunday evening, October 22 at 7PM EST to tune in. 

Thank you so much for checking out my blog post. Peace & blessings! 

U is for Unbelievable How Time Flies

Six months ago today, Ufa, Russia was deposited into my love bank and left me feeling richer because of the experience of traveling and seeing a world beyond my own backyard and also, sharing my gifts on their music platforms. 

At Ufa Jazz Club in Ufa, Russia

It was an opportunity to embrace who I am in a different and unfamiliar setting and it had lingering effects that still empower me in so many ways.

What I learned 

By the White River in Ufa, Russia

You never know how strong you are until you let your wings get you off the ground to soar through the skies. You will never have a change of mindset if you do not clear the clutter of doubt to let possibility in.

We push hard every day. We owe it to ourselves to take chances on our pursuit to greatness. We ought to inhabit each moment while working hard and experiment with it. We deserve to expand our dreams and to marry our passions to life.  

To have been well received on the stage as I sang with the musicians, stays stored in my mind’s inventory. It was a wonderful experience that I will never forget. It was just the melodic change that my song and dance deserved as experiencing the soft winds of Ufa, was the vamp to end the incredible experience that being in Russia was.

https://youtu.be/JLXptTgUBDA

  

 Looking back at these moments still feels pretty darn good.

Going Around Under an Umbrella

“Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.”

– Jerzy Kosinski

Speaking of going around under an umbrella, check out a cover of Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke's 1936 popular song "Pennies From Heaven" by Eric Frazier and Friends featuring me, Stephanie Jeannot on vocals, the cool tap dancing of Eric Frazier and also soem outstanding musicians including Danny Mixon on keys, Sax-E on saxophone,  Dwayne "Cook" Broadnazx on drums, Paul Beaudry on bass and Eric Frazier on congas.

Together, we performed this jazz tune live at the Roosevelt Public Library in Roosevelt, NY.

Thank you for checking out my blog post. 

Today is World Water Day, which  is a great time to reflect on how fortunate those of us that have clean, safe, drinking water really are. Much of the world is not so lucky so it is critically important that we think about how we care for our precious, "Pennies from Heaven."

Have an amazing day! 

My First Interview on Jazz on the JNote With Yoichi Uzeki This Sunday, January 22, 2017

“If you are going to have impact,

you are going to have to be bold.”

– David Hooper

In an effort to step more boldly into the new year with my radio show, I decided to try doing my first interview and I hope you will all ride the radio airwave with me this Sunday, January 22, 2017 as I bring to you the non-stop music flow of jazz on Jazz on the Jnote with my special guest, composer and pianist Yoichi Uzeki.

Join us as we discuss his life,  the art of jazz, and the Japanese music scene and also, hear exclusive piano splices from this master at the piano himself. The show will air from 7PM to 8PM EST and you can access it by either going the theenglishconnectionmedia.com or by logging on to MixLR and using the following link: http://mixlr.com/the-english-connection-media/

I am so looking forward to this Sunday and cannot wait for you to hear the great show that is in store for your ears.