Beth Lederman (piano), Steven Powell (vocals), and Juli Woods (sax) play a mix of blues, jazz, and gospel.<\/p>\n
Beth Lederman is well-known for her sophisticated jazz and rhythmic Brazilian and Latin-jazz piano styles, not only in the Phoenix are<\/span>a b<\/span>ut throughout the\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>estern\u00a0<\/span>United States\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0from Canada to Mexico. She has been playing professionally for more than 20 years, leading several bands and playing with such well-known names as The Diamonds, Bobbie Vinton, and the Drifters, as well as with local artists such as Dave Cook, Pete\u00a0<\/span>Pancrazi<\/span>, Alice Tatum, Dennis Rowland, Renee Patrick, Paul\u00a0<\/span>McDermand<\/span>, and her own groups, Jazz Con Alma and Novo Mundo. Her music is melodic, fun, fluid, passionate, innovative, heartfelt, rhythmic, eclectic, honest, artistic, humorous, and spontaneous.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For the past 20 years<\/span>\u2014<\/span>with four albums as a leader, several studio projects, and countless worldwide performances<\/span>\u2014<\/span>saxophonist, vocalist<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and composer\u00a0<\/span>Juli<\/span>\u00a0Wood has established herself as a solid, swinging, lyrical, and entertaining performer. She has played many jazz clubs and festivals nationally and internationally<\/span>, including<\/span>\u00a0Chicago Jazz Fest, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, Milwaukee\u2019s Summerfest, Chicago\u2019s main jazz clubs\u2014Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Andy\u2019s<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and Katerina\u2019s<\/span>\u2014<\/span>Skansen Jazz and Blues (Stockholm , Sweden), Pori Jazz Fest (Finland), Bent J<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(Aarhus, Denmark), Storyville (Helsinki<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Finland),\u00a0<\/span>Alandia<\/span>\u00a0Jazz Fest<\/span>ival<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00c5land<\/span>\u00a0Islands<\/span>, Finland) and the Made in Chicago jazz festival in Poznan<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Poland<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0to name a few. Wood is in the tradition of saxophonists who were also great vocalists<\/span>, like<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Cleanhead<\/span>\u00a0Vincent, Eddie Harris, and Louis Jordan. 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