Join Amanda Addleman and her band for her "Into the Light" album release concert. She will be joined by some of the Bay Area's finest musicians on this special night of music. Together they will be presenting the songs from the album featuring Addleman's jazz-hued original pieces, re-imaginings of modern popular songs and contemporary settings of the Great American Songbook.

California Jazz Conservatory - Rendon Hall

Amanda Addleman - Vocals & Piano
Lee Dynes - Guitar
Tommy O'Mahony - Bass
Ben Lauffer - Drums

Artist/Group Bio(s)

Addleman’s musical approach is one well-steeped in a reverence for the traditions of great jazz singers and instrumentalists of the last century. Yet her sound represents an informed departure from the tropes and fixations of earlier generations of improvisational musicians. In fusing the spirit of contemporary folk, rock, and pop composition and performance stylings, Addleman’s style blossoms with a freedom from genre restraint, while maintaining a consistent and cohesive sound that still maintains an obvious reverence for those who came before.

Addleman finished her degree from Berklee College of Music, followed by continued studies with local jazz and classical mentors. In her own educational work, Addleman maintains a full private studio roster, provides clinics to high school music departments and teaches for the Jazz School within the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley. It is her mission to both share her perspective on the music through performance and to educate and expose musicians of all levels and backgrounds to the tradition, so that the art form may continue to evolve and thrive.