CABARET JAZZ - The Smith Center for the Performing Arts

With a delicate voice that can’t help but whisper to your soul, Jane Monheit has captivated both the jazz and cabaret worlds. Now with her tenth album release, the vocalist has returned with her most mature and heartfelt sound yet. If you’re a fan of jazz, cabaret or you just enjoy hearing vocals at the peak of perfection, then this is the show for you. Details.

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Barbara Cook’s silvery soprano, purity of tone, and warm presence have delighted audiences around the world for more than 50 years. Considered “Broadway’s favorite ingenue” during the heyday of the Broadway musical, Miss Cook then launched a second career as a concert and recording artist soaring from one professional peak to another. Details.

The acclaimed singer Clint Holmes, named Las Vegas entertainer of the Year three times, singer of the Year four times and awarded the Sammy Davis Jr. Foundation award, returns to Las Vegas to begin an exclusive engagement at Cabaret Jazz inside The Smith Center. A master entertainer, Clint never performs the same show twice. Details.

Emily Bergl is best known for her role on “Desperate Housewives,” but her recent show received raves from sold out Oak Room audiences and the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg News.  “Kidding on the Square” is vintage entertainment told from the perspective of a modern girl, an old fashioned show with stunning costume changes, audience participation, and character songs that run the gamut from broad comedy to intense drama. Details.

Lucy Woodward 12-song album’s emotional depth, organic musicality and personally-charged songcraft will come as a revelation to listeners who are only familiar with Woodward via her 2003 pop hit “Dumb Girls.”  Seamlessly drawing from a deep well of jazz and pop influences, Hooked! marks Woodward as an effortlessly engaging, deeply expressive vocalist, an insightful, disarmingly witty songwriter, and distinctive, charismatic interpreter of outside material.  Details.

Cones of Fury is a new ensemble consisting of brass gurus Sam Pilafian, Tuba (of Empire Brass fame) and JD Shaw, French Horn (of Boston Brass fame). Playing brass instruments that aren’t usually known in virtuosic or solo circles, Pilafian and Shaw are exploring dynamic new repertoires from all genres including classical, jazz, latin styles. Featuring a lively, humorous and educational repartée, this is a must- see for all ages and will leave you breathless with stunning displays of artistry and wit.

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from their venerable music venue located in New Orleans’ French Quarter, founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe. Now celebrating their 50th Anniversary,  the band has traveled worldwide spreading their mission to nurture and perpetuate the art form of New Orleans Jazz. Details.

Pia Zadora returns to the stage with a 75 minute show created by 3 time Emmy winning director and choreographer Walter Painter, Peabody Award and Tony winning Composer/Author Larry Grossman and Emmy nominated Academy Award writer Jon Macks that features the greatest songs of our lives, a lot of  laughs and pure non-stop entertainment.  Accompanied by legendary Sinatra pianist and musical conductor Vinnie Falcone and his orchestra, this Grammy nominated singer performs classics like “The Lady Is a Tramp”, “Come Rain or Shine”, “All of Me”, “Young at Heart” and “The Man That Got Away”. Audiences every where  who come for this evening of great entertainment will be sure of a great start and a memorable and amazing finish.

A night of jazz cabaret with local artist and songwriter Ashton Zyer titled “Takin’ Over Me” will showcase an array of old Hollywood standards & Vegas love songs you can’t help to listen to over and over again. Details.