Beth Lederman & Jazz Con Alma

Our Club Musicfest series brings you special evening performances combining wine and cheese with some of the Valley’s best jazz musicians.

Mix the playful creativity and integrity found at the heart of jazz with Latin rhythms, blues, swing and good solid grooves and the result is Jazz Con Alma, Jazz with Soul!   This band will be featuring repertoire from the Great American songbook mixed in with some of the songs which are destined to become new classics.

Beth Lederman is a keyboardist and bandleader who has developed an eclectic and sophisticated sound based in melody, and infused with joy and passion. A Phoenix native, Beth is one of Phoenix’s most in-demand players. Her family owned Lederman Music Co, an important part of the Phoenix music scene in past decades. She has recordings under both her own name and with her Brazilian jazz group Novo Mundo. Beth fuses her love of latin and Brazilian music combined with her classical roots to bring fresh arrangements with solid grooves to both traditional and new music.

One of the smoothest singers you may ever hear, Steven Powell never fails to move audiences with his heartfelt vocals .A navy veteran, Steven is famous for singing the National Anthem around the country, but his talents for improvisation and bringing standards and R & B classics to life are his true passion, and he always delivers his songs with integrity.

It is no surprise that Diana Lee plays almost every instrument you can imagine, since her parents owned and operated a prominent music store in Glendale, AZ called Arizona Music Center. At the age of 17, she became a professional singer/ musician and started touring the country.
She has performed and toured with superstars all over the world such as Sister Sledge, Stevie Wonder, David Foster, Deborah Harry, Randy Crawford, George Benson, Gloria Gaynor, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire, Diana Ross, Neil Sedaka

Rounding out the group are the amazing Jon Murray on bass, and Emerson Laffey on drums.