Don’t miss the chance to hear one of America’s great songbirds perform favorites from the Great American Songbook, featuring the Wayne Naus Jazz Ensemble. With Wayne Naus on piano. John DiSanto on drums, Gary Gross on guitar, and Rick Cain on bass. “Liza Minnelli. Natalie Cole. Norah Jones. Now, Antonia Bennett can be added to the list of second‐generation vocalists with the potential to rival an iconic parent’s pizzazz.” —Jazz Times. Antonia Bennett “…conjures echoes of Billie Holliday and Rickie Lee Jones, with a hint of Betty Boop.” —The New York Times. “A captivating combination of contemporary and timeless, Antonia Bennett’s voice can be simultaneously sultry and familiar, sassy and classy.” —ASCAP Magazine. Wayne Naus, who will accompany Miss Bennett, gets it right when he says, “Coming from musical royalty, Antonia Bennett emits a magical quality of sound, interpretation, and delivery to every song she sings. Not to be missed!”
Daughter of legendary singer Tony Bennett, Antonia has been performing alongside her father since she could walk and talk. Some of her early performances were shared with legendary American icons such as Rosemary Clooney, Count Basie, Regis Philbin, Don Rickles, and growing up with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Gene Kelly. It was inevitable that she would inherit a genuine passion for the arts. For the past10 years she has what she considers the distinct honor of opening for her father performing all over the world, but she is also a force all on her own as she perform in prominent jazz clubs, casinos, amphitheaters and stadiums, including Radio City Music Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Umbria Jazz Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival, The Greek Theatre, Royal Albert Hall in London, and Caesars Palace. Antonia studied and performed at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, and is an alumnus of the esteemed Berklee College of Music. Her latest release, “Embrace Me,” produced by Holly Knight, is dedicated to the great American songbook and features classics including “Embraceable You” and “The Man I Love,” performed in an intimate classic trio format. Come hear her in the intimate and acoustically stellar Great Hall at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. Tickets are $50. Refreshments are complimentary. For reservations, visit www.cultural-center.org or call 508-394-7100. The Cultural Center of Cape Cod is located at 307 Old Main St., South Yarmouth.