The evening spent at steamer s with a jazz quartet was really a treat! Located at 138 W. Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832, you get all that you could bargain for great jazz music and various dishes that give you the flavor of Louisiana, at a reasonable price. It also provides entertainment that will truly make you feel as if you are on Bourbon Street. Which is known for jazz and blues amongst other things? The piece of resistance was Carol Welsman and her accomplished musicians that accompanied her on the piano. She and internationally acclaimed singer as well as pianist truly engaged the audience and gave history and smooth performances of various songs attributed to various artists who inspired her to take the music a little further with twist and turns. Always giving compliments to her ban for the various solo portion of the pieces that were played, which made the audience appreciate all the more.
Carol is a native of Canada and the granddaughter of the first conductor as well as founder of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Her grandfather Frank S. Welsman in high school mastered double bass, violin and classical piano. Which leaves Carol some pretty big shoes to fill and that is exactly what she has done, just in another form of music. For starters she is fluent in English, Italian and French sings in other languages such as Portuguese. Performed for President Clinton, Gray Davis former Governor of California, and Stevie Wonder, these are only a few prominent figures that she was afforded such an opportunity to display her prowess as a musician. With sales of over 60,000 albums in her native country of Canada and was awarded at the 2006 Canadian Smooth Jazz Award “Best Female Vocalist” a feat that is hard to match by any stretch of the imagination.
With her training and fortunate opportunity to combine rhythms and language together into the genre of jazz makes the sounds all the more refreshing. Giving life to songs that may have been long forgotten by some, but Carol and her band revived them as it was evident from the audience claps on piece that escape one memories until the moment they were played. Carols heritage in music if you will is steeped in jazz classics. It is said that she is reminiscent of the greats such as Peggy Lee, and Ella Fitzgerald with her sultry sounds. Many of her song were attributed to the greats Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Peggy Lee as mentioned earlier and some songs where just plain old fun. Such as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on this one heard the audience humming along one they all could remember. She really understood how to keep the audience engaged and participative while entertaining them as well as being entertains by our participation as well. Another impressive talent or ability and a prominent one was her ability to scat she did a wonderful job fusing this all together. Playing the piano and spouting of various words that rhymed and but not coherent to us, the whole time no getting tong tide and expressing words that were audible to keep us in line with the theme of the song, very impressive!
This experience was an enjoyable one and if you are ever in Fullerton California and you have a free evening anytime during the week check out Steamers. It a place you can truly enjoy jazz. The people are friendly and the food is great! The ambience will get you in the mood for the music you will hear. On certain days there is no cover charge, so that’s would always be a plus, you can just drop in and take in the sounds of New Orleans and various other Blues and Jazz States while never living California! This whole section of town seems to offer various types of clubs and pubs the spend an afternoon or evening in, all in walking distance of each other so checking out various venues would be an added bonus of who knows you may stumble across the next great musical artist! Then you could make the claim of you where there when the first got their start, anything is possible? Honestly, it really was a nice evening spending time listening to music that I had gotten away from and realized that I still enjoy its various sounds and the art that goes into producing it all Especially, after doing research into the history of it all, amazing how much of a role it plays in the fabric of our society.
D.Ford
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