Paula Johns – Vocals
Aaron Graves – Piano
Andy Lalasis – Bass
Tom Angello – Drums
Paula is an accomplished cabaret singer and jazz vocalist who hails from Philadelphia. She is often compared to Ella, and some of the great contemporaries of that era, but Paula brings her own distinctive panache to each song she sings…expecially the songs from The Great American Songbooks of Porter, Rogers & Hart, Jobim, Bacharach and others.
With a voice like butter, she enjoys a great lyric that tugs at your heartstring, as well as a lyric that will make you fall off your seat with laughter. Her passion for the music ignites the emotions of her audiences and allows them to feel the stories that each song tells.
Andy Lalasis was the bassist who accompanied all the visiting headliners at Steve Wynn’s Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. Those headliners included everyone from Ann Hampton Calloway, Keely Smith, Joanie Sommers, Billy Eckstine and Billy Daniels.
Andy spent the next 11 years at Resorts Casino as a member of Merv Grif fin’s Coconut Ballroom Orchestra doing Merv’s NY’s Eve TV shows and playing for the biggest stars who appeared there.