Tom Angello’s All-Star Jazz Series w/ Sue Williams, Katie Cosco & Mary Lou Newnam

Tom Angello’s All-Star Jazz Series

Mary Lou Newnam – Tenor Saxophone
Sue Williams – Bass
Katie Cosco – Piano
Tom Angello – Drums

Katie Cosco

Although jazz was always Katie’s first love, she performed concerts for many years with well-known commercial artists. She was the keyboardist for the world famous Four Tops. Others concert credits include Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Ben E. King, Jack Sheldon, Billy Swan, Clint Holmes, Thelma Houston, Michael Crawford, Stephen Van Zandt, and Billy Eckstein. These vibrant concert experiences led her to become enthusiastic and exuberant in her jazz playing as well. She is fully engaged in the mainstream jazz world where Bill Evans, Red Garland, Sonny Clarke, Hank Jones and Barry Harris have been major influences. As a freelance pianist and small band leader she is totally immersed in the vortex of the jazz scene in New York City. She has been selected numerous times in recent years to perform with her group at the International Women in Jazz and Lady Got Chops festivals. Kate currently retains residency at Robert at MAD Restaurant in Manhattan. She frequently plays with her bands at Cellar Dog, Ornithology and Mezzrow to name just a few. She also freelances as an independent and in-demand pianist across the tri-state area. She currently holds the position of adjunct professor in the Cali School of Music at Montclair State University.

Sue Williams

Acoustic and electric bassist Sue Williams is a New York City based freelance musician who has performed with Eric Clapton, Steve Cropper, Joe Walsh, Eddie Brigati, Bernard Purdie, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Vanessa Williams, John Popper, Darlene Love, Ben E.  King, Robert Palmer, JD and The Straight Shot, South Side Jonny and The Asbury Jukes, Phoebe Snow, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, La Bamba and the Hubcaps, Milt Hinton Bass Quartet, Cab Calloway’s Swing Orchestra, and many others. Regular performances include jazz trios, Broadway shows, blues and rock clubs, and recording studio work. As a Broadway pit musician, Sue has played in numerous Broadway shows including Mr Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal and Little Shop of Horrors. Sue holds a Master of Science Music Technology degree from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music degree from William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ (jazz studies program) Teaching credits include: Adjunct instructor at Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ (18 years), Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ and Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ specializing in music technology courses.

Mary Lou Newnam

A Wilmington Delaware native, Mary Lou Newnam has been playing music professionally since 1973. Over the years Mary Lou has played in a succession of big bands including those led by Ray Eberle, Les Elgart, Charlie Spivak, Lee Castle and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Warren Covington and the Pied Pipers, Bob Crosby, and Cab Calloway. In addition to many others, she has performed with the Temptations, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Hope, Tony Bennett, the Manhattan Transfer in the house orchestra at Trump Plaza and the Claridge Casino, as well as most of the other Atlantic City showrooms. At 23, Mary Lou joined the Jimmy McGriff Quartet traveling throughout the South, and performed with him at the Kool Jazz Festival, the Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC JazzMobile and the Apollo Theatre. Additionally, she has performed at Eddie Condon’s Jazz Club and the Rainbow Room, and has been a featured artist with the West Chester University Jazz Band, the Ed Vezinho/Jim Ward Big Band, George Mesterhazy trio. In addition Mary Lou has been on the faculty as music director at St. Augustine Prep, as well as the former Artistic Director of the University of Pennsylvania Jazz Band.

Non Members $20.00
SJ Jazz Members $15.00
SJ Jazz Patron Members $10.00