Hello Music Lover!
Last month we celebrated together the 20th Anniversary of my career
as a full-time professional saxophonist. Your thoughtful responses
were so supportive! That meant the world to me, and I thank you from the
bottom of my heart.
What my life is for is to inspire people, to Awaken the
Passion in People. Imagine being at work and having people
applaud you every 5 minutes for the exciting job you are doing!
Or share with you how much your efforts move
them. Lucky me! Being a musical artist gives me such an
opportunity for fulfillment on so many levels.
During a recent graduation ceremony at my alma mater, Berklee
College of Music in Boston, the amazing vocalist Bobby McFerrin
("Don't Worry, Be Happy!") shared a
message that resonates deeply with my own feelings about my life as a
musician:
"What's important is a deep and profound spiritual reality, the joy of
simply making and sharing music with others, and a sense of gratitude for each
note that you play."
This quote and more about my own influences can be found in the
Biography on my website, along with some embarrassing (but amusing!)
photos from the different phases of my music career:
~ Jazz camp, age 15, with skinny arms, glasses and a little blue
pantsuit
~ College concert in northern CA wearing a dashiki and afro hairdo
~ Performing as Wonder Woman with a Mexican band
~ Posing in a "Cabaret" costume with a drag queen
Curious how a farm girl from Nebraska became a professional
saxophonist in San Francisco? Click this link to find out:
This is the time of year when private engagements
fill my schedule, but here are a few public performances for you to
enjoy:
Saturday, June 4
Sonya Jason's
"Style"
with guest vocalist Pamela Rose
keyboardist Ken French
and bassist "Butsa" Necak
Pear
Street Bistro
(510) 741-8875
2395 San Pablo Avenue
Pinole,
CA
7:30 - 10:30 pm, no cover
Saturday, June 11
Sonya Jason's "Style"
with keyboardist Doug McKeehan
and bassist Sascha
Jacobson
Pear Street Bistro
(510) 741-8875
2395 San
Pablo Avenue
Pinole, CA
7:30 - 10:30 pm, no cover
Tuesday, July 5
Sonya Jason's
"Groove"
with drummer Billy Johnson
and keyboardist Doug
McKeehan
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
(650)
728-2739
390 Capistrano Road
Princeton By The Sea, CA
6 - 9 pm, no
cover
(FYI - Anytime you would like to find out where I'm playing, go to my
website at www.SonyaJason.com. Click PERFORMER
then GIG SCHEDULE and there you have it!)
Feel free to forward this email to
your friends who love jazz.
Hope to see your smiling face at a
performance soon, and THANK YOU for supporting live music in the San
Francisco Bay Area!
Sonya
Jason
www.SonyaJason.com
SonyaJason@aol.com
(650) 563-9155
PO Box
370633
Montara, CA 94037
PS: If you find
that you are neither Moved NOR Inspired by these emails, but you ARE
Passionate about getting off of this list, go ahead and Express
yourself! Click reply, type the song title "JUST LOSE IT" in the subject
line, then rewrite the lyrics to this Rap song by Eminem to reflect your
request.
(Or you could just type
REMOVE, but how creative is that?)