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Garden Pass Member Exclusive: Jazz Pianist Rachel Z - SOLD OUT

Stunning jazz pianist Rachel Z and her trio has audiences captivated from the moment they hit their seats. With recording and performing credits including Peter Gabriel, Al DiMeola,Wayne Shorter, Steps Ahead, and Stanley Clarke, Rachel’s magnificent and exquisite song poems are beautiful and demanding.

Rachel will perform songs and share stories from her album Moon at the Window, A Tribute to Joni Mitchell.

This event is exclusively for Garden Pass Members. Find out more about Garden Pass Membership. A coffee reception and opportunity to meet the artist follows the performance. First-come, first-served seating.

Manhattan-born and raised Rachel Nicolazzo (aka Rachel Z) had music practically ingrained in her genetic code. Groomed to follow in her mother's operatic footsteps, she began voice lessons at two, started classical piano lessons at seven and attended the opera by age nine. Rachel Z graduated from the New England Conservatory and worked in the Boston area with performers like Bob Moses, Miroslav Vitous and George Garzone.

Returning to New York in 1988, she toured with New England Conservatory schoolmate turned rhythm & jazz superstar saxman Najee, and later co-wrote the album Tokyo Blue. While performing and recording steadily with the classic fusion band Steps Ahead from 1988 through 1996, she also worked with Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, Special EFX, and Angela Bofill, and began a fruitful association with producer/vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. Mainieri produced her Columbia Records debut Trust the Universe in 1993. Reflecting the influence of Corea, Hancock, and even Pat Metheny, the CD featured the jazz radio hit 'Nardis.'

For more information on Rachel Z and her music, please visit her website.