Betty Liste

Betty Liste is an American jazz pianist. She performs regularly in New York and New Jersey, and has worked with jazz musicians such as Ted Curson (who is on her first recording) and Richie Cole and jazz vocalist Bill Robinson.[1] Liste's style falls into the modern mainstream of jazz.

Early years

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Liste studied as a youth with jazz pianist Kenny Barron. She made her professional debut performing at Gulliver's and Three Sisters in New Jersey in 1978. The following year she began playing in small Greenwich Village clubs and has since become a consistent performer in both the New York and New Jersey jazz scenes.

Career

In 2012, she performs regularly at the Stony Hill Inn and at Trumpet's Jazz Club in New Jersey,[2] leading a vocal jam session at the latter.[3] In addition to performing, Liste taught jazz piano, ear training and functional piano at Montclair State University for eight years. She also started a children's piano program at Montclair and has taught at William Paterson University and Manhattan College.[3]

Liste has performed at Lincoln Center and the Montreal Jazz Festival. She has performed with altoist Richie Cole, trumpeter Ted Curson, tenor-saxophonist Don Braden, guitarists Harry Leahey and Stanley Jordan, bassists Jon Burr, Brian Bromberg and Chip Jackson, drummers Billy Hart and Eliot Zigmund, and accompanied singer Mark Murphy.[3] In the early 1980s, she performed with New Orleans vocalist Betty Shirley and collaborated with her to write several songs including the song "Jazz Waltz" which is performed frequently in New York City clubs and at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Liste has recorded two CDs. The first was 2006's Pensive Moments with Ted Curson. A Jazz Times reviewer wrote that "Pensive Moments impresses with its lively, creative performances and overall classy presentation".[4] Her second CD, Jazz Ventures, was released in 2010. A reviewer for All About Jazz wrote "Liste interprets the timeless masterworks of Cole Porter, Miles Davis, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, among others, with youthful exuberance, emotional depth, and impressive skill."[5] Jazz Corner News wrote: "Each note played is a message from her heart; every melody is a part of her soul. As a lifelong jazz fan, Liste knows these compositions as if they were her own offspring."[6]

References

  1. ↑ John Arthur (March 8, 2011). "Jazz at Hibiscus: Betty Liste and Bill Robinson". Morristown Patch. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Betty Liste". Trumpets Jazz Club. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  3. 1 2 3 "Official website". Betty Liste. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  4. ↑ Leslie Connors (2011-04-05). "Jazz Reviews: Critique: "Pensive Moments" (CD)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  5. ↑ "East Coast pianist Betty Liste interprets timeless masterworks of Cole Porter, Miles Davis, and others on second album". All About Jazz. 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  6. ↑ "Pianist Betty Liste breathes new life in jazz standards on new CD". JazzCorner. Retrieved 2011-06-26.

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