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Mack regularly performs as one of the house pianist at Laporta?, a restaurant in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia and the HR-57 Center for the Preservation of jazz and blues in the District of Columbia. Along with the piano, Mack also studied classical voice, song writing and audio engineering. Nick Mack, top manager at Sharp 9 Entertainment, LLC is a graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pa, where he received his bachelors degree in Jazz and Contemporary music. Sara lives in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C area

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After graduation she chose to pursue a professional vocal career. in Piano Accompanying at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Mary's College of Maryland and earned her M.M. At age 14, she was playing professionally and by 18, won first prize in the W.A. Sara began her musical career as a pianist. An additional highlight includes a solo performance on the Esplanade with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra. Sara has performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and Ravinia Festival Orchestra, under the batons of Emil de Cou and Erich Kunzel. Currently, she is a featured artist on the newly released album by The Young Brothers entitled Tales of Time, which is creating serious buzz among jazz critics. The first place winner of the 2004 Billie Holiday Vocal Competition, Sara has toured nearly all 50 states and performed in numerous concert halls across the country. Sara beguiles and charms her listeners at every performance. Praised by critics for her trademark 'lush vocals,' and her 'velvet embrace' of the music. Jazz vocalist Sara Jones has been delighting audiences nationwide since she began singing professionally in 2001. Sandra still sings the first Sunday of each month at the Gospel Rescue Mission in Washington, DC. Johnson is the 2nd Place Winner of the 2006 Billie Holiday Vocal Competition held in Baltimore, MD on July 23, 2006. She regularly performs with well-known jazz musicians Vincent Smith, Wes Biles, DeAndrey Howard, John Nunley, Jeffrey Neal, James King, Jamal Brown, Lenny Robinson, Wayne Wilentz, Larry Willis, Steve Novosel. Sandra has performed at the historic Blues Alley Club in Washington, DC (Georgetown) and Solo at the Kennedy Center. Sandra was featured at the U Street Jazz Appreciation Month celebration at The Historic Lincoln Theatre in April 2004. In February 2004, Sandra released her debut CD entitled, 'Steppin' Out'. She has appeared annually at the Fish Middleton Jazz Scholarship (FMJS) Fund? East Coast Jazz Festival. Jones, University of the District of Columbia's Coordinator of Jazz Studies. She also studied privately with the late Calvin J. Sandra is a native Washingtonian and became interested in singing jazz as a student of the Elliston Jazz Studies Workshop under the direction of Ronnie Wells and Ron Elliston.

Listing Sarah Vaughan, Johnny Hartman, Ella Fitzgerald as musical influences, Clark continues to work in the Washington, D.C. She is also a fine interpreter of lyrics. Equally adept with jazz, blues, and gospel, Clark has a husky but mellow voice with good phrasing and diction. She has since performed at such jazz and non-jazz venues as Blues Alley, the National Press Club and Twins Lounge in Washington, D.C. The other 'Bottle Cap' was her twin sister, Sharee. Sharon Clark began her professional career with the Bottle Caps doing promotional work for the Coca Cola Company. Musicians and singers wishing to perform in Laporta’s Jazz Room should send press kits with demos to: Sunday Dinner: 6:00 – 9:00pm Walt Johnson Trio.Sunday Brunch: 11:30am – 3:00pm 1st Antonio James, 2nd Steve Ragsdale, 3rd Steve Zubrick, 4th Steve Ragsdale.Saturday: 7:00 – 11:00pm Sharon Clark Trio.Friday: 7:00 – 11:00pm The Satin Doll Trio.Thursday: 6:00 – 9:00pm Ken Kilpatrick Trio.Wednesday: 6:00 – 9:00pm 1st Steve Ragsdale, 2nd Ken Kilpatrick, 3rd Esther Haynes, 4th James Bazen.Tuesday: 6:00 – 9:00pm Straight ahead Jazz, Piano with Antonio James.See our calendar for scheduled performers and show times. Live performances occur nightly during dinner service and after, seven nights a week. Laporta's books a range of music styles and Jazz, including Be Bop, Scat, Big Band, Classical, Fusion, Dixieland and Gospel, occasionally even a hint of Bluegrass. Featured are regular performances by such highly acclaimed singers as Sharon Clark, Patrice Ferris and Ester Haynes. Bringing a variety of the best available singers and musicians to our stage nightly for over twenty years, emerging as a fixture on the local Jazz scene in the early 1990's. Laporta’s is committed to presenting the very best in local jazz.