Lea Delaria

Lea Delaria: Be A Santa

by Bruce Lindsay
November 8, 2010

Christmas can do strange things to musicians: there are plenty of artistic car crashes littering the road to Santa's Grotto. But sometimes an artist gets it right, by luck or by design, and a Yuletide project endures for many years. Vocalist, comedian and Broadway performer Lea DeLaria is, happily, in the latter camp with Be A Santa, an album full of festive standards that swings like a sleigh bell on a Christmas tree and entertains in stylish fashion.

Lea Delaria: Double Standards

by Marcia Hillman
September 17, 2005

Double Standards is Lea DeLaria's jazz approach to a selection of rock classics. She has chosen eleven diverse songs vocally to slip and slide around. The first track, Patti Smith's “Dancing Barefoot, features some lively moments during which she trades scatting solos with tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake. Blondie's “Call Me is translated with a blues feel and allows DeLaria to show off another facet of her vocal ability. Also notable is her plaintive rendition of Neil Young's “Philadelphia and a ...

Lea DeLaria: Play It Cool

by Mathew Bahl
October 1, 2001

Jazz fans can be forgiven for approaching Play It Cool with some degree of skepticism. After all, Lea DeLaria is known for her work as a comic and for her appearances on the Broadway stage neither of which is a breeding ground for jazz musicians. However, this turns out to be one of those cases where you find yourself recalling the old adage about books and covers. Despite its obvious flaws and limitations, Play It Cool turns out to be ...

Jazz this week: Lea DeLaria with Janis Siegel, New Year's Eve jazz, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 27, 2017

For the last week of the year, the calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features a homecoming for another local native who's made good on the national stage, plus a variety of musical options for New Year's Eve, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, December 27 Singer, actor and Belleville native Lea DeLaria will perform for the first of two nights at Jazz at the Bistro. DeLaria, who has done stand-up comedy, starred on ...
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Jazz This Week: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, John Pizzarelli, King Sunny Ade, Ronald Carter and Russell Gunn, Lea Delaria, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
April 14, 2010

It's an extremely busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with everything from big bands and straight-ahead small group swing to organ-driven soul-jazz, cabaret, free improv, and two or three different flavors of ethnic music fused with jazz.Let's go to straight to the highlights, described here in more-or-less chronological order:On Wednesday, singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli, who's always a good draw here in the Gateway City, begin a four-night run at Jazz at ...
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Lea Delaria to Perform Cabaret Show Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 2, 2010

Singer, actress and comic Lea DeLaria (pictured) is coming back to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17 at the Lip Room at Nancy's Place, 4510 Manchester (in the Grove neighborhood).A native of Belleville, IL, DeLaria began in show business as a stand-up comic, but her career now ranges from cabaret and one-woman shows to Broadway to jazz clubs.Reviewing her in 2008, Stephen Holden of the New York Times ...
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Jazz This Week: Lea Delaria, Musica Slesa, Kmox Jazz and Wine Festival, Scott Alberici, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 18, 2009

It looks like the weather in St. Louis will be going directly from “soaked" to “sizzling" this weekend, but fortunately, there's jazz and creative music all around town (including several free concerts) to provide diversion from the onset of another steamy summer in the Gateway City.Here's a brief look at what's going on over the next few days:Tonight, clarinetist Scott Alberici plays a free concert for the Whitaker Music Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden. With ...
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Lea Delaria to Perform in Belleville on Saturday, June 20

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 25, 2009

Singer, actress and comic Lea DeLaria, a native of Belleville, IL, will return to her hometown on Saturday, June 20 to perform for the Metro East Pride festival. DeLaria started her show business career as a stand-up comic, and has gone on to utilize her acting and singing talents in cabaret, Broadway, one-woman shows, and jazz clubs. In a review of a DeLaria performance last October at the NYC jazz club Smoke, Stephen Holden of the New York ...
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Lea DeLaria Christmas 2006 Dates in London

Source: AirMTM
December 7, 2006

The Dirty Martinis Featuring Lea DeLaria Live at Pizza on the Park 14th - 16th December 2006 Thurs 14th - 15 Fri 15th & Sat 16th - 20

“Lea DeLaria is blessed with one of the most beautiful voices around"--Q

Trailblazing diva Lea DeLaria fronts the outrageously suave Dirty Martini Band, under the musical direction of the eminent pianist and composer Janette Mason. In three special Christmas shows, Lea and the band ...
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Symeon Cosburn and Lea DeLaria bring swing to Brighton

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2006

The highly talked about and popular London jazz entertainer Symeon Cosburn made his first appearance on stage at The Joogleberry Playhouse in Brighton on the evening of Saturday 11th February.

Those lucky enough to get tickets for this sold out performance were treated to songs from his forthcoming debut album on OT Records as well as some surprise guests. Among those that took to the stage was New York comic actress and jazz singer Lea DeLaria, a self-confessed fan of ...
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