The Lynk/Anderson Quartet

Monica Lynk, jazz vocalist, was awarded a full scholarship to the Berklee College of Music (1993-1997). She has appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, the Blue Note in Japan and New York, Sculler’s Jazz Club and Regatta Bar in Boston, a Tribute to Bille Holiday and Nancy Wilson, and Basic Black: a Tribute to Duke Ellington on PBS. In 1999 she was nominated Best Jazz Vocalist at the Boston Music Awards and dubbed “Star in the Making” by the Boston Herald. Featured vocalist in Kendrick Oliver’s New Life Jazz Orchestra, Lynk recently recorded their debut album with famed bassist Christian McBride. She can also be heard on Walter Beasley’s Private Time (Mercury) and Summa Cum Jazz, Best of Berklee (1997). Lynk has performed with Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Kevin Mahogany, Oleta Adams, André Crouch, Teodross Avery, CeCe Winans, and Will Downing.

Jason Anderson, saxophonist, received a full scholarship the Berklee College of Music (1993-1997). He has studied and performed with Illinois Jacquet, Buddy Morrow, Bill Pierce, Andy McGhee, LeRoy Vinegar, and Thara Memory. Musicians with whom Anderson has also performed include Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride, and Jonathan Butler. He has toured, playing tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet, and flute, with the Illinois Jacquet Orchestra, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and the New Life Jazz Orchestra. Anderson can be heard on Welcome to New Life (2002).

Geoffrey Clapp, drummer, has performed with many renowned musicians, including Ellis Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Frank Morgan, Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Eric Reed, Charlie Hunter, Wycliff Gordon, Theresa Anderson, Dina DeroseJeanie Bryson, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Charles Owens, E.J. Strickland, as well as others. Clapp can be heard on the recordings: Skwerm’s Groove with David Ellis (2002); Newlafaya with Louque (2001); Kevin Blanq Trio (2000); Friendship Pagoda, featuring Nicholas Payton, with Martin Krusche (1999); Cobalt Blue with Glenn Patscha (1998); Look at Me Now with Kay Dorian (1998); The Color of Courage with Terence Blanchard (1998); David Ellington Trio (1997); Sessions from the Hood with Miles Ozaka (1994); Ellis Marsalis Trio with the Chicago Symphony (1994); Vibes! with Theresa Anderson (1993), Comment with David Morgan (1992); and many more.

Jared Gold, organist and pianist, earned his B.A. in jazz performance from William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. He received the 1998 Governor’s Award for Jazz Performance in New Jersey. In addition to his own trio, Gold has performed with Bill Goodwin, Ralph Bowen, Benny Golson, Benny Powell, John Swana, Ralph Peterson, the Kendrick Oliver Big Band, Bob Mintzer, John Snyder, Mike Karn, Joe Strasser, and John Webber. Venues at which he has appeared include Steinway Hall, Detour, Symphony Space, Cleopatra’s Needle, and Kavehaz in New York; Regatta Bar in Boston; Ortlieb’s Jazz House and Chris’s in Pennsylvania; NJPAC and Trumpets in New Jersey; and The Bird Paradise in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gold can be heard on Enjoy the Moment (PKO Records) and Going Somewhere (Midlantic Records).

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3/9/04: The Lynk/Anderson Quartet

The Lynk/Anderson Quartet (vocalist Monica Lynk, saxophonist Jason Anderson, drummer Geoffrey Clapp, and pianist/organist Jared Gold, highlighting vocal jazz, kicks off its Kennedy Center / Department of State Jazz Ambassadors tour.

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