LORRAINA MARRO

Fri., April 11.  LORRAINA MARRO.  A talented and sophisticated jazz vocalist who was born and raised in Los Angeles, Ms. Marro was lead vocalist in a four-piece band for 10 years, and has performed in nitespots in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas—including The Aladdin, The Hilton, and The Four Seasons Hotels.  Her debut CD, You Must Believe in Spring, was released in 2004.  Stu Hamstra, writing for Cabaret Hotline Online, has praised her “heavenly vocals,” and Gina Zollman, writing at the time for The Beverly Hills Outlook, has characterized her voice as “lustrous….with end notes held out for all to admire…true and clear and bell-toned.”  In 2015 she released her second CD, Mixed Emotions, and was honored to receive recognition as a “Jazz Living Legend.”  She returns to The Gardenia after much too long an absence.