Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association

9th Sister City Jazz Day with Chie Kobashi, Kobe's 2008 Vocal Queen
Jazz Alley September 15, 2008

COST: Suggested donation of $10/adult and $5/students and seniors The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley along with the Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association, the Kobe Trade Information Office and Shinkaichi Music Street is pleased to present Kobe, Japan's 2008 Vocal Jazz Queen, Chie Kobashi, for one night only. Supporting Chie will be Randy Halberstadt (piano), Mark Ivester (drums) and Jeff Johnson (bass). The show starts at 7:30pm, doors open at 6pm. A donation of $10/adult and $5/students and seniors is greatly appreciated as donations support the Seattle Female Jazz Vocalist Audition program.

Please join us for the 9th Annual Sister City Jazz Day on Monday, September 15, 2008, featuring Chie Kobashi - Kobe's 2008 Jazz Vocal Queen.

Message from Chie Kobashi:
"Thank you for allowing me to perform at Jazz Alley! I am so grateful for being a part of such a wonderful event highlighting the good relationship between Seattle and Kobe. I am very excited to play with great musicians in Seattle. I hope we all can share this precious evening and have a wonderful time together. I am looking forward to seeing you there!"

Biography:
Born in Amagasaki City, Hyogo, in 1976, she grew up in Kobe. Chie started singing at the young age of 8 and began her professional singing career in her early 20s. She has performed at various jazz clubs and hotels in Kobe, Osaka and Tokyo. In addition to being a singer, she is also a composer and arranger of jazz, bossa-nova and folk musis. In 2002, she received the World Scholarship Tour from Berklee College of Music. There she studied with Bob Stoloff, Loisa Thorson, Maggi Scott and Mili Bermejo. In 2006 she produced and performed a concert in Boston where she combined her paintings with music. She currently performs in Japan with big band and other numerous jazz musicians based in Osaka and Kobe.