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Title: Danny Mixon Quartet @ Lenox Lounge Zebra Room
Location: Lenox Lounge Zebra Room
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Description: Lenox Lounge Zebra Room
288 Lenox Ave
New York, NY 10027
(646) 755-9339
$20 door $16 drink minimum per person per set
Date: 2011-04-02

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Title: Jazz Great Danny Mixon Live @ Showan’s Jazz Club
Location: Showan’s Jazz Club
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Description: Showan’s Jazz Club
375 W 125th St
New York, NY 10027
(Between St. Nicholas & Morningside Avenues)
(212) 864-8941
9:30, 11:30 & 1:30
Start Time: 09:30
Date: 2011-03-05

The pianist — a star in his own right — played alongside the likes of Charles Mingus during his lengthy career.

Pianist, vocalist and bandleader Daniel “Danny” Asbury Mixon credits his Fort Greene upbringing for inspiring his sylish, gospel-influenced jazz.

Mixon, who started out as a tap dancer at the age of 3 and was a student at Harlem’s Ruth Williams Dance Studio, decided to take up the piano after watching musicians like late drummer and jazz dancer, “Scoby” Stroman and the pianist Ed Stoute play gigs around his neighborhood.

“I was exposed to many types of music in Fort Greene,” Mixon said, recalling his days at P.S. 67. “But my main interest was always jazz.”

To say he took advantage of his surroundings growing up would be an understatement. At Sands Jr. High School Mixon joined the band and played the trombone. Later he hooked up with the local Brooklyn All Boroughs Orchestra.

An afternoon outing with his grandfather to the Apollo Theater when he was 15 years old inspired him to take up piano lessons.

“My family, mother, grandmother and grandfather encouraged me to continue to participate in as well as develop a taste for all different kinds of music,” Mixon recalled.

At 17, while working for a fabric company, Mixon decided to play the piano for good, getting his first big break at a gig in Atlantic City backing Patti Labelle and the Blue Bells with Sam Brown’s band.

Long recognized for his fusion of old blues with contemporary jazz, Mixon has stirred crowds with demanding riffs that often feature transcendent gospel sounds. His lengthy career that began in the late 1960s led to him performing with the likes of Charles Mingus and Betty Carter.

Today, Mixon can be found playing gigs at the Night of the Cookers restaurant on Fulton St. He also continues to work with new talent and teach piano.

“I have stood on the shoulders of many great jazz musicians and am grateful for all I have been blessed to learn,” he said. “Now I make every effort to teach others, especially youth, of our rich jazz history and artists.”

Vidal Sassoon Trained Hair Professional from Seaford, NY Recognized For Building International Reputation

New York, NY (Jan 19, 2011) On Friday February 18th at 7pm, please join Nicholas Shatarah and his celebrity friends at Caress Hair Cutters in Garden City for a special FREE party and celebration featuring music, passed appetizers, drinks and a fashion show which will be filmed as part of a pilot Nick is shooting for an upcoming TV show about his Decade of Hair.

Over the past ten years Hair Stlyist and Educator Nicholas Shatarah has made a name for himself in the Fashion world for his work with many of the “beautiful people” you’ve seen on television outlets such as MTV, Project Runway and ESPN; models Nicholas has styled have appeared at New York Fashion Week and in performances on Broadway, as well.

“Nick is more than just a hair coloring expert to me,” one of his past clients recently remarked, “I call him a fashion and hipness consultant. He’s up on the latest trends and isn’t afraid to try someting different”.

As a scholar, Nick is a respected international stylist trained by Vidal Sassoon (FUN FACT: Nick shares a birthday with Vidal Sassoon himself!) who worked for several years with the Wella team as a Color Technical Specialist Trainer. Today, Nicholas is an Artistic Team member for Unite Eurotherapy and a hair stylist at his own Caress Hair Cutters.

The one recurring theme here is that Nick has been the consummate professional in everything he has set out to do; and to hear him tell it, that’s the primary reason why he has been so successful.

For more information about Nick Shatarah, please connect with him on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/nicholas.shatarah

See his portfolio on Model Mayhem:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/nicholasshatarah

Watch Nick on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi7yRVvTR8s

ABOUT NICK SHATARAH
Born into a hair stylist family, New York native Nicholas Shatarah started his career at a high end Manhattan Salon in 2000. Later that year, Nick took an opportunity to train at the world renowned Vidal Sassoon. In early 2002 Nick was asked to join the Wella team as a Color Technical Specialist Trainer. He spent the next 5 years educating fellow professionals and performing at hair shows along the east coast. Today Nicholas is an Artistic Team member for Unite Eurotherapy. In 2007 Nicholas went home to work at his family owned Salon, Caress Hair Cutters. Here, Nick has the flexibility to consistently work behind the chair and also be close enough to NYC to make himself available for session/editorial work and for the work on TV and in music video’s he has becoming more and more in demand for each day. Nick is known for staying on the cutting edge and wanting to be ahead of the curve in Fashion. So it’s not surprising to hear that Nicholas also works closely with and styles many top musicians and elite models.

SOME OF NICK’S RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Key Hair Stylist – Broadway Product of “Auntie Mame”
Key Hair Stylist – MTV’s “I want a Famous Face”
Key Hair Stylist – Ian Carey featuring Mandy Ventrice “Let Loose” music video

2003 Depasquale Salon System’s and Wella Educator of the Year
2004 Finalist Wella Trend Vision Competition

Worked New York IBS Fashion Week:
Sept 10th 2010 Fashion Night Out (Project Runway’s Jesus Estrada)
sept 11th 2010 Look Book (Project Runway’s Althea Harper)
sept 13th 2010 Project Runway’s Alumni Show
sept 15th 2010 Tara Subkoff Fashion show
Oct  12th 2010 ESPN (Women in Sports Awards)