Lynne Jackson & Mike Palter

See a sample of our softer music on youtube.com
We often play for the ceremony, cocktails & the reception

SEE US ON YOUTUBE.COM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPIx7bzJKg4

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ROCK OR RAP OR R & B, YOU DO NOT WANT US! WE PLAY TASTY, CHEERFUL, ROMANTIC, BROADWAY/CABARET/JAZZ AND FOLK. WE PLAY "ALWAYS" MUSIC!!




Lynne Jackson & Mike Palter
The Cabaret Consortium
Manchester by the Sea, MA 01944
978 526-8620



We are a well-known, experienced vocal/instrumental duo featuring piano/organ keyboard and string bass. As we are conservatory educated AND jazz trained, we offer the unusual ability to offer BOTH traditional church music as well as cocktail hour/dinner music and CONCERT entertainment. Our classical pieces include:

Air on the “G” String (Suite No. 3) JS Bach
Theme from the “Moonlight Sonata” Beethoven
Largo from Xerxes Handel
Pachelbel’s Canon
Gymnopedie No.1 Satie
Arioso JS Bach
Prelude in “C” JS Bach
Wedding March Mendelssohn
Bridal March from “Lohengrin” Wagner
Minuet in “G Major” JS Bach
Selections from Anna Magdalena’s Notebook JS Bach
Variations on a Theme of Haydn Brahms

Many Others…..


As jazz/swing players, singers and entertainers, we DO swing, as attested by the following reviews of our performances and CD’s:


"The more exposure Lynne Jackson & Mike Palter get, the better for the world!" - Rex Reed, the New York Observer, NYC
"Like a fine, old wine, Lynne and Mike keep getting better and better. Steve Allen was so right when he said that no one else has ever done so much and with such warmth in singing these Gershwin songs. It is a gem!" - The Sun Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
“Lynne and Mike are simply the best!”-Arthur Friedman, the Boston Globe
“…Love is what Mike and Lynne invest in every note. Five stars." - George Fendel, MusicScene
“We could not have wished for anything more at our wedding. You guys were great!”-A. Beane, the Beane Wedding, Boston
"Heartwarming…a more loving tribute to Gershwin does not exist on my shelves." - Jim Gavin, Author of "Intimate Nights, The Golden Age of New York Cabaret"
"A memorable CD . . . endless enjoyment! I am so thrilled to have this landmark work of art. Your Gershwin concert is an oasis of classic beauty" - Phyllis Diller
". . . Among my very few favored singers. . . . Terrific singing and playing!" - Dave Frishberg
"The most striking vocal duo I have ever heard." Chuck Berg - National Association of Music Educators
“You brought so much extra joy to our wedding” –Holly & Cleveland Bell
“Barbara and I and our guests were thrilled by your music…”-E. Simches, the Simches Wedding
"There's a uncommon intimacy about the duo's performances, leaving one with the feeling of being serenaded in private." Mort Fega - The Palm Beach Post
". . . I love the way you both sing and the sensitivity you bring to your material." Burton Lane, composer (“Finian’s Rainbow”)
"Caviar!" The Hollywood Reporter
"They are an American resource . . . They are spellbinders." R.C. Smith - The Durham Morning Herald
“Both Lynne & Mike do something that many quite good singers have never in their entire lives been able to do…and that is to convey emotion, the heart-stopping, soul-lifting emotional message of the original work of art.”
-Steve Allen




AND HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR CREDITS AT DIVERSE VENUES, FROM WEDDINGS TO PAC’S TO MAJOR CONCERT STAGES

The Beane Wedding (Magnolia, MA), the Anderson Wedding (Summit, New Jersey), the Bell Wedding (Gloucester, MA), the Pucker Event, The Gimbal Wedding (Cape Cod, MA), The Simches Wedding, the DeShaze Wedding
The Roger & Mary Pat Jackson celebration,
The Kourinos-Sprague Wedding (Sept. 20th, 2008)

Center for the Arts Foxboro, Massachusetts
Weil Theatre Carnegie Hall NYC
The Pacific Princess (“The Love Boat”) South Pacific
Morningside Palm Desert, California
The Peninsula Hotel Beverly Hills
Center for the Performing Arts Natick, Massachusetts
The Country Club of North Carolina Pinehurst, NC
The Hotel Nikko Fukuoka, Japan
The Edna Hibble Museum West Palm Beach, Florida


The Jazz Bakery Los Angeles
Tuckerrman Hall Worcester, Massachusetts
“Kelly & Company” ABC Television
The Old Church Portland, Oregon
Morningside, Rancho Mirage, California
The Montreal Museum of Art Montreal, Canada
The Palladium Los Angeles, California
The Rose Theatre Lincoln Center NYC
Houston Oaks Hotel Houston, Texas
The Goldwyn Theatre Los Angeles
The Aquamarine Kyushu, Japan

WE’D LOVE TO PLAY FOR YOU!
BEST WISHES,
LYNNE JACKSON & MIKE PALTER