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I'm deeply thankful to God and Dave Coss and Management at the Garage for booking the artists that I have at The Garage

You can catch Dave Coss performing every Sunday at the Garage starting at 7:00 p.m.  See Dave Coss and the Daniel Mixon Trio on this website.

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Here you will find outstanding Musicians and Singers!
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Delores Music Mgmt had a booth (#108) at the JazzImprov Convention & Festival

October 26th (10:00 am to 6:00 pm) to the 27th (9:00 am to 6:00 pm) at the New Yorker Hotel

481 Eighth Avenue (at 34th Street)

Delores A Pownall is originally from Chicago. She began taking private classical vocal instruction at Roosevelt University from Professor Scanlon. She later went on to the Fine Arts School near the end before its closing and continued at the American Conservatory with private classical vocal instruction. Her intention was to be a cabaret singer. She sang at Andy's in Chicago and at the Chicago Summer Concert Festival at the Civic Center in Chicago.

She moved to New York and began working with Carlo Monati, an outstanding classical vocal teacher who felt that she should pursue a classical career because she had a natural classical legit voice. She studied with Carlo Monati for two years and decided that she did not want to sing classical even though she liked it. She felt that she was being forced into something that she did not want. So she started to work with Jerry King and Lynn Starling, a vocal and acting teacher. She did the Band Shell in Central Park and then she had her first night club gig at Jan Wallman's club in the Village. She also sang at the Needham Pub in New York. She moved back to Chicago where she began vocal lessons with Marc Innis. Since she had gone to a finishing school for modeling, she began to pursue that, which led her into films and print work. She moved back to New York in 1998.

She began taking vocal classes from the late Ann Tell. By this time she knew that cabaret was not for her any more. She had grown up listening to Jazz and it was probably there all along, she had not realized it. Her favorite singers were Sarah Vaughn and Ella FitzGerald. She felt her voice was more like Sarah's. She did a concert at CAMI Hall called "An Afternoon of Jazz Vocals" (across from Carnegie Hall) in New York. This concert was dedicated to her mother, Louise, and her brother, Frank, and her late voice teacher, Ann Tell. She then did a two-day Tea featuring Jazz Vocals at Christ Church at 60th and Park Avenue. After Ann's passing she did not look for another voice teacher right away.

It took her a while to find the right vocal coach and she found that person at the IAJE at a workshop she took with the New York Voices. And she took a few classes with Kim Nazarian of the New York Voices. She then did six weeks at Miss Elle's with "An Evening of Jazz Vocals". She began writing songs, she had never thought about that, it just happened. It was at Miss Elle's where she began to produce shows every week. That was something she had never thought about doing. But God gave her the wisdom and knowledge of how to go about it. She produced 55 shows there on Thursdays, from Jazz to Cabaret, R&B, gospel, classical and folk. Most of her shows were Jazz. She had such good Jazz musicians that played for her, that had graduated from prestigious musical schools, like the Manhattan School for Music. She wanted to help find them work.

Producing shows at Miss Elle's was not about making money, it was about the love of the art. She gave the artists 80% of the door. That's when she decided to go into management and look for other venues. She was at the former West End Cafe 7 to 8 months bringing in jazz musicians and singers for Saturday brunches until music was discontinued at the West End. She also was able to book some of her musicians into The Garage. She stayed at Miss Elle's for three and a half years until Miss Elle's closed its doors January 1st, 2006.

She is very grateful to Miss Elle for opening her doors to her and letting her pursue artistic events there. She is currently working on festivals for her artists now and getting them more club work. She is an Associate Member of IAJE. A member of ASCAP and the International Women in Jazz. Nothing makes her happier than to see her artists performing, whether it's singing or playing jazz. She is still taking voice classes and intends to go back into singing when she can find the time for herself to put a show together! She is constantly looking for good jazz musicians and singers: that is her passion. This is the path God has led her down and she has accepted the responsibility with all the ups and downs in this business.

You can find Delores in the IAJE Membership Directory under the name Delores
Ashford.

She feels extremely blessed.

These artists are available for club dates festivals, corporate events, political events, recitals