Join us for a special night of jazz featuring singer Kiki Ebsen and jazz pianist/composer Jeff Colella. Two shows 6:30 and 8:30pm
“If you enjoy wise and witty storytelling, celebrity insider nostalgia, exquisite jazz-influenced musical arrangements, and an examination of a life well lived, then Kiki Ebsen’s My Buddy: The Other Side of Oz was custom made for you.” - ~~Clifford Bell
“…Good music, warm stories and silky vocals from jazz musicians and a beautiful vocalist…Kiki Ebsen leads the band in a vocal tapestry in telling her father’s historic career with the most talented musical performers I’ve ever heard…a wonderful and intimate show…that will warm your heart with passion and love.” - ~~ Lorenzo Marchessi
MY BUDDY, THE OTHER SIDE OF OZ
THE EL PORTAL THEATRE ~ Monroe Forum
ONLY THREE MORE PERFORMANCES!
6/9, 6/16, 6/23
Click on image for tickets. Use promo code word: BUDDY for a $10 discount.
Kiki Ebsen is a versatile performing artist who has built an exciting career as a main stage performer, recording artist and sought after keyboardist. She sings, plays, acts, writes, dances and produces shows and recordings that showcase her unique storytelling talents. As a keyboardist and singer, Kiki has performed with some of the greats in the business including Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, Al Jarreau and Christopher Cross. Kiki is an engaging singer and songwriter with nine solo records. She also put together her Joni Mitchell Project to pay respect to one of her favorite singer/songwriters and performs it regularly. Kiki is the daughter of the iconic actor Buddy Ebsen and she's created (and performed) several tributes in his honor. Her newest one-woman show, “My Buddy, The Other Side of oz” debuting this year, is filled with heart warming stories, pictures and memories of her dad's life and entertainment career that spanned over seven decades. Check the calendar for show dates.
photo credit: Cliff Lipson
photo credit: Cliff Lipson
photo credit: Cliff Lipson
photo credit: Cliff Lipson
photos: Cliff Lipson Photography
“Kiki Ebsen is extraordinary” - Susan Hartnett Davis
— Director of Special Events /Laguna Festival of Arts
ON THE HORIZON
Kiki Ebsen recently performed as part of a Joni Mitchell Tribute last November. She returns to The Cambria Center for the Arts with June 2023 marks a four week residency of "My Buddy" an exciting new cabaret-style jazz show featuring singer, pianist and storyteller Kiki Ebsen. Backed by a seasoned jazz trio, the show will feature standards from the Great American Songbook. Recorded originally on her critically acclaimed, "Scarecrow Sessions" released on Father's Day 2014, each song sparks a different part of her father's life and career. Augmented by family pictures and nostalgic video clips, this light hearted show is a look back at an American icon that brought so many smiles to people's faces. Family friendly. No age limit.
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