[JPL] San Francisco vocalist wins 2008 Bistro Award

[Ruth Lyon]

SAN FRANCISCO VOCALIST, LINDA KOSUT wins the 2008 BACKSTAGE BISTRO AWARD FOR
OUTSTANDING RECORDING for her album ³Long As You¹re Living - the songs &
poetry of Oscar Brown Jr.² with the Max Perkoff Band (Max Perkoff, piano &
trombone; Paul van Wageningen, percussion; Tom Shader, bass) KOSUT WILL BE
HONORED among other winners during the awards ceremony and show at New
York¹s Gotham Comedy Club on April 7.  Linda shares the honor and the stage
with such Broadway stars as MARILYN MAYE, JASON GRAAE, CHRISTINE PEDI, BRYAN
BATT, JEFFRY DENMAN and the great SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT, among others.

The Back Stage Bistro Awards, in its 23rd year, recognize achievement in a
wide variety of categories‹ from outstanding performances to outstanding
accomplishments and contributions by members of the cabaret community.

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Ruth Lyon | Jizel Music
info at jizelmusic.com
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Check out Linda¹s CDs ...
³Long As You¹re Living ­ the songs & poetry of Oscar Brown Jr.² -
www.cdbaby.com/kosut2
³Life is but a dream² - an eclectic mix of jazz & pop -
www.cdbaby.com/kosut

JAZZ REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES - Don Heckman
Linda Kosut hits all the right notes on her 'Long as You're Living' tribute
to the musician. OSCAR BROWN JR. was an authentic American original, a 20th
century Whitmanesque voice of insight, reason and imagination. Accomplished
as a songwriter, performer, playwright, poet, essayist, activist and much
more, he may simply have been too diverse to garner the acknowledgment that
his enormous talents so clearly deserved.  Two years after his death at the
age of 78, the creative legacy of this African American from Chicago is
beginning to receive some attention via the efforts of an unlikely source:
singer LINDA KOSUT, a self-described "white Jewish girl from the Bronx."
Kosut has released "Long as You're Living," a recording of Brown's songs and
poetry, and her nightclub show tribute bearing the same title has been
performed in venues around the country for the last year. "Long As You're
Living" made it to the Jazz Bakery for a one-night presentation. It deserved
a far longer run.