Catalina Jazz Club
6725 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:30 p.m.
Hollywood, CA (February 25, 2023) – Catalina Jazz Club will present the CD Debut Album Release of, “GINA ZOLLMAN: Anywhere With You,” on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. at Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028. Singer/Songwriter Gina Zollman will be backed by a five-piece band consisting of LA’s finest including: Steven Applegate on Piano/Music Director, Bill Cantos on Piano, Jennifer Leitham on Bass, Dave Tull on Drums and Merek Szpakiewicz on Cello. Singer and Off-Broadway Performer, Tod Macofsky (“Naked Boys Singing!,” Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles), makes a Special Guest Appearance. Broadway Performer and Dancer, Douglas Graham (“CATS,” Bob Fosse’s Dancin’”), directs.
Singer/Songwriter Gina Zollman said, “I’m having the time of my life releasing this CD. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and now I’m getting around to doing it. I’m unleashing my creativity in this new passion project, and loving every minute. This album is really close to my heart. The songs on my album I’ve sung on stages across the Southland. I chose them for very personal reasons, because they spoke to me, and tell my truth. They are the harvest of my singing life.”
Gina Zollman will perform songs from her debut CD album during this cabaret show which will include perennial favorites like: “Someone To Watch Over Me,” “My Romance,” “I Get Along Without You Very Well,” “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” and “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square,” along with introducing some self-penned original and special novelty songs.
Tickets may be purchased by calling Catalina Jazz Club at 323-466-2210, or online at https://www.ticketweb.com/event/gina-zollman-anywhere-catalina-bar-grill-tickets/12943535?pl=cbg&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcbg The show begins at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 20223. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. The Cover Charge for the show is $25 per person. Dinner or a two-drink minimum, are required in addition to the Cover Charge. Valet parking is available, as well as metered street parking.
To learn more about Singer/Songwriter, Gina Zollman, please visit www.ginazollman.com
To view a video clip of Gina Zollman performing, please visit: https://images.app.goo.gl/iHcg9x6cFdAmxVse6
About The Artists:
Gina Zollman (Singer/ Songwriter) lives in Palm Springs, CA. She was born in Long Beach, CA and in her youth moved to Garden Grove, CA. Zollman started singing at six years of age, with a performance at a jam-packed PTA meeting. She sang in choirs from 4th grade through and beyond college. She performed in numerous stage shows, appearing as Ballin in “The Hobbit” and Aunt Eller in “Oklahoma!,” with braces on her teeth, while attending the private girl’s high school, Marywood, in Villa Park, CA.
Zollman graduated from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Revelle College with a B.A. Degree in Linguistics and a minor in Music. While there, she sang all the quintessential sacred and secular choir repertoire, including: “The Messiah” and “Carmina Burana.” She enjoyed standout performances in “The Magic Flute” and “Riders To The Sea” with the UCSD Opera Workshop and “Guys and Dolls” directed by Sabin Epstein of ACT San Francisco.
Zollman studied voice with John Large at UCSD. While on a year abroad in Goettingen, Germany, she studied opera with Simone Rist, with the Deutsche Teater. Upon graduation, Zollman took a high profile job of stockbroker, training on Wall Street with Kidder, Peabody & Co. in New York. She was a retail registered representative with over 400 clients by the time she left to work for her family’s restaurant equipment consortium in Los Angeles.
Zollman was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Flame Gard, an innovative restaurant kitchen filter company, which revolutionized kitchen safety and set the bar for future innovations. After a while, showbiz beckoned, and she quit to try her hand at singing again.
Her marketing background helped her sell out her first one-woman show at The Gardenia in Hollywood, after taking the class “How To Put On Your Own Cabaret Act” at UCLA Extension, taught by the renowned pianist and songwriter, Shelly Markham, who became her Accompanist and Music Director for many of her cabaret shows.
Gina Zollman, who has long been challenged by weight issues, created funny characters to brighten her show and make people laugh, became “Svetlana, the Russian Runway Model Who Ran Away,” “Shmarilyn,” the fictional illegitimate daughter of Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy, “Mambo,” motherhood’s send-up of “Rambo,” “Maxine, The Mall Reporter” and her titular character for many shows, “The PMS Poster Woman.”
She auditioned for the television show, “In Living Color” and made the casting rounds, finding a co-starring role in “LA Young Pal” as a singing nightclub owner, and other under the radar roles. On a lark, she auditioned for “The New Gong Show” and performed with a gal friend the Rhythm & Blues hit “Shout,” sung operatically, dressed as Wagnerian breast-plated, helmet-wearing Valkyries! You had to be there! She also appeared as “The PMS Poster Woman” on the show. Both times she was “gonged” but these appearances were deemed “Principal” roles and qualified her for entrance into the Screen Actors Guild. She’s still a dues-paying member to this day.
During her years in Los Angeles, Zollman has performed to sell-out houses at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s “Cinegrill,” at The M Bar, producing and co-hosting with Jason Graae, “Look To The Rainbow,” a benefit for then, aspiring Governor Jerry Brown, at Miceli’s, The Magic Castle, The Comedy Store, The Improv, The Rose Tattoo and many others.
She was cast as an ensemble player in “The Three Penny Opera” at the Pierson Playhouse, and originated roles at The NoHo London Music Hall as Aunt Greta in “Heidi The Musical” and as Susie in the country western musical “Lake Balboa.”
In Los Angeles she studied vocal technique with Broadway stars, Marilyn Child and Udana Power, as well as with Seth Riggs. Zollman studied acting at The Actor’s Center and took private comedy coaching from Second City alumna, Sandy Holt. She won runner up in the KABC Radio vocal competition entitled “Crazy For You” with her rendition of the song, “Someone To Watch Over Me,” from George and Ira Gershwin’s musical, “Oh, Kay!,” which is featured on her new CD.
Zollman lost and gained back 100 pounds and finally got a gastric bypass in 1997, losing 120 pounds over two years, and keeping it off for 24 years and counting. She has survived two divorces and vows to never marry again, the only sure way to never face another divorce! Through it all, she has kept her sense of humor.
Zollman has survived numerous health setbacks, including Stage Three Colon Cancer, a stroke, which left her deaf in one ear, a toxic drug prescription, which landed her in the hospital, and a 14-year relationship that had to end, which was devastating. It all led her to this place in time, ready to take on the world! She is based on the West Coast, living and singing in Southern California, and near Vancouver, British Columbia, where she lives seven months of the year in Point Roberts, Washington state, making her a proud snowbird. At one time she was a writer for the online Beverly Hills Outlook.
The late Joseph N. Feinstein of www.Showmag.com once wrote: “Zollman is a song stylist par excellence…,” Darvy’s Music Showcase of O.C. says, “Gina Zollman is a singer’s singer…blessed with a smooth and controlled voice and an insightful take on meaningful lyrics…easy on the eyes as well as an auditory banquet for the ears.” Derrik Lewis, a Palm Springs music producer and performer, calls Zollman’s new CD “A wonderful first effort from a clear, fine new voice, with just the right song choices to please lovers of the American Songbook.”
To learn more about Singer/Songwriter, Gina Zollman and to purchase copies of her debut CD album, “GINA ZOLLMAN: Anywhere With You,” please visit her website, www.ginazollman.com https://www.facebook.com/gina.zollman/
Tod Macofsky (Guest Vocalist) was born and raised in Los Angeles where he discovered his love for performing at an early age. He appeared in the World Premiere of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway revue, “Naked Guys Singing!,” which originated in Los Angeles in 1997. He was a singer with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles from 2001 – 2020. After attending UCLA to study theatre direction, he began working in production shows for various cruise lines including Holland America, Royal Caribbean, Radisson, Silversea and Oceania. Macofsky recently toured the U.S. in the musical “It Gets Better,” based on the renowned anti-bullying video campaign. He now calls Palm Springs home where he regularly performs at the supper club, PS Underground. Macofsky is the co-creator, co-writer and co-director of the comedy cabaret duo. “Mack & Poppy,” A Lounge Act. He will be premiering his new cabaret show “1963” in April 2023 at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert, CA.
Steven Applegate (Music Director, Pianist, CD Producer) has an impressive list of performers he works with. In addition to Gina Zollman, Applegate’s clients also include: Sutton Foster, Shirley Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Christina Aguilera, Maureen McGovern and the late John Raitt, among others. He comes from a musical theatre background and has worked in almost every theater and concert hall in the Los Angeles area, as well as in many throughout the United States and Europe.
Douglas Graham (Cabaret Show Director, Broadway Performer and Dancer) has appeared in the National Tours and Broadway companies of “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’” “A Chorus Line,” “CATS” as (the Rum Tum Tugger), “The Phantom of The Opera” and “Chicago” (with Chita Rivera). He has directed and choreographed for the Disney World company as well as convention shows worldwide. He also has ongoing commissions from universities to create new works for their dance companies.
About The New CD, “GINA ZOLLMAN: Anywhere With You”
The new CD, “GINA ZOLLMAN: Anywhere With You” features Gina Zollman on Vocals; Steve Rawlins on Piano; Steven Applegate on Piano; Jennifer Leitham on Bass; Dave Tull on Drums; Terry Wollman on Guitar; Merek Szpakiewicz on Cello; Wayne Bergeron on Trumpets; Ira Nepus on Trombone and Tom Peterson on Tenor Saxophone.
The album was produced by Steven Applegate. The album was recorded at Capitol Records engineered by Nick Rives; at East/West Studios engineered by Jeremy Miller and at Clear Lake Recording Studios engineered by Ara Sarkisian.
The album was mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering in Los Angeles. Art Direction and Package Design is by Doug Haverty of Art & Soul Design in Los Angeles. Photography is by Lesley Bohm. Hair and Make-Up is by Mandy O’Hanlon. The album is dedicated by Louis E. Capalbo, and is copyrighted by Gina Capalbo Zollman. Barcode: 1588207629. The CD is available for purchase on the website: www.ginazollman.com Publicity is by Steve Moyer Public Relations.
Tracks on the new CD album include:
“An Hour Or So In The Dark” – Music by Wayland Pickard, Lyrics by Gina Zollman
“Someone To Watch Over Me” from the musical “Oh, Kay!” – Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
“My Romance” from the musical, “Jumbo” – Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
“You Don’t Know Me” – Music by Eddy Arnold, Lyrics by Cindy Walker “Small Day Tomorrow” – Music by Bob Dorough, Lyrics by Fran Landesman
“I’ll Never Find Another You” – Music and Lyrics by Tom Springfield
“I Get Along Without You Very Well” – Music by Hoagy Carmichael, Lyrics based on a poem written by Jane Brown Thompson, and the main melodic theme on the “Fantaisie-Impromtu in C sharp minor,” Opus 55, by Frédéric Chopin
“How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” from the musical “Finian’s Rainbow” – Music by Burton Lane, Lyrics by E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
“Mountain Greenery” from the musical, “The Garrick Gaieties” – Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
“Don’t Miss You At All” – Music by Duke Ellington, Lyrics by Norah Jones
“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” – Music by Manning Sherwin, Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz
“Anywhere With You” – Music and Lyrics by Christopher Denney
Music Calendar Listing:
Catalina Jazz Club Presents The CD Debut Album,
“GINA ZOLLMAN: Anywhere With You”
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:30 p.m.
Hollywood, CA
WHO & WHAT:
Catalina Jazz Club will present the CD Debut Album Release of “GINA ZOLLMAN: Anywhere With You,” featuring Singer/Songwriter Gina Zollman backed by a five-piece band of LA’s finest including: Steven Applegate on Piano/Music Director, Bill Cantos on Piano, Jennifer Leitham on Bass, Dave Tull on Drums and Merek Szpakiewicz on Cello. Singer Tod Macofsky (“Naked Boys Singing!,” Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles) makes a Special Guest Appearance. Broadway Performer and Dancer, Douglas Graham (“CATS,” “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’”), directs.
Gina Zollman will perform songs from her debut CD album during this cabaret show which will include perennial favorites like: “Someone To Watch Over Me,” “My Romance,” “I Get Along Without You Very Well,” “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” and “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square,” along with introducing some self-penned original and special novelty songs.
WHERE & WHEN:
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. at Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028.
HOW:
Tickets may be purchased by calling Catalina Jazz Club at 323-466-2210, or online at https://www.ticketweb.com/event/gina-zollman-anywhere-catalina-bar-grill-tickets/12943535?pl=cbg&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcbg
The show begins at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. The Cover Charge is $25 per person. Dinner or a two-drink minimum are required in addition to the Cover Charge. Valet parking is available, as well metered street parking. To learn more about Gina Zollman, please visit www.ginazollman.com
