Lola Lama, Matthew Brand, Dylan Hewett, photo by GiGI Lama.
Tickets
General Ticket: $35
Member Ticket: $30
Student/Youth (Ages 8 - 18): $25
This program has been generously supported in part by Steve Pesner, in honor Michèle Pesner,
and the Friends of the Fund for Music at The Church.
Let Lola Lama entertain you! Join us for a very special concert with Whatever Lola Wants, commissioned in response to our summer exhibition This Land: Considering The American Landscape. Lola Lama, the front woman of Whatever Lola Wants and recent BFA Drama Graduate from the New Studio on Broadway at NYU Tisch, takes audiences on a journey through the American Musical Theater landscape. Performing classics like “Whatever Lola Wants” from Damn Yankees and “Can’t We Be Friends” from Fine and Dandy, while offering the fascinating history behind them.
Lama is joined by Whatever Lola Wants bandmates Matthew Brand on keyboard and Dylan Hewett on bass. Learn about your favorite showtunes, uncover the transformations in Musical Theater history, and enjoy a one of a kind performance by rising stars of the East End.
Lite bites and a cash bar will be available for this performance!
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
WHATEVER LOLA WANTS is the East End’s very own youthful American Songbook and Jazz trio. They aim to unite the community through the power of music, and by authentically resurfacing timeless tunes that speak to love & humanity.
The titular vocalist, Lola Lama, is a local actor, singer, and performer. With beginnings at Sag Harbor Elementary and Pierson, Lama recently earned a BFA in Drama from the New Studio on Broadway at NYU Tisch. She also received training at Experimental Theater Wing at NYU, Atlantic Acting School, and Interlochen Arts Academy. In addition to Whatever Lola Wants, Lama is the lead singer of the local multi-generational female-centric 80’s Rock band, The Cherry Bombs.
On keys and additional vocals is 17-year-old NYC and East End-based singer/songwriter Matthew Brand. Starting piano lessons at only four years old, Brand is a true virtuoso, having just graduated from Mannes School of Music and kicking off a new chapter at NYU’s esteemed Clive Davis Institute. Matthew has composed, lyricized, produced, and recorded a pop-rock EP and other original singles. More accolades include writing a Piano Concerto that he premiered at Carnegie Hall, hosting an annual Charity Rock Concert at Hoarce Mann named “UrbanAid,” and music directing Voices for Change. When he’s not playing solo in Brooklyn, Mathew grooves alongside performers Lola Lama, Reilly Rose, and The Cherry Bombs.
Bassist Dylan Hewett is a fellow Pierson graduate and local musician with a Bachelor’s degree in Music from Gettysburg College. Hewett has experience playing with several East-End bands on both electric and upright bass. To name a few, the Lynn Blue Band, Wood Dog, and the Jack Marshall Trio. Last Summer, Dylan had the chance to play with legendary musician Ed Sheeran at Rosie’s Amagansett.
ABOUT HAMPTONS JAZZ FEST
HAMPTONS JAZZ FEST, produced by The Jam Session, Inc., is a series of performances that bring world-class musicians in the fields of jazz, Latin, and world music to a diverse cross section of populations on the East End of Long Island, held in iconic venues throughout July, August, and September. HJF also stages a Winter Series during the remainder of the year. They present dozens of concerts at no or low cost and collaborate with other non-profit cultural organizations like OLA of Eastern Long Island, the Parrish Art Museum, The Church in Sag Harbor, East Hampton LTV, the Bridgehampton Childcare and Recreation Center, the Shinnecock Nation, and other to engage the diverse groups from the East End in our performance and educational events.
ABOUT THE JAM SESSIONS INC.
JAM SESSIONS, INC. is a not-for-profit production and education arts organization that produces live jazz music, including Latin and world music, through performances, recording, broadcast, and educational opportunities for the people of the East End of Long Island, primarily Eastern Suffolk County. The Jam Session brings the music to the community it serves in various ways, including at partnering venues that are accessible and well served to the public. The Jam Sessions ultimate purpose is to bring these diverse groups together through music.