Press Kit: Ava Lemert the Singing Saxstress™ 4x GRAMMY Award®-Considered Artist/Performer

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Ava Lemert – Electronic Press Kit [email protected] | 916.606.3384 | AvaLemert.com Ava Lemert’s Music Performances Are Unique and Memorable Experiences Every Time. With her powerful 3+ octave voice, Ava is also a surprising tenor saxophonist with a vivacious stage presence. Her unique arrangements of cover songs from Prince, the Eagles to Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston will simply amaze you. That's not all she has to offer her audiences of all ages: Ava's own original music and recordings have made the 2017 and 2019 GRAMMY AWARDS ballot a total of four times so far, a 2019 Akademia Executive Award, and in 2018, she won two Akademia Music Awards, both songs took the Best R&B/Soul Song category for “Red Soul Shoes” (which made the GRAMMY ballot) and “Get the Weekend On.”

AUDIO, VIDEO & SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

iTunes ● Spotify ● Amazon ● YouTube ● Facebook ● Twitter ● Instagram

Page 2 of 9 Ava Lemert – Electronic Press Kit [email protected] | 916.606.3384 | AvaLemert.com Ava's Achievements & Accolades − 2019 “Rock My Body” WINNER July Akademia Music Award “Best Funk/Fusion Song”

− 2019 WINNER: Executive Award for Music, the highest award bestowed by the Akademia

− 2018 “Get the Weekend On” WINNER December Akademia Music Award “Best R&B/Soul Song”

− 2018: “Red Soul Shoes” considered for “Best Traditional R&B Performance” in the 61st GRAMMY Awards

− 2018: “Red Soul Shoes” WINNER: September Akademia Music Award “Best R&B/Soul Song”

− 2018: Appointed to District 7 Team Captain, Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Advocacy

− 2017: Considered for 3 GRAMMY Awards: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album- “Neo-Exotica” Best Instrumental Composition- “Jungle Funk Ava Lemert” Contemporary Christian/Gospel Song- “Every Day is a Present”

− 2017Appeared on FOX40 Morning News TV as a Musical Guest

− 2015:Accepted into the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (GRAMMY Voting Member)

− 2015: Full Member, Alliance for Women Film Composers

− 2015: Top 10 A-List - Best Local Bands (314 entries) of Greater Sacramento

− 2015: Full member of Association For Wedding Professionals International - Sacramento

− 2015: Three SAMMY Award Nominations – Best Jazz Artist, Performer, R&B/Soul Artist

− 2014: Spotlight Artist of the Week, Elements of Jazz TV- Episode #5 featured 1st segment on Ava, Time-Warner Los Angeles

− Female Artist to Watch in 2014- Winter 13/14 issue of Jazz in M.E.E. Magazine

− 2013-2014: City of Citrus Heights History and Arts Commissioner- Appointed unanimously by City Council.

− 2013: Judge for West Coast Songwriters' Competition, Sacramento

− 2013: 5th Annual H.O.P.E. Awards- Nomination "Best Jazz Artist"

− 2012: Best of GigMasters Award- Perfect 5-Star Rating & 100% client satisfaction for every booking!

− 2012: 13th Annual Sounds of Soul Awards - Nominated in THREE Categories: "Best Jazz Performer", "Best CD and "Best Live Performer."

− 2012: 4th Annual H.O.P.E. Awards- Nomination "Best Jazz Artist"

− Performed vocals and sax with Peter White during his encore at the 25th JazzTrax Festival on Catalina Island

− 2012: SAMMY Awards Nominee & Finalist - "Best R&B/Soul"

− 2012: Inaugural Artists in Music Awards, Hollywood Key Club - "Best Jazz Artist" Nominee & Finalist (National, only Sacramento artist nominated across 18 categories, over 100 nominees)

Page 3 of 9 Ava Lemert – Electronic Press Kit [email protected] | 916.606.3384 | AvaLemert.com Ava Lemert: Venues, Clientele & Artist Highlights

VENUES* : ARCO Arena Harlow's Arden Hills Resort MiX Downtown California Aviation Museum Morgan Creek Event Center California State Fair Old Sugar Mill Cante ao Vinho Raley Field Catalina JazzTrax Festival Red Lion at Woodlake Sacramento Downtown & Vine Ridge Golf Course, Auburn Ettore’s European Bakery and Restaurant Spaghettini Jazz Lounge Farmhaus Granite Bay Timber Creek Four Seasons at Westshore Torch Club Frasinetti Winery Wineries in Amador, El Dorado, Placer and Sonoma Counties Freeport Wine Country Inn *Not a complete list of venues Ava’s performed

TV Appearances: Fox40 Morning News, Good Day Sacramento Weekend, Sacramento & Co., KCRA Morning News (several times), Access Sacramento Radio interviews and in-studio performances: Appearances in studio the Pat Walsh Show on KFBK, Capital Public Radio's Insight program, KSSJ 94.7, KSBR, 94.7 the WAVE in Los Angeles and many internet broadcasts across the globe.

CLIENTELE*: ACC Care and Rehabilitation Center LENNAR Northern California Brookdale Assisted Living (multiple communities) Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Northern California California Department of General Services Natomas Park Masters Association Calvin Private Care Home (hospice home) North State Building Industry Association City of Roseville Placer County Association of Realtors Coldwell Banker Roseville/Granite Bay Pavilion of El Dorado Dignity Health (multiple locations) RAMOS Oil Company El Dorado Hills Town Center Sacramento Regional Transit Eskaton (multiple communities) Sadek Realty Faith Lutheran of Fair Oaks SunCal Real Estate Great Lakes Enviromental & Infrastructure Ultra Glass, Inc. Hovnanian Homes *Not a complete list of many more individuals who have hired Inner City Productions Ava to perform at private parties and celebrations across the K. Hovnanian Communities (multiple locations) Sacramento region. Kaiser Permanente Sacramento

Page 4 of 9 Ava Lemert – Electronic Press Kit [email protected] | 916.606.3384 | AvaLemert.com Artists of Note that Ava has Performed/Recorded With Peter White, Gregg Karukas, Jay Gore, Brian O'Neal, Tony Moore, Darryl Williams, Hans Zermulhen, Roger Smith, Dante “Taz” Roberson, Cam Perridge, Blyss, . Ava has been a member of: The Capitol Pops, On Air Band, Moonlight Swing Glenn Miller Tribute Orchestra, Capital City Concert Band and many others as session musician (sax and vocalist), producer, lyricist, engineer, and as guest soloist/vocalist.

(ABOVE:) Gregg Karukas, Ava, Peter White, Jay Gore & Brian ONeal Headlining JazzTrax 2012

(ABOVE:) Ava headlines her own show at world famous Spaghettini Jazz Lounge, Seal Beach, July 21, 2013

Page 5 of 9 Ava Lemert – Electronic Press Kit [email protected] | 916.606.3384 | AvaLemert.com MEDIA APPEARANCES TELEVISION: Fox40 Morning News 4/7/16: http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.html#pbid=e94d1153704449a897d545a2af16e53c&ec=5rOGJuMjE6d16F0qa_MqCkuqO7sATzxg

Good Day Sacramento: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OrpC4WUNic

Sacramento and Co. TV: http://www.sacandco.net/story.aspx?storyid=77152

ESPN Bay Area, NBA Kings, National Anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6sti2Pcsms

Elements of Jazz TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U564HGap7YM

RADIO/ONLINE: KFBK FM “Pat Walsh Show” 6/19/2017: http://kfbk.iheart.com/onair/pat-walsh-890/ava-lemert-the-singing-saxstress-on- 15951086/

http://www.muzicnotez.com/magazine/2015/07/ava-lemert-new-album-diamond-in-the-dirt/

http://taliferromusic.com/artists/ava-lemert/

http://www.examiner.com/article/video-when-the-night-falls-is-ava-lemert-at-her-best

http://smoothjazzbuzz.wordpress.com/2013/.../ava-lemert-when-the-night-falls

http://www.thesmoothjazzride.com/site/ava-lemert-ava-l-soul/

Capitol Public Radio: http://archive2.capradio.org/163456 (at 39 minutes)

http://www.examiner.com/article/ava-lemert-s-newest-collection-twelve-is-the-one

http://www.thesmoothjazzride.com/site/ava_lemert/

http://neo2soul.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/ava-lemert/

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/musicwoman/2010/03/31/avalemert

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/coloredpeople/2010/04/23/ava-lemert--from-my-soul

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talking-smooth-jazz/2009/12/21/ava-lemert

http://reviews.theurbanmusicscene.com/2010/02/26/ava-lemert--from-my-soul.aspx

http://www.wdkkradio.com/wdkk-indie-artist-gallery/ava-lemert-2/

http://www.examiner.com/article/ava-lemert-sacramento-s-indie-soul-jazz-saxophone-spectacular

Page 6 of 9 Ava Lemert – Electronic Press Kit [email protected] | 916.606.3384 | AvaLemert.com Examples of Repertoire (Categorized by Genre)

NOTE: Highlighted song titles are linked to an online audio/video sample.

American Songbook & Jazz Standards✥ Song Title Made Famous By A Blossom Fell Nat King Cole Amapola Nat King Cole April in Paris Ella Fitzgerald As Time Goes By Rosemary Clooney At Last Glenn Miller/Etta James Blue Moon Marcels Canadian Sunset Andy Williams Corcovado Jobim/Stan Getz Danny Boy Irish Folksong Embraceable You Sarah Vaughn For Sentimental Reasons Nat King Cole Goodnight My Love Jessie Belvin (Doo Wop) Honeysuckle Rose Fats Waller I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter Fats Waller Jambalaya Hank Williams, Sr. La Vie en Rose Edith Piaf/Louis Armstrong Memories Are Made of This Dean Martin Moonglow Benny Goodman/Billie Holliday Non Dimenticar Nat King Cole On the Sunny Side of the Street Tommy Dorsey/Louis Armstrong Our Day Will Come Ruby and the Romantics Our Love is Here to Stay Louie Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald Perfidia Glenn Miller/Nat King Cole Route 66 Nat King Cole Satin Doll Duke Ellington Since I Fell For You Lenny Welch Someone to Watch Over Me Sarah Vaughn Stormy Weather Lena Horne Summertime Porgy and Bess Sway Rosemary Clooney/Dean Martin Tennessee Waltz Patti Page ‘Til There Was You Musical: The Music Man, Shirley Jones The Look of Love Burt Bacharach/Diana Krall The Man I Love Billie Holliday Too Young Nat King Cole Unforgettable Nat King Cole What a Difference a Day Made Dinah Washington What a Wonderful World Louie Armstrong When I Fall In Love Nat King Cole

✥This is not a complete list of songs in this genre from Ava’s extensive repertoire.

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Blues, R&B/Soul, Pop & Funk✥ Song Title Made Famous By A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke At Last Etta James Being with You Smokey Robinson Best of My Love The Eagles Blue Bayou Linda Ronstadt’s version Breezin’ George Benson Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke Cruisin’ Smokey Robinson Diamond in the Dirt Original Vocal feature w/sax solo Feelin’ Naughty Sax feature, grown ‘n’ sexy groove Flow On Original inspired by the Floaters For The Love Of You The Isley Brothers Freeway Of Love Aretha Franklin Giving Him Something He Can Feel Aretha Franklin/En Vogue Helpless John Mayer Hot Stuff Donna Summer Hotel California The Eagles I Can’t Go For That Hall and Oates I Put A Spell On You Screamin’ Jay Hawkins I Think It’s Love Original 70’s Northern Soul Inspired IF I Ain’t Got You Alicia Keys If You Were There The Isley Brothers Just My Imagination The Temptations Just The Two Of Us Bill Withers & Grover Washington Jr. Kiss Prince Looking for a New Love Jody Whatley Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Queen Latifa/Cannonball Adderly Natural Woman Aretha Franklin/ Carol King Never, Never Gonna Give You Up Barry White/Lisa Stansfield Ol’ Skool Original, Doo-Wop inspired vocal Since I Fell For You Lenny Welch Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Turner That 70’s Girl Sax feature, disco funk The First Cut is the Deepest Cheryl Crow/Rod Stewart The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Prince The One Who Loves You Glenn Frey Too Funky George Michael Use Me Bill Withers Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow The Shirrelles/Amy Winehouse Working Day And Night Michael Jackson Working On A Groovy Thing Patti Drew/5th Dimension

✥This is not a complete list of songs in this genre from Ava’s extensive repertoire.

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Contemporary and Latin Jazz* Song Title Made Famous By Am I The Same Girl (Soulful Strut) Swing Out Sister/Grover Washington Jr. Ava’s Bossa Original Bossa Nova, Inspired By Jobim Breezin’/Summer Place Medley George Benson (Original Arrangement) Corcovado Jobim/Stan Getz Bossa Nova Far Away Places Original Exotic, Breezy Sax Feature For The Love Of You The Isley Brothers/Candy Dulfer Sax Groove Of Peace Original Sax Feature, Breezy Groove Gypsy Tango Original Tango Saxophone Feature I Can’t Make You Love Me Bonnie Raitt/George Michael If I Can’t Have You Yvonne Elliman (Latin Jazz Arrangement) Impress Me Original Soul/Funk Jazz Just The Two Of Us Bill Withers & Grover Washington Jr. Lily Was Here Candy Dulfer/Dave Stewart Flying Original Smooth Jazz Vocal/Sax Me And Mr Jones Billy Paul (Original Arrangement) Non Dimenticar Nat King Cole (Original Arrangement) Queen Of The Night Original Soul Jazz, 2016 Right By Your Side 80’s Eurythmics Uptempo Vocal/Sax Since I Fell For You Al Jarreau Version Soñar Con Amor Romantic Original Bolero On Sax Suavecito Malo (Original Arrangement) Sway Dean Martin/Pussycat Dolls Sweet Satin Summer Breezy, Light Latin Samba Original That 70’s Girl Sax Instrumental, Disco Funk The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Prince (Sax Version) The One Who Loves You Glenn Frey (Original Arrangement) Too Funky George Michael (Sax Instrumental) Un Dulce Beso Tuyo Original Samba, Spanish Lyrics Vinho de Beber Original latin jazz, instrumental What A Difference A Day Made Uptempo Contemporary Jazz Version When I Fall In Love Midtempo “Soul Jazz” Version When The Night Falls Original Vocal/Sax Smooth Ballad Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow Amy Winehouse Cover Wine and Sax Original, nu-jazz saxophone feature You Send Me Sam Cooke classic, based on Gregory Porter contemporary jazz

✥This is not a complete list of songs in this genre from Ava’s extensive repertoire.

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