Amanda King

Amanda and Chris Jason present a tribute to the dynamic friendship and musical magic between two icons: Frank & Ella!

He is the Chairman of the Board. She is the First Lady of Song. They are two of the most iconic American singers of all time: Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. With a rich friendship lasting many decades, their mutual respect and admiration created musical magic whenever they shared the stage. Backed by an all-star 8-piece little big band and brought brilliantly to life with the stellar vocals of crooner Chris Jason and chanteuse Amanda King, Ella and Frank ‘A Swingin’ Affair’ celebrates the essence, friendship and unforgettable music of this majestic duo.
Chris Jason is currently starring as Frank Sinatra in the award winning show, ‘The Rat Pack Is Back’ at the Tuscany Casino in Las Vegas. A professional musician for over 25 years, he is considered one of the preeminent Frank Sinatra interpreters in the country. Chris achieved international status after performing concerts with the National Academy Orchestra of Canada, conducted by internationally acclaimed conductor, Boris Brott.

Out with 2019 and in with 2020!  Let's get this place a rockin', honey!

Fantastically thrilled to be a guest singer in Michelle Johnson's Vintage Christmas show. Michelle is a fantastic singer who has created an amazing line-up of talent to put you in the holiday spirit!  

Celebrate the season with me and my Prohibition Three as we ring it and swing it in the Underground at the Mob Museum.

Bring a gift to give to a stranger! Spread joy and love! Happy Holidays!

Thrilled to again be part of the glorious charity fundraiser put on by Anne Martinez and Kenny Davidsen benefitting NV Partnership for Homeless Youth!

It's a rockstar line-up! Don't miss it!

The Sinatra Room in the world-famous Italian American Club is quickly becoming known as THE venue to experience your favorite Las Vegas entertainers in an intimate nightclub setting. 

I am thrilled to bring my latest show to this fabulous room.

Join me under the October moon for gorgeous standards and beautiful ballads accompanied only by piano. Moonlight Rendezvous is a sparkling evening of pure musical magic and great song.

Join me and my stellar trio the 2nd Saturday of each month of July, August and September.

Singing and swinging in the Piazza Lounge of the wonderful Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The Piazza Lounge in the Tuscany Suites is a staple as one of the few places in Las Vegas that offers stellar free entertainment every night of the week. It's a great place to spend an evening. Great drinks, warm staff, a big dance floor and great food - the Piazza Lounge has it all!

Spend your Labor Day weekend with me and my Prohibition Three as we sing it and swing it!

Join me and my stellar trio the 2nd Saturday of each month of July, August and September.

Singing and swinging in the Piazza Lounge of the wonderful Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The Piazza Lounge in the Tuscany Suites is a staple as one of the few places in Las Vegas that offers stellar free entertainment every night of the week. It's a great place to spend an evening. Great drinks, warm staff, a big dance floor and great food - the Piazza Lounge has it all!

The secret password is "Cool Cats".  :)

Can you find the hidden room?

I love singing and swinging in the Underground at the Mob Museum. It's a helluva great time!  See you there!

Join me and my stellar trio the 2nd Saturday of each month of July, August and September.

Singing and swinging in the Piazza Lounge of the wonderful Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The Piazza Lounge in the Tuscany Suites is a staple as one of the few places in Las Vegas that offers stellar free entertainment every night of the week. It's a great place to spend an evening. Great drinks, warm staff, a big dance floor and great food - the Piazza Lounge has it all!

I love singing and swinging in the Underground at the Mob Museum. It's a helluva great time!  See you there!

Tribute to Doris Day

Join me for an evening celebrating the magical music and life of Doris Day - one of my absolute favorite performers! She's 97 and still going strong.

Amanda's Birthday Soiree!!!

Come celebrate the beauty of life and my gratitude for another revolution around the sun with me and my stellar trio!

Back by popular demand....  Amanda King, Sonny Charles, Irina Nero, John DiDomenico, Brenda Mandabach, Sandy Kastel

The Vegas Voice presents "The Vegas Vintage Variety Show," on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the Starbright Theater in Sun City Summerlin. Doors open at 6:30 PM, with a 7:00 PM show time.

Tickets are $20.00, and may be purchased by calling The Vegas Voice Ticket Hotline at 702-755-3799. Come join us for a fabulous evening, and enjoy "the way Las Vegas music used to be!"

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The Underground is celebrating it's one year anniversary tonight!

The joint will definitely be jumpin' - don't miss out on what's sure to be a great party!

Join me and my stellar trio the 2nd Saturday of each month of April, May and June.

Singing and swinging in the Piazza Lounge of the wonderful Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The Piazza Lounge in the Tuscany Suites is a staple as one of the few places in Las Vegas that offers stellar free entertainment every night of the week. It's a great place to spend an evening. Great drinks, warm staff, a big dance floor and great food - the Piazza Lounge has it all!

Celebrating Women's History Month by showcasing the music of the great ladies of jazz!

Once again, this joint will be jumpin'!  Down in the beautiful bowels of the Mob Museum lies The Underground, the swanky speakeasy and distillery. I'll be singing tunes and sharing musical history of the famous and unknown characters and songs from the heyday of American Popular Music!

Celebrating Women's History Month by showcasing the music of the great ladies of jazz!

Once again, this joint will be jumpin'!  Down in the beautiful bowels of the Mob Museum lies The Underground, the swanky speakeasy and distillery. I'll be singing tunes and sharing musical history of the famous and unknown characters and songs from the heyday of American Popular Music!

Swinging it again in the Piazza Lounge of the wonderful Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The Piazza Lounge in the Tuscany Suites is a staple as one of the few places in Las Vegas that offers stellar free entertainment every night of the week. It's a great place to spend an evening. Great drinks, warm staff, a big dance floor and great food - the Piazza Lounge has it all!

It's going to be a hot time with the wonderful Mike Clark leading the trio!

So very excited to be part of this special Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald & Nat King Cole with the fantastic Noah Griffin!   Even more thrilled that the great Ms. Margie Baker will be the show's special guest! You are in for a magnificent afternoon of music celebrating two legends. 

Nat King Cole would be celebrating his 100th birthday on March 17th this year. 

Click HERE for tickets

Back again for another great night of jazz with Uli and the guys!

Best burgers in town!  I mean, REALLLLLLLY good!

Come join us for fun!

Honored to be part of a fantastic line-up for The Vegas Voice's Vegas Vintage Variety Show!!!

https://www.thevegasvoice.net/tickets or call 702-755-3799 for tickets

This Valentine’s Day, acclaimed chanteuse Amanda King will bring her new show, "Movie Musical Magic," to Feinstein’s at the Nikko for one performance only.

Paying homage to the splendor of Hollywood movie musicals, King celebrates highlights from the treasury of songs that made movies and movies that made songs.

Click the image below or here for tickets!

Swinging it again in the Piazza Lounge of the wonderful Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The Piazza Lounge in the Tuscany Suites is a staple as one of the few places in Las Vegas that offers stellar free entertainment every night of the week. It's a great place to spend an evening. Great drinks, warm staff, a big dance floor and great food - the Piazza Lounge has it all!

It's going to be a hot time with the wonderful Mike Clark leading the trio!

Once again, this joint will be jumpin'!  Down in the beautiful bowels of the Mob Museum lies The Underground, the swanky speakeasy and distillery. I'll be singing tunes and sharing musical history of the famous and unknown characters and songs from the heyday of American Popular Music!

It's Mob Month and this joint will be jumpin'!  Down in the beautiful bowels of the Mob Museum lies The Underground, the swanky speakeasy and distillery. I'll be singing tunes and sharing musical history of the famous and unknown characters and songs from the heyday of American Popular Music!

Making my debut in the Piazza Lounge of the wonderful Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The Piazza Lounge in the Tuscany Suites is a staple as one of the few places in Las Vegas that offers stellar free entertainment every night of the week. It's a great place to spend an evening. Great drinks, warm staff, a big dance floor and great food - the Piazza Lounge has it all!

Look for my smiling face on the big Jumbotron billboard outside the hotel!

Come fly with me at the Italian American Club from 6 pm to 10 pm

Deck the halls and joy to the world! It's going to be a merry evening of holiday fun!

!!!!!This is also the release of my surprise Christmas album: It's Christmas! with Amanda King

Barry Manilow's long-time musical director, Joey Melotti is leading the band!

Special Guests: Giada Valenti - Rita Lim - T-Fox      Don't miss it!

****Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth Donation Drive ****

At the show, Amanda is hosting a donation drive in support of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth. Please consider bringing a gift card, gift (suitable for ages 12 - 21, no toys) or basket of personal care items to the show. For donation ideas, please click here. Any donation you can make is greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!!!!

Back again for another great night of jazz with Uli and the guys!

Best burgers in town!  I mean, REALLLLLLLY good!

Come join us for fun!

Once again, this joint will be jumpin'!  Down in the beautiful bowels of the Mob Museum lies The Underground, the swanky speakeasy and distillery. I'll be singing tunes and sharing musical history of the famous and unknown characters and songs from the heyday of American Popular Music!

This joint will be jumpin'!  Down in the beautiful bowels of the Mob Museum lies The Underground, the swanky speakeasy and distillery. I'll be singing tunes and sharing musical history of the famous and unknown characters and songs from the heyday of American Popular Music!

A Salute to Ella

Before she was the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald was a young girl with a dream and determination. Noted jazz/cabaret chanteuse Amanda King, a vivacious and captivating entertainer, shares Ella’s origins, inspiration and early music in a swingin’ evening of song and history celebrating the legend. The show will feature many of Ella’s classic songs including Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Take the A Train, Caravan, A-Tisket, A-Tasket, Mack The Knife, Someone To Watch Over Me and many more favorites.

This joint will be jumpin'!  Down in the beautiful bowels of the Mob Museum lies The Underground, the swanky speakeasy and distillery. I'll be singing tunes and sharing musical history of the famous and unknown characters and songs from the heyday of American Popular Music!

Back at it again! Join me at the world-famous Las Vegas Italian American Club for a great night of swingin' standards and more!

This joint will be jumpin'!  Down in the beautiful bowels of the Mob Museum lies The Underground, the swanky speakeasy and distillery. I'll be singing tunes and sharing musical history of the famous and unknown characters and songs from the heyday of American Popular Music!

Spend a sunny Sunday seeing a stellar lineup perform!  Not to be missed! Hosted by Chadwick Johnson & Jonathan Karrant.

Join me at the world-famous Las Vegas Italian American Club for a great night of swingin' standards and more!

Special show at Sun City Lincoln Hills, CA.  Only a very few tickets left!

Open to the Public

This is going to be a sensational show!!!

Vegas Variety Show presented by Rainmaker Productions

Check out the promo video here:  https://youtu.be/v9pKhbivdwM

Private Event

Making my debut on the world famous Dennis Bono Show, Las Vegas' Premiere World-Wide Broadcast.

Join Dennis every Thursday afternoon at Michael Gaughan's South Point Hotel & Casino in the main showroom.

"The Dennis Bono Show," is taped inside the showroom every Thursday at 2:00p.m. The show is celebrating its 15th year of broadcasting, and continues to feature many of the stars in the famous "City of Entertainment."

Private Event for the Rossmoor chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women

with the Uli Geissendorfer Trio

with Joey Ugarte and the Jazz Vibrations

My 1st Vegas show!!!!   YAY!

I am incredibly thrilled to be included in this great show which will be held in the beautiful Veil Pavilion at the Silverton Casino. I LOVE the Silverton Casino - it has a great vibe and fantastic food!

Click here for TICKETS

with the Uli Geissendorfer Trio

Join Amanda for her debut Las Vegas performance!!!

Bay Area Cabaret opens their 2017/2018 Season in the Fairmont San Francisco’s legendary Venetian Room, with an all-star line-up honoring the woman who helped make it famous – Ella Fitzgerald. The First Lady Of Song performed regularly in the Venetian Room during its heyday and often celebrated her birthday there. Celebrating the centennial of Ella’s birth will be Tony and Emmy winner Lillias White (The Life, Fela!, Netflix’s The Get Down), Grammy nominated Soul/Jazz singer Freda Payne (Band Of Gold, Bring the Boys Home), nine-time Grammy winner Janis Siegel (The Manhattan Transfer), and San Francisco-based jazz singers Sony Hollandand Amanda King, along with musical director Larry Dunlap (Dame Cleo Laine, Joe Williams). 

She was billed as the First Lady of Song. His satiny style seduced a generation. Together, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole wrote chapters in the Great American Songbook about which we still marvel.

Join The Cole Porter Society's own Noah Griffin and acclaimed vocalist Amanda King as they recreate the magic, the mystique and the mesmerizing aura associated with the interpretive genius of two American icons, Nat Cole and Ella Fitzgerald.

Order your favorite libation, relax in a beautiful setting on the Bay with gorgeous views and renew yourself with music that will make you dream of gentler times.

Seats are limited to our sold out shows. Book early!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-tribute-to-nat-king-cole-ella-fitzgerald-at-the-golden-gate-yacht-club-tickets-36041377731?ref=esfb

The 2017 Kaiser Center Roof Garden Concert Series!

Kaiser Center Roof Garden 

300 Lakeside Drive

Oakland, CA 94612

Take any elevator located in the Kaiser garage to the ‘RG’ level to access the Roof Garden. 

Elevators to the Roof Garden are also accessible via the Kaiser Building, 2nd Floor Pedestrian Bridge.

All concerts are held on Fridays from 12 noon-1 p.m. The concerts are FREE and open to the public.

Brought to you by SwigCo. Produced by Entire Productions.

Hey Bay Area, join me on Thursday, July 13 as I sing and ring as an amateur contestant in the legendary annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest! Whoo Hoo! I'm competing for bragging rights and a donation to my favorite charity, Raphael House of San Francisco. Noon on July 13 in Union Square. Be there or be...oh, you know. 

Amanda's brand new solo show!

Before she was the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald was a young girl with a dream and determination.  Noted jazz/cabaret chanteuse Amanda King, a vivacious and captivating entertainer, shares Ella's origins, inspiration and early music in a swingin' evening of song and history celebrating Ms. Fitzgerald's centennial birth year.

A Mother's Day concert and lunch in Sonoma!

The Alan Early Quartet featuring Amanda King

Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and spend a beautiful day with family up in Sonoma enjoying great music!

Mistress of Ceremonies: Amanda King

Come celebrate Raphael House’s 45th year of supporting homeless families in San Francisco, as we eat, drink, and dance in the beautiful ambiance of the Palace Hotel! Enjoy specialty cocktails, delicious wines, exclusive auction packages, a fabulous 3-course meal, and dancing the night away under the emerald lights of our theme “There’s No Place like Home.” All funds raised support our family shelter and the comprehensive programs that help us transform the lives of parents and children in San Francisco!

For more information: visit raphaelhouse.org/gala or contact Erin Reeser at ereeser@raphaelhouse.org or 415.345.7262.

www.sfdeltas.com

I'll be performing the National Anthem for the SF Deltas home game against North Carolina.

Come see professional soccer at its finest! This is the Deltas' inaugural season!

http://bayareacabaret.org/cabaret_spectacular.html

Our annual fundraiser features the concert version of Cole Porter’s joyful and high-spirited musical, Kiss Me Kate. This updated version of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” tells of a company of traveling actors putting on the show, where backstage drama begins to creep in on the action. Please join us on November 6, 2016 at the Showcase Theatre, Marin Center, in San Rafael to help support our programs and to raise the musical literacy of our young people.

Accompanying the vocalists will be former San Francisco and current New York society pianist Peter Mintun and Grammy Award winner Laurence Hobgood. 

A Mother's Day concert and lunch in Sonoma!

The Alan Early Quartet featuring Amanda King

Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and spend a beautiful day with family up in Sonoma enjoying great music!

WHOO HOO!

I'm MORE than honored and thrilled to be singing the National Anthem for the San Francisco Giants baseball team just before they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks!

Singing and swinging as part of the dinner entertainment for the Fairmont Hotel's NYE Gala celebration.

This is a musical tribute to Frank Sinatra in honor of his 100th birthday this year.

The evening will be a recreation of Sinatra's 'One Night at the Sands' w/the Count Basie Orchestra in  1968.

Special guest is Harold Jones, Tony Bennett's current drummer (for 30 years) but also, previously Count Basie's favorite drummer.  

A scintillating cast of singers will be backed by a full orchestra.

Don't miss this great evening of music and celebration!!!

All proceeds go to the Cole Porter Society in support of their mission to spread knowledge and love of the Great American Songbook to the youth of today.

Come dance to the big band sounds of the 30s, 40s and 50s as swung by the amazing Starduster Orchestra!

I'll be a guest vocalist for the first set.  

A Really Big Shew: Ed Sullivan Tribute

A cavalcade of stars recreate the fantastic comedy, music and mayhem that was the Ed Sullivan show.

There's even going to be a plate-spinner!!!!!!

Fun in the late summer sun with me and my trio.

This is my debut at Angelica's - a great venue located on the Peninsula. So thrilled to be performing with the wonderful Denny Berthiaume, Chuck Bennett, and Curt Moore.

Come on out and have some fun with us!

Thanks to the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society for having me back again at the Plaza Bistro. This is always a great time.

Look forward to seeing your smiling faces there!

Get ready for another fun evening of great entertainment ala the variety shows of yesteryear. I'm thrilled once again to share the stage with 'The Bass of the Bay' Benn Bacot and others as we celebrate Black History Month with music!

The earlier you buy tickets, the less expensive they are...as well as getting the best seating!

Singing and swinging the music of Cole Porter as special guest in Noah Griffin's show as part of the Fairmont Hotel's NYE Gala celebration.

<p>I'm back again at this stellar, and so-cool-it's undercover, venue in downtown Oakand, Geoffrey's Inner Circle. I'll be swinging and singing with Yancie Taylor on vibes and a host of other fantastic Bay Area musicians.</p>

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<p>To top off the evening, the all-you-can eat soul food is only $5!!!</p>

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<p>Join me for my debut performance at this stellar, and so-cool-it's undercover, venue in downtown Oakand, Geoffrey's Inner Circle. I'll be swinging and singing with Yancie Taylor on vibes and a host of other fantastic Bay Area musicians.</p>

Holiday Party

Holiday Party

Benn Bacot presents a fantastic evening of song and entertainment reminescent of the variety shows of yesterday. With special guests Sheelagh Murphy, Linda Kosut, Pam Coates, and Amanda King.

<p>I'm back again at this stellar, and so-cool-it's undercover, venue in downtown Oakand, Geoffrey's Inner Circle. I'll be swinging and singing with Yancie Taylor on vibes and a host of other fantastic Bay Area musicians.</p>

<p>I perform from 6pm to 8:30pm. At 9 the vocal jam begins...don't miss it, some serious powerhouses stop through and bring down the house. &nbsp;</p>

<p>To top off the evening, the all-you-can eat soul food is only $5!!!</p>

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<p>Join me for my debut performance at this stellar, and so-cool-it's undercover, venue in downtown Oakand, Geoffrey's Inner Circle. I'll be swinging and singing with Yancie Taylor on vibes and a host of other fantastic Bay Area musicians.</p>

The Cole Porter Society presents a long-lost revue that Porter penned in Paris in 1928 - Les Revue des Ambassadeurs!  Until this year, the revue hadn't been performed in over 70 years.  A stellar cast leads this magical afternoon of music with Peter Mintun and Laurence Hobgoode on 'dueling' pianos, show direction by historian Ken Bloom, and Cole Porter history presented by Porter expert Charles Troy.

My first house concert!   A great evening making music and new friends! Thank you, Mark.

<p>I'm back again at this stellar, and so-cool-it's undercover, venue in downtown Oakand, Geoffrey's Inner Circle. I'll be swinging and singing with Yancie Taylor on vibes and a host of other fantastic Bay Area musicians.</p>

<p>I perform from 6pm to 8:30pm. At 9 the vocal jam begins...don't miss it, some serious powerhouses stop through and bring down the house. &nbsp;</p>

<p>To top off the evening, the all-you-can eat soul food is only $5!!!</p>

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Presented by the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society.

A very fun night with great food and great people!

My favorite way to spend a lunch hour - swinging great tunes in a plaza for the masses!

The band and I will be stationed in the plaza at 101 California St. (@ Davis) from noon to 1:00 offering up yummy morsels of song!

Get out of the office and come cheer, dance or just listen.

Society Cabaret is a glorious new venue located in the luxurious and classic Hotel Rex in San Francisco. It's an intimate and elegant club where there's not a bad seat in the house and you'll feel like you've gone back in time.  A perfect place to perform the music from the era I love.

This evening of music brings together two seemingly disparate musical genres in an exciting and entertaining evening of song: Country & Jazz. These genres share much in common: gorgeous melodies, aching emotions and swinging rhythms. From popular music standards to country anthems to western swing, experience country music with jazz harmonies and jazz standards with country flavor. There will also be a tribute to the singing cowboys and cowgirls of black western movie musicals and a very special guest!

Tickets available through TicketMaster (NO FEES!!!). 

Join me for my debut performance at this stellar, and so-cool-it's undercover, venue in downtown Oakand, Geoffrey's Inner Circle. I'll be swinging and singing with Yancie Taylor on vibes and a host of other fantastic Bay Area musicians.

I perform from 6pm to 8:30pm. At 9 the vocal jam begins...don't miss it, some serious powerhouses stop through and bring down the house.  

To top off the evening, the all-you-can eat soul food is only $5!!!

I have a fantastic new show in the works!  Details coming soon!!!

Singing with the magnificent Noah Griffin! 

I'm back at the marvelous Vicky's of Santa Fe in Indian Wells, CA (just outside Palm Springs) as the finale of the American Jazz Institute Presents Live from Vicky’s –The 2014 Jazz Supper Club Series.

It starts at 5:30PM in the Supper Club Lounge with no-host cocktails, followed by a special 3-course dinner and show. 

Ohhh, the lush tunes I've got planned for this one! I love the desert!

Black History Black Future: A Day of Film, Music, and Storytelling Celebrating African American History

I am so pleased to be apart of the inaugural Black History Black Future event presented by the North by West Foundation. The North by West Foundation is a non-profit organization located in Del Norte County, CA, dedicated to enriching the cultural identity of the Pacific Northwest by hosting events that cater to our communities. We honor and seek to support the values and the arts of the Pacific Northwest.

I'll be presenting a combination of my historical 'edutainment' lecture-performances on American popular music and jazz.

Apologies, All!  Due to circumstances beyond my control this event has been cancelled. 

Back at the ever-fabulous Sound Room in Oakland!

In honor of Women's History month, I'm presenting an evening of 'edutainment': brief histories of, and music sung by,  wonderful women who fronted big bands.

Performing with my stellar group at the fantastic Pasta Moon in Half Moon Bay!

The food is fantastic and the music will be swingin'! 

Presented by the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society.

Mike Greensill on piano and Brandon Essex on bass.

A very fun night with great food and great people!

Hello Palm Desert - I'm back!

Ellington Brass Encounters is going to be a fantastic show of Ellington music arranged for brass by Mark Masters. I'm in the mix with my own spin on some Ellington tunes! Don't miss this one!

SO EXCITED to be a part of another Jazzoo Concert Series at The Living Desert - presented by the American Jazz Institute.

Society Cabaret is a glorious new venue located in the luxurious and classic Hotel Rex in San Francisco. It's an intimate and elegant club where there's not a bad seat in the house and you'll feel like you've gone back in time.  A perfect place to perform the music from the era I love.

Makin' Whoopee: Songs of Lust, Love & Longing will be a rollicking evening of music about that age-old subject from which none of us can escape.

And no - this will NOT simply be an evening of ballads!

Tickets available through TicketMaster (NO FEES!!!). Click here...

NAPA VALLEY JAZZ SOCIETY PRESENTS Amanda King

I'm thrilled to be apart of the seasonal offerings of the NVJS. The NVJS is a stellar organization that promotes jazz in Napa Valley.  They work hard to bring the best musicians in the Bay to Napa.

Come out and enjoy a great afternoon of music with me.

Colin Hogan on piano

Brandon Essex on bass

Surya Prakasha on drums

It'll be swingin'!

Click here to buy tickets!

My favorite way to spend an hour - spend your lunch with me!

The band and I will be swinging in the plaza at 333 Market Street (you can't miss us!) during the lunch hour! 

Come dance or just listen.

Something different!

I LOVE the decor of the Red Devil Lounge!

This is going to be a new experience for me...join me for an evening of discovering new music! I'll be on a bill with other acts in a showcase format.  I love evenings like this because it's great opportunity to hear music you otherwise might not. 

BUY TICKETS HERE: www.aftonshows.com/AmandaKing

Come out and support live music!

YEE HAW! Boy Howdy, I'm excited to be performing at this private event!

Must find some sparkly cowgirl boots....

My favorite way to spend an hour - spend your lunch with me!

The band and I will be stationed in the plaza at Embarcadero #2  (on Sacramento St. between Davis and Drumm) during the lunch hour offering up yummy morsels of song!

Dance or just listen.

Presented by the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society.

Shota Osabe on piano and Brandon Essex on bass.

A very fun night with great food and great people!

Performing with my stellar trio at the fantastic Pasta Moon in Half Moon Bay as part of their new music series.

The food is great and the music will be swingin'! 

Why Hello Oakland - nice to sing here, finally! My first gig in Oakland and my first time at the Sound Room, Oakland's newest place to hear great music. 

This will be my first big show of the year and I've got a lot of new music to unveil!

Adding to the magnificence of the evening, I've invited the wonderful, Erica Roman to join me for the second set. Erica is a wonderful talent and we'll be doing a surprise duet of her arranging that I'm excited to debut.

It's going to be a fantastic night of firsts, plus I'm celebrating my birthday! Whoo Hoo! I hope to see you there!

An annual tradition.  Raphael House was there when I needed them and I am there for them as needed.  A wonderful organization that's been helping Bay Area families for over 30 years.

Hello Palm Desert - I'm super thrilled to be returning to the desert!

Amanda will thrill audiences during the Jazzoo Concert Series at The Living Desert - presented by the American Jazz Institute. She's backed by a trio led by the great Bill Cunliffe on piano.

Performances are at 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Single Performance Tickets: $35 Members, $45 Non-Members

Singing and Swinging at Zingari!

Great food, great music!

Songs of Love, Lust & Longing will celebrate love - in all its forms!

A dream come true – finally I get to sing with a big band! And not just any big band - Harold Jones is Tony Bennett’s drummer. Harold Jones and the Bossmen are the Bay Area’s best!

The rhythm section will be headed by our very own Bay Area treasure, Harold Jones, and includes: Shota Osaba, Bob Beifuss and George McNeil. The rest of this all star band includes: Tim Devine, Noel Jewkes, Jack Lambert, Lori Rodriguez and Joe Agro on saxophones. The trombone section of: Dave Martell, Van Hughes, Don Vidal and Neil Van Valkenburgh; and the trumpet section: Joe Rodriguez, Rich Bice, Doug Morton and Brian Pearce.

Other vocalists will be:

Joan Getz
Wanda Stafford
Jonathan Poretz

DIRECTIONS to San Geronimo Golf Club
5800 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo, CA

San Geronimo is located on Sir Frances Drake Blvd. - just a short twenty minute scenic drive north of the Golden Gate Bridge.  To get there take Hwy. 101 to the Sir Frances Drake exit and follow the signs to Fairfax.  San Geronimo will be on your right, five miles past the center of town.

For More Information Call: (415) 488-4030
http://golfsangeronimo.com/promotions-specials/

Sleigh bells will ring!

Amanda and her trio swing their way into your evening at the beautiful jazz lounge at Yoshi's San Francisco. Enjoy the music, and the fine food and cocktails at one of SF's swankest clubs.

Jingle All the Way, Baby!

Amanda and her trio swing their way into your evening at the beautiful jazz lounge at Yoshi's San Francisco. Enjoy the music, and the fine food and cocktails at one of SF's swankest clubs.

Amanda and her trio swing their way into your evening at the beautiful jazz lounge at Yoshi's San Francisco. Enjoy the music, and the fine food and cocktails at one of SF's swankest clubs.

Amanda and her trio swing their way into your evening at the beautiful jazz lounge at Yoshi's San Francisco.  Enjoy the music, and the fine food and cocktails at one of SF's swankest clubs.

Presented by the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society. Amanda will be joined by the fantastic Mike Greensill!

Sorry all. Yoshi's booked a private event in the lounge. Come see me on November 3rd.

Amanda debuts in Napa with an all new show featuring the world renown pianist Mike Greensill and his trio.  Two sets at the beautiful club in downtown Napa.  Start a great fall weekend in Napa with the best in jazz combined with the best wines of the region!

AMANDA KING, ANDREA CLABURN, RICK GORDON AND BARRY WARREN

performing standards, originals and rediscovered gems

 A wonderful evening of music variety. Great food!

5:45 pm -- doors open; drinks and appetizers

6:00 pm -- buffet dinner

6:35 pm -- first set

7:45 pm -- desserts

8:00 pm -- second set

 
St Alban's Parish Hall

1501 Washington Ave, Albany

One block north of Solano Ave

Wheelchair accessible

Running through August 19th.

The Berkeley Playhouse presentation of the wonderful musical by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly, "Willy Wonda and the Chocolate Factory".  Amanda stars as Mrs. Teavee in a sparkling cast that lights up almost as much as the amazing scenery, lighting, and aerial performers that make this production unlike any other!

Wonderful summer series People in Plazas continues with Amanda King and her trio at Rincon Center (near the Ferry Building).  Great way to spend the lunch hour!

Amanda and her trio featuring Art Khu on piano will return to the elegant Jazz Lounge at Yoshi's San Francisco for another evening of great songs from the American Songbook.  Wonderful combination of magnificent drinks, dinner, decor and music!

Great evening exploring the American Songbook!

Amanda and trio swing into Friday night at Yoshi's Lounge.  A great evening for music, food and drink with some of the hippest folks in town!

Come celebrate Amanda's BIRTHDAY!  A great evening with the American Songbook and birthday cake :)

Amanda and musicians perform in the swank Yoshi's SF Lounge.  An evening of great music, great food and drinks!  No cover, come one come all!

An evening exploring the American Songbook.

Yiddish, Scat & American Popular Song

Before the labels - jazz, blues, swing, pop, Broadway - there was simply popular music. American popular song has been influenced by more than its fair share of cultural interchange and one the most fascinating of these “marriages” evolved between Black and Jewish populations.  The musical relationship between these two cultures is the basis for many of the great standards we have today. Learn how these seemingly disparate cultures melded to create one of the most highly praised art forms in jazz. In this program, vocalist and historian Amanda King traces the cross-cultural influences between Black and Jewish music and musicians, and explores a repertoire that reveals how American popular music is truly a cultural ‘melting pot’.

An evening exploring the American songbook.

Forgotten Women, Lost Songs

The contributions and heroics of women jazz artists often go unnoticed, and for this program, vocalist and historian Amanda King will share the extraordinary work of two leading mid-20th century musicians: trumpeter, singer and actress Valaida Snow and bandleader, singer and composer Blanche Calloway. Snow was a multi-instrumentalist but chose the trumpet as her focus, becoming heralded as “Little Louis” after the great Satchmo himself. Calloway – older sibling to Cab Calloway – was the first black female bandleader to direct an all-male ensemble and proved to be quite a prolific composer, having a principal role in penning the hit “Minnie the Moocher.”

An evening exploring the American songbook!  

An intimate evening of great music!

No cover, great atmosphere. 

A celebration of being in love or being single!

Benefit for Contra Costa County Interfaith Housing which provides assistance to families going through the trauma of homelessness.

Happy Birthday, Ruth!

Amanda begins 2012 with her best guys, the Desert Cities Jazz Band.  A rousing good time will be had once more at Vicky's of Santa Fe in Indian Wells.  Best music and best friends = very good times!

Amanda King returns to The Gardenia for a wonderful evening of song, featuring music of the 30s, 40s and 50s that hasn't been heard in ages.  With a lush and vibrant voice made for these gems, she captures the spirit and heart of that musical era which produced some of the great names in American popular music. 

The annual Holiday show for the benefit of the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation.  A certain sold out event with some of the top names in show business!

Wonderful evening of song by two of the nightclub world's "exceptional rising talents" (New York Times).  Spend a lively Sunday evening with the beauty of some of the best songs from the American Songbook, warmly presented by the luscious voices of Reid and King.

Amanda is front and center on this second of three nights for the 2011 New York Cabaret Convention presented by the Mabel Mercer Foundation.  A star studded evening of Great American Songbook royalty hosted by the amazing and gracious Andrea Marcovicci.  Not to be missed!

Amanda and trio at Rincon Center Courtyard for another great lunchtime performance!

Show title to be determined, but what is certain is that these two singers will knock you out with their beautiful interpretations of classic and not-so-classic songs of the Great American Songbook.  Jazz will be the way of the song.

Show title to be determined, but what is certain is that these two singers will knock you out with their beautiful interpretations of classic and not-so-classic songs of the Great American Songbook.  Jazz will be the way of the song.

Amanda back at The Plaza Bistro for an intimate evening of great songs, lyrics, and fun. Previewing her show to debut in Los Angeles and New York.  Should be a great night and a great spot.  Sonoma in the fall?  What can be better!  

The title tells it all...except you get to vote on which ones stay in and which ones have to go.  :)

Amanda and her trio are back at the Old Mint, corner of 5th and Mission, for a great lunchtime performance!

The ever wonderful Martuni's!  Amanda's first show there which will be a quick set of new songs as she prepares for her Los Angeles debut and return to NYC and the Rose Theater of Jazz at Lincoln Center.  Come listen and cast your vote "in" or "out".

An evening of wonderful music, friends, and food at St. Alban's Parish Hall. Three marvelous singers including the wonderful Amanda King share the stage to bring you the best of songs old and new!

Another wonderful lunchtime concert produced by People in Plazas.  This noontime gathering with Amanda will be at Pyramid Park immediately adjacent to the Transamerica Bldg.  Come one, come all!

The third evening of incredible music featuring Amanda along with her very swingin' new band  - and a special guest for the night.  

This will be one very very special tribute to the best in jazz!

The second in a series of three Monday nights at The Rrazz Room another great evening of straight ahead jazz standards.  This evening is entitled "SF Legends" and features Amanda along with a veteran swinging jazz quartet led by Bay Area based pianist William Bell (Carmen McCrae, Nancy Wilson) with the amazing Jeff Chambers on bass.  Two more fine jazz musicians to be added.  Stay tuned.

This will be a sweet, sweet night for jazz!

Rising star and jazz chanteuse Amanda King will present three evenings of straight ahead jazz standards interpreted with her by some of the best in the business.  Opening the series on May 2nd is a trio featuring two time Grammy nominee Taylor Eigsti on piano; Eugene Warren on bass; and Surya Patri on drums.  We call this night "Young Lions".

Swing will be in the house!

The Desert Cities Jazz Band brings happy, swinging live jazz and world-class musical guests to audiences in a format that is unique to Vicky's and the desert. The 7 members of the Band have played in recording studios, road bands, and live performances on Broadway and TV shows; their careers have taken them around the world from Carnegie Hall to the London Palladium to NY, Chicago and LA jazz clubs. Band members include Allen Goodman, leader; Stan Watkins, Kent McGarity, Danny Flahive, Bob Corwin, Don Shelton and Hal Linden. The ONLY program in the desert that features a new critically acclaimed guest each and every week.

Raphael House is near and dear to me.  I am honored to be providing the pre-dinner entertainment once again this year!  In addition, I've offered a private house concert as one of the silent auction items!

If you are able to attend, do!  Can't attend? Donate!  You help many more than you realize.

Raphael House is celebrating 39 years of service to the community with our One Home, Many Hearts Gala at Bimbo’s 365 Club on Friday, April 1, 2011.  The evening kicks off with a champagne reception and delicious hors d’oeuvres, hosted bar, silent auction and gaming tables.  After a fabulous dinner, our Grand Auctioneer takes center stage for a vibrant live auction.  This popular black-tie event, benefiting one of San Francisco’s most beloved charities, is a fun, elegant evening attended by a lively young crowd of benefactors as well as many of the city’s prominent philanthropists.

The festival runs for two days - March 5 & 6 from 12pm to 6pm each day. Wonderful music, excellent wine tasting, gorgeous town - join me!

Great Food, Great Drinks!

Presented by Joseph Jody as part of the Hayes Valley Merchants & Hayes Valley Neighborhood Associations Block Party.

with

Amanda King ~ Kippy Marks ~ Julie Paris ~ Aireen Espiritu & Rick DeDia ~ San Francisco Conservatory of Music Carolers ~ and more ...

Come out for some holiday fun and support local merchants!

Great food, Great Drinks - Late Happy Hour: 9pm to Close!

For this new show Amanda celebrates the music of Mildred Bailey, Blanche Calloway and Bea Wain with great jazz tunes of their era performed with gusto and grace in arrangements not usually heard. She specializes in finding long lost musical gems, both the people and the music they perform. Often compared to the great singers of the era, Amanda is hailed by Seán Martinfield of the San Francisco Sentinel as “the right voice for the very best in American songwriting”.