John Proulx's CD Release Party at Aquinas College

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN (August 6, 2009) - On Thursday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m. Aquinas College Alumnus John Proulx will introduce his new CD Baker's Dozen-Remembering Chet Baker. The concert will be in Kretschmer Recital Hall of the Aquinas Art and Music Center. Tickets, available at the door, are $10 general admission and $5 for students. For further information, call (616) 632-2413 or visit .

Performing with Proulx will be Michigan's own Paul Keller on bass, Pete Siers on drums, and Paul Finkbeiner on trumpet and flugelhorn. Some of the songs to be performed include: Long Ago and Far Away (Ira Gershwin & Jerome Kern), My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart), Look for the Silver Lining (Jerome Kern & B.G. DeSylvia), and Before You Know It (John Proulx & K. Lawrence Dunham).

Since the release of his first CD, Moon and Sand, Proulx has appeared with Natalie Cole, Bobby Shew and Marian McPartland. He is also a Grammy-winning composer having co-written the song These Golden Years, recorded by Nancy Wilson for her Grammy-winning CD, Turned to Blue. Proulx recently signed a three-month contract with Feinstein's in the Lowe Regency hotel in New York City.