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Sarasota News Leader October 11, 2013 Page 122 which toured the U.S. and Canada. After a 15-year hiatus, the release continues, "Garber returned to performing in 2004, this time with an emphasis on jazz. Fellow Canadian crooner Ori Dagen has hailed Garber for her ability to perform with "a smile that can melt melancholy and a sincerity that makes every lyric sparkle," the release adds. Her CD, Here's to You, was one the Top 5 Jazz picks on CBC and was named one of the Top 15 Jazz Albums for Canadian airplay. In 2012, Garber moved to Sarasota. "Another relative newcomer to the area, singer and vocal stylist Joseph Ephraim has toured extensively throughout the U.S.," the release continues, "performing alongside such notable comedians as Henny Youngman, Don Adams and Andy Kaufman." After years of nationwide touring, he makes his home in Plant City. "With his confidence and infectious style, Ephraim has quickly become a favorite of area jazz enthusiasts," the release notes. "Founded in 2010, the 17-piece Sarasota Jazz Project features some of the area's best musicians, including professionals who have performed with top bands and jazz musicians around the world," the release says. "These talented all-stars play both standards and original compositions, creatively arranged in a uniquely contemporary big band style. "What makes the Sarasota Jazz Project unique is how we play standard tunes with a modern jazz flair," says George McLean, the group's manager and vice president of the Jazz Club of Sarasota, in the release. June Garber/Contributed photo the Sarasota Jazz Project also emphasizes the work of such great modern composers and arrangers as Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Quincy Jones and Gil Evans," the release continues. "While perpetuating the beloved big band sound of such luminaries as Duke Ellington, For information and tickets, call 366-1552 or Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Glen Miller, visit www.jazzclubsarasota.org.