photography by Heather Wiley for Drew Altizer

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, the W Hotel and Jazz Diet Pepsi hosted "The Lovely Ladies of Jazz" photo exhibit and live performance on Wednesday night. SF's own jazz diva Lavay Smith belted out some soul-satisfying tunes as folks perused Kareem Black's photographs featuring top female jazz performers amd benefiting the Jazz Foundation of America.


                                                                                        Lavay Smith


Nicki Naumshik, Esther Lee      Heidi Olsen, Eliott Simon Temple        Christina and Carlina Harris


Jateen and Michelle Perkh          Ryan Dorsey, Lucia Weeks         Tiffany Fordyce, Sean Westbrook


Amy McDaniels, George Lewis                                           Catherine Paxton, Megan Lauwerse


Tizzy Cornish, Michelle Kolowski                                                      Christie Applebee, Bahar Abdollahi


Mark Carvalho, Joel Goodrich, Beverly Trazlos

To see more of Drew's party and event pics, go to drewaltizer.com.

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