LIVE
MUSIC
PROGRAM
LIVE MUSIC PROGRAM
Welcome to a quick overview of our entertainment at Paradise. No matter what night of the week, you can find your genre of music or atmosphere needed for your social networking offline.
Besides ours local entertainmenters, we occasionally feature Special Guest Stars or welcome new talent when our regulars are on tour elsewhere. Always be sure to check our monthly calendar or feel free to cal ahead to see if your favorite performer is scheduled for the evening.
Cheap & Easy
MONDAYS
On Mondays, we feature our 2 for 1 Cheap & Easy Menu. This is where you get one dinner entree (equal or lesser value) free when you bring a friend. Meanwhile, in the bar, we keep things casual with the big screen TV, $2 buck bottled beers and other drink specials!
This is a very popluar night , so be sure t o reserve your table on-line.
TUESDAYS
7-10:00pm
Tony Tanner
Every Tuesday, piano man Tony Tanner arrives to add just the right touch to our dinner evening. Tony is our latest performer to join the team and we certainly hope you'll enjoy his performance.
Every Tuesday is baja night
in the restaurant. We feature a
baja inspirec menu from the talents
of Chef Veronica, including a
Super Taco deal!
Come in and give it try.
Rob Klopfenstein is a consummate professional who has studied music since he was a child and performed for audiences since he was a teen. His musical background runs the gamut of all styles - classical, pop standards, latin, jazz, rock, the blues....
Perfecting the old and keeping up with the fun of what's happening today. Let him help you to create a perfect event for your friends, employees or clients. Rob comes in Wednesdays to keep the mood subtle and, while on Sundays, he gets cheeky with a sing-a-long you can't miss.
In addition to his live performances in clubs throughout Southern California, he also specializes his show to individual needs for private parties and events. Rob has arranged and recorded piano pieces for the Yamaha's Disklavier project which is now utilized throughout the world, he has lead and directed choirs, as well as arranging music for everything from school dance recitals to large fundraising events.
Rob's newest original cd is entitled "Numbers." An eclectic piano mix of blues, jazz, classical and latin flavors. A perfect combination of music to play while entertaining at home or just just relaxing after a long day. Each song is simply titled with a number as to leave the interpretation of the song completely up to the listener. Enjoy your journey.
This cd is now available for sale through CD Baby. A wonderful source for the independent artist.
Rob would like you to take a listen to his "Numbers," then support him by purchasing this CD through CD Baby.
WEDNESDAYS
7-9:00pm
Rob Klopfenstein
For information, our contact him for private events,
check out www.robklopfenstein.com
Sonji Kimmons
Thursdays
6-9:00pm
Sonji Kimmons arrives weekly on Thursdays to bring her soft vocal stylings to the dinner evening. Her classic style is reminiscent of an era that has given us vintage coolness with such great artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline and Nat King Cole.
A jazzy perfomer, Sonji's collection of music is also available on CD for purchase right here at Paradise.
For information, our contact her for private events,
check out www.sonjikimmons.com
WICKED
FILM FEST FRIDAYS
Every Friday, bartender David opens the doors early for a full menu and hosts an afternoon of movies, and it's the only place where we encourage you to talk back at the movie. Show times at straight up 12pm and 3pm. Keep up with David by following him and ParadiseBAR on twitter.
FRIDAYS
RON SNYDER
5:30-8:30pm
Piano man arrives during the dinner hours to give your Friday night dinner hour a sense of style. His gentle ivory tickling talents provide a very sensual background.
DJ WICKED
9:30-Close
Resident DJ Wicked brings it on with videos and music to pump up the evening making Paradise the happiest bar on Broadway every Friday.
DECADENT
SATURDAYS
dj freaquency
_1PM
Our Saturday afternoons tea party with DJ Freaquency is perfect for new music lovers. DJ Freaquency plays a host of new artists and if you follow him on twitter, you can make twitter requests.
RUDY DE LA MOR
Saturdays 6-9pm
After 35 years, Rudy de la Mor shows no sign of slowing down.
"I was in San Diego when a young man knocked on my dressing room," he remembers. The stranger asked for his most memorable moment, "I'll never forgot his name." The young man smile and said, "My name is Bill. I have AIDS and I'm supposed to be in the hospital right now, but I told my doctor that Rudy de la Mor was in town and I wanted to go see him. It just so happened that the doctor knew who you were. The doctor tol me, 'You go see Rudy. He's better than pills.'"
Wasn't that an honor? "
A gay icon. Yes, Rudy de la Mor continues to entertain the gay community. He almost didn't become a gay icon at all. After all, it isn't something the classically trained pianist would have considered when he studied at USC. Nor would it have been something he'd have recognized from his stints as a teenage member of the Orange County Symphony Orchestra and the Denver Symphony Orchestra.
But it was becoming Disneyland's very first full time pianist playing ragtime music for four years that launched a Hollywood star. and would become friends with late actress Mae West and comedian Martha Rae.
At a club called The Little Shrimp in Laguna Beach.... "Picture it, 1974. I'd never been in a gay bar in my entire life," he says. Sitting in for a Sunday afternoon set, "I played the piano, carried on and it all felt very natural. The guys were very kind to me." The owners calledthe week, hiring him for Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, where he stayed there for five successful years.
But it was the late Martha Raye who, after catching one of his early performances first told him that he had more of a comedic voice than a singing voice. "What's more, she suggested that I wear some of the curtains my mother might have had and change hats all night long," she proposed. "I didn't think the guys would go for it, but I still do it 34 years later. I'm Rudy de la Mor, the guy with the funny hats. It became my trademark."
Though piano bars had begun to disappear, this vibrant and energetic performer continued to work. "The people haven't changed who like this type of music," he says. "I'm working all the time." Today, hegoes where the piano bars are, icnluding performing for eight years at the Rainbow Cactus in Palm Springs, Ozz in Buena Park, and for 20 years at Gentry's in Chicago. More than Rosie O'donnel, Rudy has hosted more than a dozen Rudy de la Mor cruises, taking his fans to the Baltic and Russia.
In 2009, piano bars on making a dramatic comeback and Paradise is proud to feature a legend of the gay community. Rudy de la Mor cotninues to keep people laughing, smiling and singing along. This is one tough act to follow! Oh, and don't forget to bring your quarters.
CHEEKY SUNDAYS
12-4pm w/Rob Klopfenstein
Bartender Chace
Our Sunday afternoons continue to draw an very ecletic crowd. When you mix piano man Rob Klopfenstein, a cheeky bartender named Chace and an assortment of softballers, you get a afternoon of hijinks with flying fries, double dutch jump rope, wrestling, sing-a-longs, and memories you may not remember the next day....if you're lucky.
Cynthia Manley
This petite and powerful performer can steal your heart in one moment and then turn around and melt you with her passion.. She'll send a shiver up your spine, causing what Quincy Jones aptly described as truth marks, singing stories as though she were talking just to you. Cynthia carries on in the Blue Eyed Soul tradition.
In her illustrious career, she has recorded 5 national and international hit records. As the original and only touring lead singer for the Boys Town Gang, she has been embraced by the dance community in a big way. Cynthia's performance record in America is hard to match, as she has performed in every major city, time and time again, as well as many small town venues and lounges.
Her music has also taken her to Japan, China, Oman, Brazil, South America, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Ireland, Germany, and Spain.
"How exciting it is to be doing what I love so much.
I am one grateful woman!"
She was one of 10 artists to perform at the International New Music Seminar, in New York City.
Cynthia was named one of the Top 20 Artists of the Year, in Billboard magazine.
Ms. Manley is most proud of her military tours. She has taken bands into Iraq, Bosnia, Baghdad, Kosovo, Korea, and many other places of danger
Cynthia has composed 4 tunes that made it into produced and released movies. She has sung many commercials, both for radio and TV. Her background vocal group, in Los Angeles, has been on a dozen nationally recognized blues records. She has co-written and produced 4 do it yourself CDs, including a Christmas CD.
In April of 2009, while touring Switzerland, she met Jamie Lewis, the hit making producer from Purple Music. They hit it off and now have recording dates set for the end of September, 2009.
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