June 20, 2020 —Being an active member of the New Hope Baptist Church (NHBC) Golf League, which meets and plays once a week at Candlewood Lake Country Club in New Milford, CT, jazz performer Sherry Winston has the sounds of joy coming from all angles in her life. For the past 5 years, she has teed up on the greens as member of the Long Drivers Golf Club (LDGC), which meets on Thursdays and Fridays in Waterbury, Ct. Although, with everything that has been going on with the worldwide pandemic, Sherry has not played with the LDGC yet this year (they just started), but she has been out twice with the NHBC Golf League since he group started back up last week.
Sherry Winston
When the Bethel, CT resident is not out striving for birdies, beautiful and talented Sherry can be found practicing her musical craft—always aiming for perfection. The gifted artist has a long list of distinguished venues in which she has showcased her musical skills. She has performed at The White House for President and Mrs. Clinton during their last holiday party, and for former President George H.W. Bush at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC.
She has appeared on “Emeril Live,” The Today Show, BET, and many other TV shows nationally. She hosted 6 shows for BET TV, with Lou Rawls and Saxophonist Najee at the San Francisco Jazz Festival.
Toting a well-stocked golf bag is second nature for Sherry because the avid golfer knows how to bring relaxation into her busy life while staying healthy and focused on her rigerous performance schedule. Sherry has been featured in the New York Times, Ebony, Essence, Black Enterprise, African American Golfer’s Digest, Odyssey Couleur, More and many other national magazines, and newspapers.
Sherry performed with Stevie Wonder in New York City and for Misty Copeland (The first African American Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theater.) She has opened for John Legend, Gregory Porter, Vanessa Williams, Maxwell, Sinbad, Fourplay, Patti Austin, Jonathan Butler, Richard Elliott, Ramsey Lewis, Chaka Kahn, Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle, & Grover Washington, Jr. She has appeared in concert with Ronnie Laws, Kirk Whalum, “Pieces of a Dream,“ Jeff Lorber, Norman Brown, and Flutist Hubert Laws at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
Check out Sherry’s new Youtube video “Regatta,” and while you’re there please subscribe to her Youtube Channel.
Sherry’s client list includes many of the top Fortune 500 companies such as Aetna, Accenture, Adidas, AT&T, Anheuser Busch, Avon, Bristol Myers Squibb, Burger King, Cartus, Champion, Coca Cola, Colgate Palmolive, Dow Jones, Equitable Capitol and Equitable Capitol, Equitable Life, Federal Express, Gannett Publishing, General Electric, General Foods, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Mercedes Benz, Miller Beer, Pepsi Cola, Philip Morris, Reebok, Tiffany, Time Warner, Xerox, United Technology, Verizon Wireless, and many others across the U.S. and abroad.
Some of Sherry’s Jazz Festivals include The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The Richmond Jazz Festival, Jamaica, W.I., Orlando & Mercado Jazz Fest with Ramsey Lewis, 17th & Vine, Kansas City, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Hartford Jazz Fest, Virgin Gorda, Louisville, Ky., Riverfest, Nashville, & the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival.
On the business side, Sherry worked as National Director of Jazz Promotion at Columbia, Arista, GRP and Elektra-Asylum Records in NYC. She also ran her own Promotion Company and represented Uniworld Advertising Group in Japan.
Sherry Winston
Sherry is a graduate of Howard University’s College of Fine Arts, School of Music and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Some of Sherry’s awards include the Ct. Women’s Hall of Fame Award,” “Women of Power” the Stamford Urban League, the Links “Impact Through The Arts” award, 2017, the Louis Armstrong Award, 2005, nomination for the NAACP “Image Award,”1989; the “Eubie Blake Award,” selected by Billy Taylor, 1991; “Howard University Alumni Award,” 1984 and 1989, the Cultural Achievement Award by the National Black MBA, 1996, WBLS’s “Quiet Storm Award,” and Alpha Kappa Alpha’s “Partner in the Arts award,” 2001.
Some of Sherry’s extracurricular activities include Scuba Diving, Ski Racing where she is a Nastar Gold medal winner, Kayaking, Hiking internationally, Golf, Swimming, Snorkeling, Wind Surfing, Mountain Biking, working out, gourmet cooking, traveling and reading.
She published her new book, “For Lovers Only, A Cookbook and More,” which contains a romantic CD of her music. She did a cooking demonstration for Valentine’s Day for News 8, WTNH T.V.
To keep up with Sherry. visit her web site at: http://sherrywinston.com for live performances at The Clifford Brown Jazz Fest, The Hartford Jazz Fest, The Today Show & more….
