Sherry Winston

CONTEMPORARY JAZZ
and soul flutist

Bethel, CT

 

Sherry 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. 

Sherry has been featured in the New York Times, Ebony, Essence, Black Enterprise, Odyssey Couleur, More and other national magazines and newspapers.

Sherry performed with Stevie Wonder in NYC 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.

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 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.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

VENUE & FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

The Kennedy Center, Women in jazz, Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Center Outdoors, with Jay Hoggard, NYC
Mercado Jazz Festival with Ramsey Lewis, Orlando, FLL
Richmond Jazz Festival. Va, Peter White, Frankie Beverly & Maze & others
Red Rocks, Colorado with Ronnie Laws, Norman Connors, Jean Carne
River Fest with Chuck Loeb & Gerald Veasley, Nashville, TN. 
Jazz on the Vineyard with Gregory Porter, Marthas Vineyard, Ma.
Clifford Brown Jazz Festival w/ Peabo Bryson, Jeff Lorber, Norman Brown, Dover, DE
The 17th & Vine Jazz Fest, Kansas City, with Paquito D’Rivera 
Hartford Jazz Festival, Hartford, CT with Jay Hoggard
Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven, CT. 
Carter Baron Amphitheatre, with Tuck & Patti, Washington, D.C.
Hartford Jazz Society’s Monday Night Series
Orlando Jazz Fest, Peabody Hotel, Orlando, FL
Norwalk Jazz Festival, CT. with Kirk Whalum
Charles Ives Center for the Arts, Danbury, CT
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
Chestertown Jazz Festival, Chestertown, MD
Central Park, with Chris Davis, Louisville, KY
Brass City Jazz Festival, Waterbury, CT

International

Gospel Fest: Gospel, Jazz & Laughter, Barbados, W.I.
Pegasus Hotel: Guitar Jazz Festival, Jamaica, W.I., 
Club Med, Guadeloupe & Haiti
Jazz on the Hill, St. Mary’s Virgin Gorda, BWI
Divi Southwinds, Barbados, W.I. 
Clifton Hall Great House, Barbados, WI.
Gospel, Laughter & Jazz, Barbados, WI.
NPN Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Northern & Southern Mediterranean & the Caribbean 
Jazz Club Roppongi Area, Japan

PRESS & AWARDS

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.

 SAMPLE RECORDINGS