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SUMMARY:TIERNEY SUTTON & RANDY BRECKER
DESCRIPTION:“Blind Date” feat. Christian Jacob\n\n“Ms. Sutton is a pure jazz spirit who respects a song. Even when going out on an improvisatory limb\, she never lets its essence slip away.” – The New York Times “Brecker has the chops to play it cool or hot\, laid-back or virtuosic.” – Downbeat \n9-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Tierney Sutton and legendary multi-Grammy-winning trumpet master Randy Brecker share a stage for the very first time in an evening of spontaneous music-making. This special Tuesday night performance will also feature the illuminating pianist Christian Jacob. \nTierney Sutton – vocals | Randy Brecker – trumpet | Christian Jacob – piano
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/tierney-sutton-randy-brecker
LOCATION:Smoke Jazz & Supper Club\, 2751 Broadway\, New York City\, NY\, 10025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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SUMMARY:SUPERBLUE: KURT ELLING AND CHARLIE HUNTER
DESCRIPTION:GRAMMY® Award-winner Kurt Elling is without question today’s preeminent male jazz vocalist\, renowned worldwide for his unparalleled virtuosity and flair for trailblazing artistic exploration. From his stunning reinvention of timeless standards to his own captivating original songcraft\, the Chicago-based musician has fused his dazzling talents across a panoply of musical approaches\, emblazoning each with signature imagination\, insight\, and emotional intelligence. \nWhere many male jazz vocalists at this stage in a much vaunted career have tended to stick to the tried and true\, Elling seems to be growing more ambitious and experimental with the passing of time\, a tendency evidenced by his stunning new LP\, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree. The followup to 2021’s remarkable SuperBlue\, the album once again sees Elling joining forces with producer/guitarist Charlie Hunter and multi-instrumentalist duo drummer Corey Fonville and bassist-keyboardist DJ Harrison for a kaleidoscopic collection of new songs\, surprising covers\, and dynamic reinventions. \nShowtimes ~ 8:00pm | 10:00pm
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/superblue-kurt-elling-and-charlie-hunter
LOCATION:Yoshi’s\, 510 Embarcadero West\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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SUMMARY:MYRNA CLAYTON
DESCRIPTION:Myrna Clayton is a teaching performer\, cultural artist\, and an international performing arts entertainer based in the USA. Myrna has performed professionally for over 14 years\, though she has been singing since the age of 5.
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/myrna-clayton
LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Road #240\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30331\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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SUMMARY:WABERI JORDAN
DESCRIPTION:Waberi Jordan is a vocalist and songwriter whose signature is rooted in the Leimert Park Jazz Community of Los Angeles. Raised on a steady diet of straight-ahead jazz\, at a time when R&B dominated the airwaves\, Waberi’s sound bridges two pivotal eras of artistic expression. \n\nShe studied and played with Horace Tapscott along with The Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra and The Great Voice of UGMAA (Union of God’s Musicians and Artists’ Ascension)\, many notable performers and scholars like Dr. Art Hillary\, McCoy Tyner\, Azar Lawrence\, Nate Morgan\, Pharoah Sanders and many more. \nWaberi has also performed around the world with various bands and ensembles\, from SoulBop (an L.A. based collective of jazz musicians)\, R&B to West African Drum and Dance bands; 50-piece Jazz arkestras in L.A. and Europe to solo acapella sets. She has also been featured on numerous recordings\, including the Jazz CD “Living Water” by extraordinary vocalist DWIGHT TRIBLE\, and classic Reggae CD “Good’s Gonna Happen” Sahra Indio. \nIn 2009 Waberi released her debut album\, The Trajectory of Starah. The accompanying video\, Sunflowers in my Garden premiered the same year\, to critical acclaim. The song has become beloved worldwide. Her second video release\, Put it Right There was released in 2014\, and as an added bonus\, was co-directed and shot by Tim Russ\, noted for his role as Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager.
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/waberi-jordan
LOCATION:The Buttonwood Tree\, 605 Main Street\, Middletown\, CT\, 06457\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:DELFEAYO MARSALIS & MARTHA REEVES
DESCRIPTION:Motown Meets The Big Easy – Delfeayo Marsalis & Martha Reeves will bring a magical evening\, filled with music from two of America’s iconic cities and their complex musical cultures\, to Keystone Korner Baltimore! \nGrammy-winner Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists\, composers and producers in jazz today. Known for his technical excellence\, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor\, he is “one of the best\, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation\,” (Philip Elwood\, San Francisco Examiner). In 2011\, Delfeayo and the Marsalis family (father Ellis and brothers Branford\, Wynton and Jason) earned the nation’s highest jazz honor – a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award. Marsalis has toured internationally with jazz legends such as Ray Charles\, Art Blakey\, Max Roach\, Elvin Jones and Slide Hampton\, as well as leading his own groups. As a cultural activist\, he has founded three non-profits – Uptown Music Theatre\, Uptown Jazz Orchestra and Keep New Orleans Music Alive – all of which are designed to strengthen the community in his hometown of New Orleans. \nMartha Reeves has made her imprint in the history books and in pop culture for her string of hit Motown songs in the 1960’s and early 1970’s including such hits as “Dancing in the Street”\, “My Baby Loves Me”\, “Come and Get These Memories”\, “Nowhere to Run”\, “Quick Sand”\, “(Love is Like a ) Heatwave”\, “Jimmy Mack” and “Bless You”. Martha was front and center as the lead singer of the legendary Motown girl group\, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas\, who are listed among Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Immortal Artists of all time. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance for “Heat Wave”. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and is also the recipient of the Dinah Washington Award\, a Rhythm n’ Blues Foundation Pioneer Award\, and a Black Woman in Publishing Legends Award. 2023 marks Martha’s 60th anniversary of her first two albums with Motown both from 1963\, Come and Get These Memories and Heat Wave.
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/delfeayo-marsalis-martha-reeves
LOCATION:Keystone Korner Baltimore\, 1350 Lancaster Street\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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SUMMARY:EL DEBARGE & AVERY*SUNSHINE
DESCRIPTION:El DeBarge  \nFive-time GRAMMY-nominee El DeBarge got his start as the lead singer of the family group DeBarge\, who were on par with The Jacksons in terms of sheer family talent\, releasing a string of chart-topping hits such as “Rhythm of the Night”\, “Stay With Me”\, “Time Will Reveal”\, “I Like It” and “All This Love”. Known for his unique high tenor register and strong falsetto\, DeBarge went solo\, collaborating with artists like Dionne Warwick\, Chanté Moore and Babyface. His comeback album “Second Chance” was nominated in three GRAMMY categories\, and in 2023 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him 137 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. \nAvery*Sunshine \nSinger-songwriter and pianist Avery*Sunshine released her first self-titled album in 2010\, which was praised by the media including The Washington Post who called it “a radiant brand of soul”. She’s been a choral director for performances with artists like Michael Bublé\, David Foster\, and Anthony Hamilton. \nParking: $30.00 advanced purchase | $35.00 day of \nValet: $40.00 advanced purchase | $45.00 day of (if not sold out)
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/el-debarge-averysunshine
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Newport Beach\, 1107 Jamboree Road\, Newport Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:VERONICA SWIFT
DESCRIPTION:Veronica Swift’s new eponymously titled album\, her third for Mack Avenue Records\, is a masterful coming-out story. On her previous albums\, Confessions (2019) and This Bitter Earth (2021)\, she ascended to the upper echelon of early 21st century jazz singers because of her virtuosic brilliance\, interpretive ingenuity\, bracing songwriting\, and keen arrangements. Simply put\, Swift is not only one of the most dazzling singers to emerge in her generation\, she’s one of the most versatile. \nWhile her first two albums solidified her position in modern jazz\, Veronica Swift shows that she’s more than a jazz singer\, exploring French and Italian opera\, European classical music\, bossa nova\, blues\, industrial rock\, funk\, and vaudeville. She pulls the feat off without the results sounding callow or pastiche. Swift’s expansive artistic voice remains firmly intact regardless of genre. \nSwift describes this personal artistic statement on her new album as “transgenre.” “I grew up immersed in the culture of jazz music\, blessed to have had some of the greats as mentors\, and I felt a deep familial duty to uphold that tradition\,” she says\, reflecting on her parents – jazz singer and educator\, Stephanie Nakasian\, and bebop pianist\, Hod O’Brien. \n“But as rooted in jazz as I’ve been\, there’s a uniquely visceral power in rock and soul music that’s always fueled my creative passion\, and rather than mask or confine that part of my identity\, the people I admire most show themselves unabashedly and that’s the kind of tradition I want to be a part of.”
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/veronica-swift
LOCATION:Middle C Jazz\, 300 South Brevard Street\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231022T080000
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SUMMARY:BENNY BENACK III
DESCRIPTION:The Band: Benny Benack III – trumpet & vocals | TBA – piano | Russell Hall – bass | Joe Peri – drums \nBy age 32\, Emmy-nominated trumpeter and singer Benny Benack III has proven to be that rarest of talents: not only a fiery trumpet player with a stirring command of the postbop trumpet vernacular in the vein of Kenny Dorham and Freddie Hubbard\, but also a singer with a sly\, mature\, naturally expressive delivery in the post-Sinatra mold\, performing standards and his own astute songs with a thrilling sense of showmanship. This duel-threat ability was recognized by the 2022 Downbeat Critics Poll where he appeared as not only the #2 Rising Star Male Vocalist\, but a top Rising Star Trumpeter as well. His superb intonation and bracing virtuosity enable him to handle astounding feats of originally composed vocalese (complex solos with written lyrics). On top of it all\, he’s a highly capable pianist as well. \nBenny has performed internationally as an Emcee/Host for the Youtube sensation Postmodern Jukebox\, and achieved his own viral success amassing millions of views for his crooning alongside the Grammy-award winning “8-Bit Big Band”. In early 2020 he released A Lot of Livin’ to Do\, the follow-up to his well-received 2017 debut One of a Kind. This sophomore effort\, richly varied in mood and brimming with bop inflection\, features bassist extraordinaire and Jazz ambassador Christian McBride (whose Grammy-award winning Big Band frequently calls upon Benny in the trumpet section) and drummer/producer Ulysses Owens\, Jr.\, as well as the radiant Takeshi Ohbayashi on piano and Rhodes. His vocalese duet on “Social Call” from this album alongside fellow young star vocalist Veronica Swift became an instant smash hit single\, being transcribed and learned by Jazz vocalists around the world. \nAlongside his global touring as a straight-ahead/contemporary bandleader\, Benny has appeared as a trumpet soloist in more commercial circles alongside Josh Groban\, Ben Folds\, fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi\, Ann Hampton Callaway and more. He’s been featured at Birdland\, Jazz @ Lincoln Center\, Mezzrow\, Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle and other leading New York venues\, and has also been a special guest with the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops Orchestra\, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and the Minsk Philharmonic Orchestra. He made his television debut in NBC’s short-lived\, SNL-inspired variety show “Maya & Marty” playing in the in-studio band led by acclaimed bassist & Broadway arranger Charlie Rosen. More recent TV credits include “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” where he frequently performs in the House Band. His global recognition has been bolstered by recent live-streaming concerts at Smalls Jazz Club\, where he maintains a weekly residency\, as well as frequent appearances on fellow young lion Emmet Cohen’s “Emmet’s Place” weekly show.
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/benny-benack-iii
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T220000
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SUMMARY:MARIE-CLAIRE GIRAUD
DESCRIPTION:Marie-Claire Giraudis a soprano\, jazz singer\, musical theater singer\, songwriter\, composer\, playwright\, and actor. Born on the island of Dominica and raised in The Bronx. Marie-Claire started her operatic training in Rome\, Italy. The pandemic afforded Marie-Claire the luxury of time to reflect\, and she overcame obstacles that were blocking her creative path. \nWith her creativity freed\, Marie-Claire wrote her first musical\, discovered her true voice of soprano. With the musical finished Marie-Claire has many more projects in the works\, screenplays\, novels\, EP’s\, musicals and more. \nProgram: The Great American Songbook At The Movies
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/marie-claire-giraud
LOCATION:Parker’s At Thompson Central Park\, 119 W 56th St\,\, New York City\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T183000
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SUMMARY:QUIANA PARLER & THE LAVON STEVENS TRIO
DESCRIPTION:As lead vocalist\, lyricist\, and composer for internationally and critically acclaimed two-time Grammy Award-winning roots music group\, Ranky Tanky\, Quiana Parler spent weeks at #1 on several Billboard Jazz charts. Quiana has spent over 20 years as the most sought-after vocalist in the Lowcountry. Known locally for years prior\, she rose to national prominence after her success on the 2003 season of American Idol. Quiana has worked and collaborated with diverse artists and producers such as Clay Aiken\, Kelly Clarkson\, Ruben Studdard\, Bobby McFerrin\, Miranda Lambert\, David Foster\, Walter Afanasieff and many more. \nHer performances have been featured on national broadcasts like The View\, NBC’s TODAY\, Jimmy Kimmel Live!\, The Tonight Show\, The Tyra Banks Show\, and Saturday Night Live\, as well as the Academy of Country Music Awards and the American Music Awards. Lavon Stevens has traveled and performed all over the country including Aspen\, Colorado\, Atlanta\, Georgia and Orlando\, Florida. The resort vacation destination of Hilton Head Island\, South Carolina has been his home since 1981. He is one of the premier entertainers on Hilton Head Island. He is producing a variety of shows and recording projects including other R&B\, Jazz and Gospel artists. \nCover: $10.00 ~ $15.00
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/quiana-parler-the-lavon-stevens-trio
LOCATION:The Jazz Corner\, 1000 William Hilton Parkway\, Hilton Head Island\, SC\, 29928\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T230000
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SUMMARY:AUDREY SHAKIR QUARTET
DESCRIPTION:Audrey Shakir was born into a musical family in Cleveland\, Ohio – her mother was a great pianist\, organist and vocal coach\, and her father\, whose idol was Billy Eckstine\, loved to sing. She began her professional career as a pianist in a group that played the tunes of Stevie Wonder\, Chaka Khan and others. Eventually\, Audrey started leaning towards Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea\, all the while adding singing to her playing talents\, with the vocal influences of Ella Fitzgerald\, Sarah Vaughn\, Joe Williams and Jon Hendricks. \nAfter moving to New York\, she was introduced to Barry Harris\, which led to numerous gigs with him. While playing the New York scene\, she became a regular performer at The Village Gate and had numerous dates at Town Hall\, the Apollo Theater and Tavern on the Green among many others. \nShe has toured with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra\, including sold-out performances in New York at the Rose Theatre in Jazz At Lincoln Center\, and played to sold-out audiences at the Center’s famed sister nightspot\, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. \nAudrey Shakir is a world-class vocalist\, affectionately known as “Atlanta’s First Lady of Jazz”. She has performed with many noted jazz artists over the years in numerous clubs and concert halls throughout the United States and internationally during her successful professional career. An accomplished pianist in her own right\, she has sung with small groups and with large orchestras in intimate and grand settings. \nMost recently\, she had a tremendously successful tour of Big Band Holidays\, featuring Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra\, including four sold-out shows in New York at the Rose Theatre in Jazz At Lincoln Center\, and followed that date up with two evenings of sold-out shows at New York’s famed jazz nitespot\, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. \nShe has entertained at several Jazz Festivals\, notably Atlanta and Savannah\, and has headlined at clubs and private events in New York and throughout the southeast.  Audrey’s CD\, If You Could See Me Now\, from Hot Shoe Records\, has met with great critical acclaim\, and she’s heading into the studio soon to record her next CD for Hot Shoe entitled Come Swing With Me\, a celebration of the great vocalists of the Big Band Era. \nHer Trio: Eric Jones ~ Piano | Marc Chesanow ~ Double Bass | Robert Britton Saunders ~ Drums
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/audrey-shakir-quartet
LOCATION:Good Times Jazz Bar\, 107 W. Broughton St\, Savannah\, GA\, 31401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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SUMMARY:TONY HIGHTOWER
DESCRIPTION:Singer/Songwriter Tony Hightower is taking up the mantle to be a bridge that ushers R&B audiences into Jazz…Real Jazz. With years of experience as a musical performer and actor with familiar roots that place him firmly within the music’s firmament\, Atlanta-native Hightower is still just getting started on this benevolent turn in his journey. And he is bringing a lot of young people with him. \n​His sophomore project\, LEGACY\, finds Hightower exploring Jazz vocal stylings from a dazzling prism of angles. The 10-song album moves confidently and assuredly from original compositions such as the soulful scat-laced “All to the Good\,” the seductive Brazilian bossa nova of “Rendezvous” and the tender carnal Jarreau-esque love beg “I Need You” to swingin’ covers of Earth\, Wind & Fire’s classic Skip Scarborough-penned “Can’t Hide Love\,” a mean shuffle boogie groove through Al Green’s “Love and Happiness” and a smoldering upright bass accompanied tiptoe through the 1929 Andy Razaf standard “Gee\, Baby\, Ain’t I Good To You” made further famous in 1944 by one of Hightower’s greatest and earliest Jazz vocal heroes\, Nat “King” Cole. That one’ll make the women wiggle.
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/tony-hightower-5
LOCATION:Middle C Jazz\, 300 South Brevard Street\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club
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SUMMARY:KURT ELLING SUPERBLUE AT UNION CHAPEL
DESCRIPTION:Grammy winner Kurt Elling is without question today’s preeminent male jazz vocalist\, renowned worldwide for his unparalleled virtuosity and flair for trailblazing artistic exploration. \nFrom his stunning reinvention of timeless standards to his own captivating original songcraft\, the Chicago-based musician has fused his dazzling talents across a panoply of musical approaches\, emblazoning each with signature imagination\, insight\, and emotional intelligence. \nHe presents his stunning new LP\, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree. \nThe follow up to 2021’s remarkable SuperBlue\, the album once again sees Elling joining forces with producer/guitarist Charlie Hunter and multi-instrumentalist duo drummer Corey Fonville and bassist-keyboardist DJ Harrison for a kaleidoscopic collection of new songs\, surprising covers\, and dynamic reinventions.
URL:https://notoriousjazz.com/event/kurt-elling-superblue-at-union-chapel
LOCATION:Jazz Cafe London\, 5 Parkway\, Camden\,\, London NW1 7PG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Club
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