EUGENIE JONES
Singer/Songwriter Eugenie Jones is an exceptional vocalist and cleverly gifted lyricist who has released highly praised, primarily original, vocal projects. Her current release – Players – was a Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammy contender and internationally ranked #7 on Jazz Week’s top 50 charts. Jones is additionally an Earshot Jazz Vocalist of the Year award recipient and the first vocal recording artist to receive Earshot’s Recording of the Year Golden Ear award.
SEATING TIMES:
Friday – Saturday | 2 Seatings
1st Seating: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Band Performs: 6:30pm-7:30pm
2nd Seating: 8:30pm-10:30pm
Band Performs: 9:00pm-10:00pm
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The Jazz Voyager
This week the Jazz Voyager is on his way to landing in Kansas City, Missouri and going to Liberty, Missouri to experience the ambience of Johnnie’s Jazz Bar and Grille. Named after the owner’s daughter, who wanted a son, she was always the life of the party, selling tickets at the theater they owned and loved playing bridge.
The venue offers pub eats, ample bourbons and live music in a cozy club setting named for a female piano player. Johnnie, so named, by the way, since her father had selected Johnny as a boy’s name, was playing at The Lyric Theater in Salisbury, Missouri when Elmer Bills bought the location in 1924. Smitten by her natural charm, love of life, and youthful exuberance, Elmer fell in love and the two married a few years later. Their son Elmer Bills, Jr. would join forces with Sterling Bagby to formally create B&B Theatres.
This week I’ll be listening to a talented saxophonist by the name Herschel McWilliams who grew up and is a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Kansas. The son of musicians, a drummer father and pianist mother, he was introduced to many musical influences at an early age. He started learning piano at 8 and alto saxophone when he was ten years old. He serves on the Board of Directors for Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors as well as running his own jazz website LiveJazzKC.com.
The club is located at 1903 Victory Drive, Liberty, MO 64068 and the number is 816-792-2675. For more info visit notoriousjazz.com/event/herschel-mcwilliams-trio.
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ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2023
Saturday | May 27th
1:00pm | Lakecia Benjamin
3:00pm | Tony Hightower
5:00 | David Sanchez
7:00pm | Samara Joy
9:00pm | Wynton Marsalis & Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra
Sunday | My 28th
1:00pm | Sélène Saint~Aimé
3:00pm | Brandee Younger
5:00pm | Javon Jackson & The Gospel According To Nikki Giovanni
7:00pm | Jose James
9:00pm | Stanley Clarke
Monday | May 29th
1:00pm | Satya
3:00pm | James Frances
5:00pm | Brenda Nicole Moorer
7:00pm | Chief Xian Atunde Adjuah (Formerly Christian Scott)
9:00pm | Ledisi
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JEREMEY POPARAD JAZZ ORCHESTRA
To celebrate his 40th, Jeremey has called upon his friends in the Norhteast Ohio jazz scene for an evening of all original compositions and arrangemenets by Jeremey as well as Andrew Wegierski of the Danjo Jazz Orchestra and Bryan Kennard, director of The Bop Stop. The evening will feature two special guest vocalists from groups that Jeremey performs with: Bassel Almadani from Bassel and the Supernaturals and Heidi Swinford of Axon-Neuron. The band for the evening includes:
Flute: Bryan Kennard
Saxophones: Chris Coles, Nathan-Paul Davis, AJ Kluth, BJ Quimby, Brad Wagner
Trumpets: Tim Coyne, Garret Folgler, Mark Russo, Tommy Lehman
Trombones: BJ Bishop, Eric Dregne, Mark Mauldin, Andrew Wegierski
Rhythm: Andru Dennis, piano; Jeremey Poparad, guitar; Kevin Martinez, bass; Anthony Taddeo, drums
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MARK RUSSO
Join us, as trumpeter, educator, and composer, Mark Russo, takes us on a musical journey throughout the “The Blue Note Era”, with his jazz quartet.
Line-up: Mark Russo: Trumpet, A.J. Kluth – Tenor Sax, Ian Kinnaman – Bass, Jonathan Hooper – Piano, Ricky Exton – Drums
A freelance jazz trumpet player and educator in the greater Cleveland area. He holds degrees in Music Performance In Jazz Studies From Bowling Green State University and a Music Education from Kent State University (Magna Cum Laude) and is currently the director of bands at Constellation Schools: Parma Community High School.
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