DENNIS ROWLAND & HOPE MORGAN
FIRE! Hope Morgan meets Dennis Rowland
What do you get when you pair legendary male vocalist Dennis Rowland from the Count Basie Orchestra with a female vocalist for whom the City of Austin declared Hope Morgan Day and its Jazz Players and Critics Poll named Best Female Jazz Vocalist? The answer is an afternoon of sensational vocal jazz, filled with energy, scatting, smiles, personality and musicality.
- Tier 1 Table Seats – $39
- Tier 2 Table Seats – $37
- High Top Seats ~ Tier 2 Seats – $37
- East Row Seats ~ Tier 3 Seats – $32
- West Row Seats ~ Tier 3 Seats – $32
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CURTIS LUNDY PRESENTS ERIC LEWIS
Curtis Lundy an American double bass player, composer, producer, choir director and arranger. Lundy is best known for his work as part of jazz vocalist Betty Carter band. Over the years, he has brought some of the most legendary jazz legacies to The Velvet Note, including Bobby Watson and, most recently, Cyrus Chestnut. This month, he travels in with pianist Eric Lewis and Terreon Gully.
Popularly known as ELEW, jazz pianist Eric Lewis has found cross-over success playing rock and pop music. He is known for his unconventional and physical playing style, which eschews a piano bench and includes reaching inside the piano lid to pull at the strings directly, as well as the creation that he calls “Rockjazz”, a genre that takes the improvisational aspect of jazz and threads it through the eye of the needle of rock.
His distinctive style has helped him to amass a large following of celebrity fans, including Barack and Michelle Obama (for whom he has played at the White House), Leonardo DiCaprio, Donna Karan, Téa Leoni, David Duchovny, Hugh Jackman, Forest Whitaker, and Gerard Butler. Throughout his career, he has performed with musicians such as Sting, The Roots, Natalie Cole, and Esperanza Spalding. In the spring of 2011, he joined singer-songwriter Josh Groban as the opening act on the American leg of the singer’s Straight to You Tour.
Hailing from East St. Louis, Illinois, Terreon Gully has performed with various musicians and genres, including the Christian McBride Band, saxophonist Ron Blake, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, vocalist Dianne Reeves and Latin band Yerba Buena among numerous others. He was the Professor of Drumset at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from 2008 until 2010
Showtimes: Friday & Saturday ~ 7:30pm | 9:30pm
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BERNARD LINNETTE INTERACTIVE
Featuring: Julie Dexter ~ Vocals, Terence Harper ~ Trumpet, Louis Heriveaux ~ Piano, Frank Houston ~ TEnor Saxophone, Dishan Harper ~ Bass, and Bernard Linnette ~ Drums
Showtimes:
January 14 ~ 7:30pm | 9:30pm
January 15 ~ 7:00pm | 9:00pm
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SCOTTY BARNHART
Unity Jazz Concert Series
Special Guest ~ Stillwell High School Jazz Ensemble
Hosted By ~ WCLK 91.9FM’s Riva Blue
Tickets: $35.00 in advance | $40.00 at door (NO CASH)
Tickets Available at Unity-Jazz.Eventbrite.com, UnityJazz.org or call 770-899-1991
Doors at 3:00pm
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Three Wishes
When the Baroness approached Percy Brice to ask him what his three wishes would be if they could be granted, he told her the following:
- “Eternal life.”
- “Not to have any money at all. I’ll make out, y’know, as long as I’m living and playing.”
- “And that’s my third wish… to keep playing.”
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