VANESSA RUBIN
Revered as both a torchbearer and a storyteller, jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin possesses a voice hailed for crystalline clarity, hearth-like warmth and playful lioness sass. The Cleveland native brings a wealth of diverse influences to her vocal performance from both the Trinidadian/Caribbean roots of her mother and traditional jazz by way of her Louisiana-born father. Additional homespun influences include the melodic bell tone clarity of a young Capital Records recording artist, Nancy Wilson, the fire of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, the sweet sounds of trumpeter Blue Mitchell as well as her love of the Motown Sound…especially girl groups like the Supremes.
The Trio
Vanessa Rubin – vocals
Cliff Barnes – organ
David Throckmorton – drums
Cover: $20.00 ~ $50.00 | Call For Reservations
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VANESS RUBIN
The Detroit Jazz Workshop is co-sponsoring to bring the incredible performance of the great Cleveland jazz vocalist, Vanessa Rubin. Joining her on stage is the Duncan McMillan Trio.
Vanessa is a vocalist’s vocalist and can do it all. With Vanessa, you know it’s going to be swingin’, Detroit style!
Cover: $15.00 ~ General Admission | $10.00 ~ Students.
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TYRONE JACKSON QUINTET
Dr. Tyrone Jackson brings his electric band to Eddie’s Attic. The quintet will explores the innovative edges of jazz and creativity. F.T.M.O. (From The Mind Of) is drawn from his critically acclaimed album From the Mind of Tyrone Jackson, where genres blur but the improvisational aspects of jazz remain central.
The Quintet:
Tyrone Kackson ~ Piano
Lavahi~vocals
Patrick Arthur ~ guitar
Joel Powell ~ bass
Robert Boone ~ drums | Grammy Winner
Cover: $23.37
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June Richmond was born July 9, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. She became one of the very first black singers to be featured regularly with a white band when she performed with Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra in 1938.
An enthusiastic vocalist who was excellent on blues but also effective on ballads, June was a popular attraction during the swing era although never a major name. She worked with Les Hite early on in California, toured with Jimmy Dorsey, was with Cab Calloway in 1938 and then became best known for her association with Andy Kirk’s Orchestra during 1939-42.
Richmond became a solo act after leaving Kirk and then from 1948 on mostly worked in Europe, at first based in France and then later on in Scandinavia. Her only recordings as a leader were a self-titled album on the Barclay label, four numbers in 1951 with Svend Asmussen and four songs on the album “Jazz In Paris” with the Quincy Jones Orchestra in 1957.
Vocalist June Richmond, who gained fame during the swing era, died of a heart attack at the age of 47 on August 14, 1962 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Betty Smith was born on July 6, 1929 in Sileby, Leicestershire, England. She studied the saxophone as a young child and began playing the alto saxophone when she was nine in Archie’s Juveniles, not concentrating on jazz until her early teens.
1947 saw Smith touring the Middle East with pianist Billy Penrose, and then with Ivy Benson’s evening gown clad Girls’ Band, playing for off duty Nuremberg trials officials, and in 1948 with Rudy Starita’s All Girls Band to play for the troops.
Women jazz musician were rare in the Fifties, but Betty, by then playing tenor, proved herself in Freddy Randall’s Dixieland/Chicago styled band. She would be heard swinging, improvising and playing hotter jazz than her colleagues as they toured around Britain.
Following a tour of the U.S. the breakup of Randall’s band, and Betty forming a quintet in 1957, she returned to the States and toured with Bill Haley’s Comets. She worked fronting the Ted Heath Orchestra as a vocalist, got numerous radio and television jobs and had her own program on Radio Luxembourg.
She would meet trumpeter Kenny Baker, form the sextet “Best of British Jazz” and be the band’s only saxophonist for the remainder of her career until she got sick in 1985. She continued to sing and play the piano until a week before her death on January 21, 2011 in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England.