NICOLE HENRY WINTER CONCERT
This is her 10th Anual Winter Concert to benefit SAVE Foundation and Miami Music Project.
About The Benefiting Non-Profits
SAVE Foundation: SAVE Foundation is recognized as South Florida’s longest-serving organization dedicated to protecting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) against discrimination. Since 1993, SAVE has advocated for equal rights for persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
Miami Music Project: Since 2009, Miami Music Project has emerged as a model for music education programs nationally, offering after-school programming free of charge using music as an instrument of social change. Through the study and performance of music, they empower children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society.
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THE BAYLOR PROJECT
Join us for The Gathering 2023 kick off with a concert to benefit Hammonds House Museum featuring 6X Grammy Award nominated husband and wife duo, The Baylor Project, at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center on the campus of Morehouse College at 8:00 PM. In addition to an evening of amazing and masterful performance, there will be a silent auction, an opportunity to win a fine art print by one of Atlanta’s critically acclaimed visual artists and VIP meet and greet with The Baylors at a pre-reception at 7:00pm.
A husband. A wife. An astonishing duo built on love, family, faith, culture and community.
These are the things that power The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor. This enticing collaboration is steeped in the heart and soul of jazz. As the children of Pastors, Marcus’ and Jean’s musical roots were planted deep within the church, and it was there that the road was paved for the influence of jazz, gospel, blues and soul to make it’s mark. Their debut CD “The Journey“, released on their own label, Be A Light, topped the Billboard Jazz Chart at Number 8 in 2017 and a year later garnered 2 GRAMMY® Nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance. Two years later during one of the most challenging years in recent history, The Baylors released their single, “Sit On Down” in 2020 which earned a 3rd GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance, solidifying The Baylor Project as an undeniable force. Their second album, “Generations,” released in 2021 earned the duo its first NAACP Image Award win for Outstanding Jazz Album-Vocal and it’s 4th GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. And their first live album, “The Evening : Live At APPARATUS” earned The Baylors their 5th and 6th GRAMMY® Nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
Marcus and Jean Baylor signed an exclusive distribution agreement, in partnership with their artist-owned label, Be A Light with Motown Gospel (a division of Capitol CMG/Capitol and Universal Music Group) making The Baylor Project’s catalogue available for the first time across all streaming platforms.
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MARIE-CLAIRE GIRAUD
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.
With 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.
Program: The Great American Songbook At The Movies
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
William ‘Red’ McKenzie was born on October 14, 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1923, he founded the Mound City Blue Blowers with Jack Bland and Dick Slevin. Later they were joined by guitarist Eddie Lang. The quartet also used the name Red McKenzie and the Candy Kids.
In 1929, the Blue Blowers recorded the songs One Hour and Hello Lola with Glenn Miller, Pee Wee Russell and Coleman Hawkins. They also recorded with Bunny Berigan, Jimmy Dorsey, and Muggsy Spanier. McKenzie sang with the Paul Whiteman orchestra and in the 1930s led the Spirits of Rhythm and the Farley-Riley band.
In 1931, he sang on Time on My Hands, Just Friends, and I’m Sorry Dear. McKenzie played in the Town Hall concerts of Eddie Condon, but retired in the 1940s.
On February 7, 1948 jazz vocalist and musician Red McKenzie, who played a comb-and-paper as an instrument, transitioned in New York City.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Raymond Matthews Brown Jr. was born August 13, 1949 in New York City, New York to Ella Fitzgerald’s half-sister Frances. Ella and her then husband, Ray Brown, adopted the baby and raised him as their own. During his childhood Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and many others were regular visitors during his childhood.
After moving to California when he was 10, Ray discovered a passion for the drums and for singing. He attended Beverly Hills High School where he sang with school groups which toured local festivals and hospitals. His father arranged for him to study with jazz percussionists Bill Douglass and Chuck Flores. Despite his jazz roots he admits that his interest in performing rock music was an act of rebellion.
Moving to Seattle in 1971 he studied with drummer Bill Coleman Sr. and during this time he began writing songs in addition to playing drums and piano. By the late 1980s Brown was touring the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Alaska, Japan, Korea and Guam performing for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Ray recorded his debut album Slow Down for Love in 2001 on SRI Jazz, reaching the top 50 of the Gavin Report. He released his sophomore album, Committed From The Heart, two years later and he wrote and arranged all the songs on both albums. He also debuted on the Las Vegas Strip at the Riviera hotel and casino.
In 2007 he released the album Stand by Me, the following year a duets album Friends and Family, that included Jane Monheit, Melba Moore, James Moody, Maria Muldaur, Dr. John, Dionne Warwick, Freda Payne, Sophie B. Hawkins, Paul Williams, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Dave Somerville, Kim Hoyer, and Sally Kellerman.
He lent instrumental performances on some of the album tracks with artists David “Fathead” Newman and Terry Gibbs. He attended ceremonies honoring his mother, appearing in a BBC documentary about his mother, and the U.S. postage stamp.
Jazz and blues singer Ray Brown Jr., whose mother’s 1964 single Ringo Beat was inspired by his interest in rock music, continues to perform, tour, and record.