QUIANA PARLER
Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist with The Lavon Stevens Trio
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. She has spent over 20 years as the most sought-after vocalist in the Lowcountry. Known locally for years, 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. Her 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. 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.
Tickets: $10.00 ~ $20.00 | Dinner is required with all reservations.
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NICOLE HENRY: MY FAVORITE THINGS
She has earned four national TOP 10 jazz CDs and a Soul Train Award, will add her singular twist to songs that remind us of the miraculous gifts of life, love, family and the reason for the season.
Come find out why The New York Times has called this world-renowned jazz vocalist “a pop-soul superwoman,” and why Miami Herald declared her “the vocal love child of Whitney Houston and Sarah Vaughan.”
“She has been perfecting the art of mesmerizing audiences all around the world. Henry is a vocalist of beautiful sensitivity and solid phrasing that feels genuine and heartfelt the whole way.” – All About Jazz
“(She) should be standing on the biggest stages of the world, alongside the biggest divas in the world. Everyone everywhere needs to be exposed to this magical force of musical artistry.” – BroadwayWorld
Tickets: $62 ~ $117 including fees | $25 Food & Beverage Minimum
Use Code HENRY5 for $5.00 Off Main Room and bar Rail Cover Charge
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Guy Edgar Kelly was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana on November 22, 1906. In his early career he performed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a band led by Toots Johnson before going to New Orleans, Louisiana to play in Papa Celestin’s band in 1927-1928. While residing there he would regularly perform in trumpet duels with Red Allen.
In 1929 he went on tour as a member of Kid Howard’s band, and then joined Boyd Atkins’s band in the summer of 1930. By 1931 Kelly had moved to Chicago, Illinois where he was working with Cassino Simpson and Erskine Tate.
In the 1930s he worked with banjoist Ed Carry, pianists Dave Peyton, Tiny Parham, Albert Ammons, violinist Carroll Dickerson, and clarinetist Jimmie Noone,. Guy appears on the Noone classic composition The Blues Jumped A Rabbit, recorded Chicago on January 15, 1936.
Trumpeter and singer Guy Kelly died February 24, 1940.
The Jazz Voyager
From Ann Arbor to the City of Brotherly Love is the travel plan for this Jazz Voyager as I head to Avenue of the Arts where culture and jazz lives. This trip is offering up a two-fer platter of entertainment at South Jazz Kitchen. Serving up elevated comfort food rooted in the food of the south for soul-satisfying dishes.
This Thursday I will be in the company of vocalist, songwriter, producer, musical theater actress and radio host Lori Williams who will be taking the stage. A layover is also going to have me returning to the club on Friday to give me the pleasure of seeing for the first time another amazing vocalist Sy Smith in person.
South Jazz Kitchen is located at 600 N. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19130. For more information visit southjazzkitchen.com.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Scot Albertson was born on November 20, 1957 and raised in Norwalk, Connecticut. Early childhood saw him as a choir member of the Little Singers of Norwalk and would travel, sing and compete internationally with the choir for six years. After graduating college he served for six years as a police officer segueing for a year in Arizona on border patrol. Returning to Connecticut he started a very successful small business which sustained his lifestyle for nineteen years.
In 2000 he began taking vocal lessons with Richard Lissemore in New York City. Four and one half years later after intensive study, Scot released his debut album titled Got A Date With Fate with bassist Mark Egan, drummer Danny Gottlieb and producer, composer and pianist Jon Werking. Showcasing the music in 2005 at Danny’s Skylight Cabaret Room in New York City began his life as a career performer.
Since his debut performance, vocalist Scot Albertson has gone on to continue to perform around the city and metropolitan area.
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