Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Joe Bourne was born on October 20, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and music became a part of his life at an early age. He began singing in a church choir and on the street corner with various singing groups.
Greatly inspired by such greats as Nat King Cole and Lou Rawls, his US career grew from lead singer for a Top 40 rhythm and blues/jazz band to international status, recording and releasing albums with hit singles. During this period he made several radio and TV commercials for Delta Airlines, Coca Cola and the American Telephone Company.
A move to Europe saw Bourne performing for the American and Dutch military and supporting acts in concert, such as The Stylistics, Natalie Cole, The Manhattans, The Pointer Sisters, Dionne Warwick and Ray Charles while they were on their European tour. He has performed in Scandinavia, Australia, Aruba, Indonesia, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
Apart from his solo performances and his engagements with 25 to 100 voice choirs, Joe teams up with female colleagues for duet performances complemented by various orchestra backings from combo to Big Band or symphony orchestras.
He has been awarded for his rendition of Gershwin’s Summertime, the Silver Orpheus in Bulgaria and the Jimmy Kennedy Award in Ireland. He was also awarded the Kunsteler des Jahres and the Diamantes des Jahres for top class entertainment in Germany. Vocalist Joe Bourne continues to perform and record.
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ALLAN HARRIS
A Nat King Cole Christmas
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Esperanza Spalding was born October 18, 1984 in Portland, Oregon. Raised in a single parent household she was greatly influenced by her mother who was a singer, though she attributes cellist Yo-Yo Ma as her inspiration to make music her life. By the time Spalding was five, she had taught herself to play the violin and was playing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon, staying with them until fifteen and left as concertmaster.
While homeschooled through elementary years Esperanza gleaned lessons from her mother’s guitar instructor when she was eight and would return home and play what she learned. She played oboe and clarinet before discovering the bass at 14 while attending The Northwest Academy. Bored with the ease of high school when she was 15 or 16 years old, Spalding dropped out and started writing lyrics for music for the local indie rock/pop group Noise for Pretend, touching on any topic that came to mind.
Spalding had begun performing live in Portland with her first gig at 15 in a blues club, when she could play only one line on bass and was soon learning from seasoned professionals during the band’s rehearsals. She went on to get her GED, enroll in Portland State University, then left with full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music.
Almost immediately after graduation Esperanza was hired by her alma mater at age 20, becoming one of the youngest instructors in the institution’s history. In 2006 she released her debut album “Junjo” followed by her sophomore project “Esperanza” in which she sings in English, Spanish and Portuguese. These two projects were followed up with “Chamber Music Society” and her fourth album “Radio Music Society”.
She was personally chosen by President Obama to perform at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies and concert, she has won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 2011, and Jazz Artist of the Year at the Boston Music Awards. She has collaborated with Tineke Postma, Nicholas Payton and Terri Lyne Carrington among others, performed at the 84th Academy Awards and has donated a portion of her 2012 tour proceeds from merchandise sales to the non-profit organization “Free The Slaves” that combats worldwide human trafficking.
In 2024 she recorded her 10th album Milton + esperanza with Milton Nascimento, been nominated fourteen times, won nine including five Grammy awards, and has received an honorary Doctorate of music from Berklee. Bassists and vocalist Esperanza Spalding continues to compose, record, perform and tour.
JOBIM & THE MUSIC OF BRAZIL
In the 1960s, Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim brought the bossa nova craze to the United States, and this infectious and sensuous sound soon became beloved throughout the world. We celebrate Jobim’s centennial and the jazz genres of Brazil—including bossa nova, samba and choro.
Performers:
Eliane Elias: Piano
Anat Cohen: Clarinet
Trio da Paz: Ensemble
Shelly Berg and the Frost School of Music’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra
Tickets: $52.65 – $152.10 | Includes fees.
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JAZZMEIA HORN
Named by her jazz loving grandmother, Jazzmeia Horn was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1991. She grew up in a close church-going family singing gospel music.
Horn graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, which was attended by other great artists such as Roy Hargrove, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu. In 2009, she enrolled at The School of Jazz at The New School in New York City.
Jazzmeia won the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the 2015 zzmeThelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition and, shortly after, was signed by Concord Records. In 2017, she released her debut album, “A Social Call,” which was nominated for a Grammy Award.
She continued to tour nationally and internationally, honing her vocal, performance, and writing skills to get across her message about the global need for love and social change in the world. In 2019, she released “Love and Liberation,” which also received a Grammy nomination. The following year, she published her book “Strive From Within: The Jazzmeia Horn Approach” while recording her big band album “Dear Love.”
While performing and writing, Ms. Horn teaches students and conducts outreach programs across the globe through The Jazz Horn International Vocal Initiative.
Cover: $57.69 ~ 74.19 | fee included
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