Tag: Jazz Vocalist
Stacy Sullivan: On the Air
Radiant and warm, Stacy Sullivan—following her recent award-winning tribute to Peggy Lee—graced the intimate Brick Room at Don’t Tell Mama with a music-filled reflection on the career of composer and jazz pianist Marian McPartland.
Molly Ringwald: An Evening with Molly Ringwald
The name Molly Ringwald is synonymous with 1980s coming-of-age Brat Pack movies and best known for her roles in Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink.
La Tanya Hall: To Sarah with Love: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Sarah Vaughan
La-Tanya-Hall-Sarah-Vaughan-Cabaret-Scenes-Magazine_212It takes a special voice to do justice to Sarah Vaughan, who I rate as one of the five greatest female vocalists of all time. La Tanya Hall has such a voice.
Peggy Lee and the American Popular Songbook by James Gavin
Like all defense mechanisms, fantasizing has its positive and negative aspects.
Dec. 1 & 4: Gabrielle Stravelli: Metropolitan Room
With just a smattering of patter, she showcases her liquid voice, stirring lyrical perception and a keen ear for good songs.
Maye Cavallaro: Empress Theatre
Maye Cavallaro is a well-kept jazz secret here in the Bay Area due to her limited performance schedule, but based on her considerable concert skills, she should get out more often.
Nov. 19: René Marie: I Wanna Be Evil: Scullers
René Marie celebrates the release of her latest CD, I Wanna Be Evil: With Love to Eartha Kitt at Boston’s Scullers Jazz Club.
Nov. 21 & 22: Oleta Adams: Jazz Cabaret
Oleta Adams “is a true hybrid—part soul, smooth jazz, gospel and R&B… all coalescing around her rich, perfect-pitch alto.”
Cecile McLorin Salvant: The Addition
Jazz’s new wunderkind, the ridiculously talented Cecile McLorin Salvant, can blow your mind in just her opening number.
Marilyn Maye with Bucky Pizzarelli: Two Swingin’ Souls
Marilyn Maye! Bucky Pizzarelli! Together for the first time!
