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| Live Jazz at Flushing Town Hall Celebrating Women’s History Month From March 4th through March 31st, Flushing Town Hall celebrates Women's History Month with a series commemorating jazz and soul legends Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Latin music icon Celia Cruz, and more featuring Broadway veteran Rosena Hill Jackson, jazz singers Akua Allrich and Barbara Rosene, and Latin soul singer Deborah Resto. Women's History Month Trilogy #1 Songs of Sarah Vaughan w/ Rosena Hill Jackson FRI, MAR 4, 7 PM ET Celebrate the life and career of the legendary Sarah Vaughan, Queen of Bebop. Broadway actress/singer Rosena Hill Jackson and her ensemble will take you on a journey into the music of Sarah Vaughan with delightfully new arrangements written by Grammy-winning trombonist and music arranger Jason Jackson. Who's Who in the Band! Rosena Hill Jackson, vocals Jason Jackson, trombone Don Braden, saxophone Cyrus Chestnut, piano Women's History Month Trilogy #2 You Give Me Fever - The Peggy Lee Songbook w/ Barbara Rosene THU, MAR 10, 7 PM ET Norma Deloris Egstrom, known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. The music of Peggy Lee will be brought to life by vocalist Barbara Rosene who has built an unequalled reputation for interpreting the great music of the 1920s and 30s. Who's Who in the Band! Barbara Rosene: vocals Conal Fowkes: piano & acoustic bass John Merrill: guitar Mark Lopeman: clarinet & saxophone Akua Allrich: Tribute to Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba SAT, MAR 19, 8 PM ET Jazz vocalist and DC-native Akua Allrich (a MAAF Jazz Touring Network Artist) curates and delivers a soul-stirring tribute to two powerhouse musician-activists, Nina Simone and Miriam Makeba. This talented Howard University graduate is making a name for herself in the US and beyond with a musical style that draws from blues, soul, jazz, and panAfrican music. Akua leads a sizzling hot band in renditions of beloved songs made famous by Simone and Makeba. This engagement of Akua Allrich and the Tribe is made possible through the Jazz Touring Network program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Women's History Month Trilogy #3: Oye Como Va - A Tribute to the Great Women of Latin Music w/ Deborah Resto THU, MAR 31, 7 PM ET Featuring the great women of Latin music such as Celia Cruz, La Lupe, and Olga Tanon, Deborah Resto and her ensemble will bring the exotic rhythm and spice of Latin music that gained international popularity spanning over 50 years. Smooth soul and singer/songwriter Deborah Resto is a New York born Hispanic recording artist, and musician, whose music reflects the very essence of her Latin soul. Who's Who in the Band! Deborah Resto, vocals Oreste Abrantes, percussion Franco Pinna, drums Eddie Venegas, trombone, violin Alex Apolo, bass Pablo Mayor, piano and Music Director write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |