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Ladies Sing The Blues: Kim Nalley, Denise Perrier And Tiffany Austin at San Jose Jazz Winter Fest at Oshman Family Jcc

Courtesy of Massimo Chisessi | Posted on January 9, 2020

Where

Oshman Family Jcc
San Jose Jazz Winter Fest

3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA
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Ladies Sing The Blues: Kim Nalley, Denise Perrier And Tiffany Austin at San Jose Jazz Winter Fest at Oshman Family Jcc

When

Thu, February 27, 2020
8:00 pm

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“Ladies Sing the Blues” is an exploration of the women who made up the essence of the blues: Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin. This evening will feature three ladies from three different generations who have made a substantial contribution to the legacy of the jazz-blues genre, Denise Perrier, Kim Nalley and Tiffany Austin.

Kim Nalley has been called “legendary” and a “San Francisco institution,” awarded “Most Influential African American in the Bay Area” in 2005 and “Best Jazz Group” in 2013. She won a nomination in Downbeat 2017 Critics Poll as a “Rising Star” and all of her albums have charted on JazzWeek. Her most recent album Blues People was widely praised by Downbeat, Jazz Journal, JazzTimes, and chosen as top Ten Jazz Album of 2018 by NPR. She has performed at most of the world’s major Jazz festivals including UmbriaJazz and Monterey Jazz and with artists such as Rhoda Scott, Terri Lynn Carrington, Angela Davis, Houston Person, James Williams, James Carter, Branford Marsalis and many more....

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