No Beginning, No End

April 4 – Amsterdam, MC Theater

April 5 – Rotterdam, Lantaren Venster

April 7 – Brussels, AB “Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday”

May 11 – NYC, Le Poisson Rouge

May 12 – D.C., Library of Congress Atlas Theater

more info: here

WORLDWIDE DEBUT ON BILLIE’S BIRTHDAY APRIL 7th 2012!!!

“Billie Holiday stands in our history as the most important jazz singer of all time. She remains the finest interpreter of the human heart, finding the notes, words, and feeling to describe that most complex human emotion – love.

Her father, Louis Armstrong, gave her the harmonic language, jazz phrasing, and risk taking of a instrumentalist. Her mother, Bessie Smith, the Empress of the Blues, gave her the personal voice, style, feeling, and artistry of a powerful storyteller. Together she combined these skills into a new vocabulary of expression, taking the words and music of some of America’s finest songwriters – Ellington, Mercer, Gershwin, Kern, Berlin, Arlen, Porter, Rodgers and Hart – to the level of a new art form. Jazz singing.

She did not invent it but she perfected it and set the bar for every generation of singers to follow. This night is a tribute to her mastery of song, and to her indomitable spirit.

Billie Holiday has brought me out of my darkest nights with her poetry and warm voice that, world weary and timeless, calls upon the wisdom of the ages.She reminds us that the human heart is a most fragile thing – and is perhaps the only way possible to understand our choices, passions, and paths that we must take in our life. She reminds us of the power of memory, of our cherished moments with loved ones that – though they reside in the past – are kept alive through our devotion of feeling.”

Tickets + info: HERE

Takuya Kuroda – trumpet

Michael Campagna – tenor saxophone

Kris Bowers – piano

Solomon Dorsey – bass

Richard Spaven – drums

No Beginning, No End featuring:

Kris Bowers – keys

Burniss Traviss – bass

Obed Calvaire – drums

MONTREAL :: Feb 29 Le Piano Rouge

TORONTO :: Mar 2 The Great Hall

info

Courtesy of Kouichi Nakazawa

Courtesy of Kouichi Nakazawa

Courtesy of Kouichi Nakazawa

I’m proud to announce the debut of my new project, “No Beginning, No End” on February 10th + 11th at Harlem Stage, NYC!

This is a culmination of a year + a half of writing, recording + musical exploration. Together with a fantastic band –  Takuya Kuroda on trumpet, Corey King on trombone, Grant Windsor on keys, Solomon Dorsey on bass + Nate Smith on drums + with very special guests Taylor McFerrin + Emily King, we’ll be performing new songs for my forthcoming album ”No Beginning, No End” due September 2012.

come get the world’s first view of my new journey + share Valentine’s weekend with us

onelove

J

more info at harlemstage.org