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Singer-pianist Davina Sowers is well known in the blues world as the leader of Davina and the Vagabonds, an ensemble that she formed in 2006.
The popular group, which is based in Minnesota but has toured and appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival and throughout the U.S. and Europe, usually consists of trumpet, trombone, bass, drums and the colorful leader.
Due to the pandemic, here is Davina without the Vagabonds, performing as a solo singer-pianist on her LiveStream of Aug. 9, 2020.
Davina sings and plays “When My Sugar Walks Down The Street,” and several originals in an often-rollicking style that crosses over between vintage jazz, New Orleans r&b and blues; it is a fresh extension on older styles, turning them into something new.
– Scott Yanow
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August 09, 2020
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January 30, 2021
November 14, 2020
August 08, 2020
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You can follow Lauren White here.
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August 08, 2020
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You can follow Ashley Pezzoti here.
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Ashley Pezzotti, who was born in Queens, New York, took classical voice lessons starting when she was four and in 2018 graduated from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.
In addition to her strong and beautiful voice, Ms. Pezzotti is notable for composing songs that sound as if they are from the Great American Songbook but are actually quite recent.
She has performed and recorded with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra and sung with Dave Holland, recording her debut album We’ve Only Just Begun in 2019.
On her LiveStream from Aug. 8, 2020, Ashley Pezzotti (who is on the brink of being discovered) along with the tasteful pianist Matt Wigler perform some of her originals plus “Body and Soul,” a scat-filled uptempo version of “Confirmation,” and an extended exploration of “All Of Me.”
– Scott Yanow
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August 08, 2020
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Keyboardist Aja Grant leads Phony Ppl, a group that mixes together funk, soul, r&b and World Music.
Named by his father after the Steely Dan record Aja, he began playing the baritone horn in fourth grade and then was largely self-taught on piano, eventually switching his main focus to the Fender Rhodes.
Grant co-founded Phony Ppl while a freshman in high school and, while he has worked in a variety of settings since then, it is still one of his main outlets.
On his LiveStream from Aug. 8, 2020, Aja Grant performs groove music on his keyboards in a set of duets with drummer Matthew Byas.
-Scott Yanow
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August 08, 2020
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