Event Details
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Start Time: 8:00 PM
Event Type: Concerts, Special Events
Last Updated: June 12, 2012
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Toshi Reagon & Allison Miller Present Celebrate!The Great Women of Blues & Jazzwith Christelle DurandyKarmaMayet JohnsonM. NahadrImani UzuriJosette Marchak & Toshi Reagonwith HostLiza Jessie PetersonMichelle DorranceBessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Memphis Minnie, Sarah Vaughn, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Koko Taylor, and more ... 16 of New York's fiercest artists come together to celebrate and pay tribute to their musical mothers. If you love classic blues and jazz, and if you want to know how what you hear today came to be, then join these incredible artists on this musical journey.Toshi Reagon and Allison Miller present Celebrate! The Great Women of Blues and Jazz, with vocalists Christelle Durandy, Karma, Mayet Johnson, M. Nahadr, Imani Uzuri, Josette Marchak, and Toshi Reagon. Bandleader Allison Milller will lead a group featuring Mimi Jones, Shamie Royston, Mayra Casele and Alex Nolan. The evening will be hosted by Liza Jessie Peterson and will feature special guest dancer Michelle Dorrance. We are excited to have this show as a part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival.