“Pauline's voice is going to capture you from the first note" --Jazz & Bossa Review
“This phenomenal vocalist With a voice and stage presence made for jazz, Pauline indeed is a force to look out for" --HaitianBeatz.com
Pauline Jean presents Remembering Nina Simone at the following UK venues in March:
Monday 1 March 2010: 8.30pm Hare & Hounds 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing BN11 1QG, Adm FREE
Thursday 4 March 2010: 8pm Pizza on the Park, 11 Knightsbridge London SW1, Adm 15GBP Box office 08456 027017
Saturday 6 March 2010: 8pm Half Moon Roxeth Hill, Harrow HA2 0JY, Adm FREE
Sunday 7 March 2010: 8pm Hugo's 25 Lonsdale Road, London NW6, Adm 10GBP Box office 020 7372 1232
With Alex Webb (piano), Gary Crosby (bass) and Rod Youngs (drums) except 1 March (Steve Thompson, bass and Alex Eberhard, drums) and 6 March (Fulvio Buccafusco, bass and Andy Chapman, drums).
Rising jazz vocalist Pauline Jean is a native New Yorker of Haitian descent, a graduate cum laude from the Berklee College of Music with a BM degree in Vocal Performance. A soulful, bluesy and swinging vocalist, she has shared the stage such musicians as Nina Simones percussionist Leopoldo Fleming, Randy Weston, Dave Valentin, Ted Curson, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ingrid Jensen and Luis Perdomo.
Pauline has a great vocal and emotional affinity with the late Nina Simone and frequently performs her own tribute show often with Ninas sideman Leopoldo Fleming in the band. Her own repertoire includes original compositions, unique arrangements of the standards, blues and traditional Afro-Haitian music fused with jazz.
She has performed at the 2nd Annual Women in Jazz Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival-New York, the Haitian Jazz Festival and the St. Kitts-Nevis SAS Jazz Reggae Vibes Festival; her most recent successes include performing at the 44th International Pori Jazz Festival in Finland and a tribute to Nina Simone at The Cabaret at the Connoisseur Room in Indianapolis, where she was celebrated with standing ovations by an enthusiastic audience for three stellar performances.
Pauline has now released her stirring debut CD A Musical Offering, available on CD Baby and I-Tunes.
For more information on the tour please contact Alex Webb on [email protected]
