Sathima Bea Benjamin's 70th Birthday Concert at
Sweet Rhythm, October 17, 2006
Featuring Onaje Allan Gumbs, Buster Williams, and Victor Lewis
Special Guests to be Announced.
Legendary vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin celebrates her 70th birthday as well as the release of her compilation album SongSpirit with a performance at New York's Sweet Rhythm Jazz Club on Tuesday, October 17. Sets begin at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., with a $20 cover, $10 drink minimum.
Originally from Cape Town, Sathima Bea Benjamin is one of South Africa's musical treasures, and has over the years established herself as one of the greatest living jazz singers in the world, having worked with such musical legends as Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and her husband, Abdullah Ibrahim. Throughout her career, Sathima has recorded 11 albums, earned a Grammy nomination, and received in 2004 the Order of Ikhamanga, South Africa's highest honor.
As a singer, Sathima's interpretations of standards have earned her a devoted audience and the highest praise of critics. Jules Epstein of the Philadelphia Tribune writes, “there may be ten great jazz singers alive today, and Sathima Bea Benjamin is unquestionably one." In Jazztimes, Robin D.G. Kelley described Sathima as “South Africa's greatest jazz singer and one of the best the world has ever known."
Also on October 17, Sathima's latest album, the compilation SongSpirit, will be released. Compiling 11 of her greatest recorded tracks, as well as a previously unreleased duet with Abdullah Ibrahim, SongSpirit also features performances by Duke Ellington, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Carlos Ward, and many more.
Sathima Bea Benjamin
October 17, 2006
Sweet Rhythm
88 Seventh Avenue South (at Bleecker Street)
Sets at 8:00 and 10:00 pm
$20 cover, $10 drink minimum
Phone 212-255-3626 for reservations
For more information contact All About Jazz.
