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Amber Weekes

Born: July 9, 1962

American jazz recording artist Amber Weekes has given the world a special and unique gift:  her voice.  Her producer Mark Cargill described it as “a voice from Heaven,” and hears “harps, violins, trumpets on a cloud of velvet whenever she begins to sing.”

Weekes is rising to the pinnacle of her career with the upcoming 2024 release of “A Lady with a Song – Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson,” an homage to the legendary jazz singer and fellow storyteller.

Weekes, raised in Los Angeles, says she was “born singing” in her parents’ musical household.  At four, she stepped onto her first stage, the living room coffee table in her childhood home.  The daughter of singers from Harlem, Weekes’ home oozed with the sounds of Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, Barbara Streisand, Diahann Carroll, The Beatles, Leontyne Price, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Brown, Jr., and Ray Charles.  Generations earlier, her grandparents, Wilfred and Nettie Weekes, served musical giants Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, Billy Strahorn and many others inside Weekes’ Luncheonette in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem.  These famous patrons left their musical mark on the family.  It was just a matter of time that Weekes would step into and fully claim her musical inheritance. 

To Oscar With Love

By Amber Weekes

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Mister Kicks; Afro Blue; Strong Man; But I Was Cool; Brown Baby; Hazel Hips; Rags And Old Iron; Hum Drum Blues; The Snake; Work Song; A Ladies Man; A Tree And Me.

Cory Weeds, Rahsaan Barber, David Champagne, Joey DeFrancesco and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 22, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Cory Weeds, Rahsaan Barber, David Champagne, Kay Kostopoulos, Johannes Enders, Jon De Lucia, The Flying Horse Big Band, Janis Siegel, Joey DeFrancesco, Henry Threadgill/Vijay Iyer/Dafnis Prieto, Adonis Rose, Bob McChesney, Aaron Johnson and Gregory Chen, Aymee Nuviola, Donald Vega, Monty Alexander, Mike Catalano, Branford Marsalis Quartet with Dianne Reeves, Jerry ...

Monktober continues with covers from Abbey Lincoln, Art Blakey, Chick Corea, and Billy Higgins. Also new music from Janis Siegel, Bobby Watson, and Others

by David W. Daniels
October 20, 2026

In addition to the musicians mentioned in the title, this edition of Exploration includes newly released music from Tommy Flanagan, Amber Weekes, Ray Russell, and more. Birthdays for Freddy Cole, Roy Hargrove, Kazumi Watanabe, and others are recognized.Playlist Chick Corea and Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian “Little Rootie Tootie" from Further Explorations (Concord Jazz) ...

Walking Down the Freedom Road: Oscar Brown Jr. at 100

by Katchie Cartwright
October 18, 2026

October 10, 2026 was the 100th birthday of the great Chicago-born-and-bred singer, songwriter, poet, playwright, and civil rights activist Oscar Brown Jr.. Caminhos do Jazz joined the celebration, focusing on Brown's pathbreaking debut, Sin & Soul (Columbia Records, 1961 [recorded in 1960]), and pulling in choice cuts from Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Amber Weekes' beautiful 2026 ...

Monty Alexander, Rahsaan Barber, Sean Mason & NicoleYvette

by Joe Dimino
October 11, 2026

From a fresh voice lighting up the jazz world with style, soul and undeniable charm, we launch the 979th Episode of Neon Jazz with NicoleYvette and the title track from her dazzling 2026 debut album, Say Yes. From there, we dive deeper into the voices and stories shaping jazz right now, featuring recent conversations with Hannah ...

Ekep Nkwelle, Brandon Seabrook, Donald Vega, Sakoto Fujii, Caixa Cuba

by Cheryl K.
October 8, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--vocalist Ekep Nkwelle; guitarist/banjoist Brandon Seabrook; pianists Thelonious Monk (1967 Euro tour) and Donald Vega; harmonica player Hendrik Meurkens and pianist Steve Sandberg; pianist/composer Sakoto Fujii; the Brazilian trio Caixa Cuba; and guitarist Jocelyn Gould.Playlist [SINGLE] Billie Holiday “Deep Song" from [SINGLE] (Decca) 3:10 Ekep ...

Bobby Watson, Monty Alexander, JD Allen, Zuri Alexander and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 7, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Bobby Watson, Monty Alexander, JD Allen, Zuri Alexander, Hendrik Meurkens & Steve Sandberg, The Dave Fox Group, Tommy Muellner, Adonis Rose, Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra, Dennis Mitcheltree, Sullivan Fortner, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Haruna Fukazawa, Janis Siegel, Jane Ira Bloom, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro, Enoch Smith Jr., ...

Josh Lawrence, Doug Webb, Janis Siegel, Branford Marsalis Quartet with Dianne Reeves and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 1, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Josh Lawrence, Bob McChesney, Doug Webb, Janis Siegel, Todd DelGiudice, Samuel Bonnet Trio, Jimbo Ross, Branford Marsalis Quartet with Dianne Reeves, Alain Bradette, Elliott Caine Quintet, Mike Dana Jazz Orchestra, Azar Lawrence, Tara Davidson's Marni Project, Jonathan Karrant, Marlon Simon And The Nagual Spirits, Thelonious Monk, Jane Ira Bloom, Ekep ...

Miki Yamanaka, Donald Vega, Dwayne Dolphin, Jalen Baker and more

by Benjamin Boddie
September 24, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Miki Yamanaka, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Paul Yonemura, Amber Weekes, Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet, Steve Rawlins, Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band, Nicoleyvette, Joyce E Tutty Moreno & Adrian Young, Mike Jones, Donald Vega, Skinny Hightower, Zaccai Curtis, Kay Kostopoulos, Sullivan Fortner, Jun Iida, Andrew Kim, Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose, ...