Results for "Nnenna Freelon"

Nnenna Freelon & Harolyn Blackwell on "Dreaming the Duke" at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival Sept 5

July 28, 2009

Grammy nominated vocalist, Nnenna Freelon, classical singer Harolyn Blackwell, and David Bowie pianist, Mike Garson team up for the first time in a jazz-meets-classical celebration of the music of Duke Ellington on Saturday, September 5, at 8 pm at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. They will perform duets and solo pieces accompanied by a double quartet, single ...

Guitar Legend-in-the-Making Julian Lage Interviewed at AAJ

March 23, 2009

A documentary film made in 1996 centers on an eight year-old guitarist who is already a professional and how he mixes that life with everything else, like family and being a kid. At one point, he's shown playing the guitar behind his neck, a la Jimi Hendrix, adroitly picking a melodic line. At another, he lays ...

Julian Lage: Stepping Into the Limelight

by R.J. DeLuke
March 23, 2009

A documentary film made in 1996 centers on an eight year-old guitarist who is already a professional and how he mixes that life with everything else, like family and being a kid. At one point, he's shown playing the guitar behind his neck, a la Jimi Hendrix, adroitly picking a melodic line. At another, he lays ...

Monterey Jazz Festival Records and Terence Blanchard Win Grammy

February 10, 2009

Monterey Jazz Festival Records Wins Grammy Terence Blanchards Win For Best Jazz Instrumental Solo From Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival Is Historic First For Label February 10, 2009 - The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that Terence Blanchard, the Festivals 2007 Artist-In-Residence, has won his fourth Grammy, winning Best Jazz Instrumental Solo ...

Better Than Anything: The Quintessential Nnenna Freelon

By Nnenna Freelon

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2008

Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance to Welcome Nnenna Freelon

September 15, 2008

Shakori Hills to Feature Two Local Treasures: The Carolina Chocolate Drops and Nnenna Freelon play a home stage this fall Pittsboro, NC - The Fall Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, taking place October 9-12, 2008 will be welcoming two very different, yet fascinating acts who call the Triangle area home. They will both ...

If I Had You

Featuring the music of Nnenna Freelon
Duration: 4:23
July 28, 2008

Nnenna Freelon and Evidence Dance Celebrate Lady Day at Apollo Premiere

by Daniel Kassell
December 8, 2007

Nnenna Freelon, Ronald K. Brown and Evidence Dance Company The Blueprint of a Lady Apollo Theater, NYC November 10, 2007 Subtitled “The Once and Future Life of Billie Holiday," a concept of vocalist Nnenna Freelon in collaboration with choreographer-dancer Ronald K. Brown and his Evidence Dance Company, the occasion was ...

Blueprint Of A Lady

By Nnenna Freelon

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2005
Track listing: I Didn't Know What Time it Was; What a Little Moonlight Can Do; Don't Explain; God Bless the Child; Strange Fruit; Willow Weep for Me; Balm in Gilead; Them There Eyes; Only You will Know; You've Changed; Now or Never; Lover Man; Left Alone; Little Brown Bird; All of Me.

Blueprint of a Lady: Sketches of Billie Holiday

By Nnenna Freelon

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2005
Track listing: I Didn't Know What Time It Was; What a Little Moonlight Can Do; Don't Explain; God Bless The Child; Strange Fruit; Willow Weep For Me; Balm In Gilead; Them There Eyes; Only You Will Know; You've Changed; Now or Never; Lover Man; Left Alone; Interlude -"Little Brown Bird"; All of Me.