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SUMMARY:José James
LOCATION:AB Flex (Anspachlaan 110\, 1000 Brussel)
DESCRIPTION:Unique AB production in which an impressive voice of modern\njazz - José James – releases his vocal glory upon the\nmusical heritage of Billie Holiday\, or “Lady Day”.\nLet's just say: one of the most impressive voices\nAmerican jazz history has ever known.Coincidence or not:\nBillie Holiday – or Eleanora Fagan Gough – was born on 7\nApril 1915. So José James intentionally chose this symbolic\ndate (read: anniversary).Time to give the word to the\nfounder of the project\, José James himself\, on his love\nfor Lady Day.    José James - vocals\, loopstationTakuya\nKuroda - trumpetMichael Campagna - tenor saxophoneKris\nBowers - pianoSolomon Dorsey - bassRichard Spaven -\ndrumsKris Bowers is very special: he plays with Aretha\nFranklin\, Ludacris + Marcus Miller José James about Billie\nHoliday“Billie Holiday stands in our history as the most\nimportant jazz singer of all time. She remains the finest\ninterpreter of the human heart\, finding the notes\, words\,\nand feeling to describe that most complex human emotion -\nlove.Her father\, Louis Armstrong\, gave her the harmonic\nlanguage\, jazz phrasing\, and risk taking of a\ninstrumentalist. Her mother\, Bessie Smith\, the Empress of\nthe Blues\, gave her the personal voice\, style\, feeling\,\nand artistry of a powerful storyteller. Together she\ncombined these skills into a new vocabulary of expression\,\ntaking the words and music of some of America's finest\nsongwriters - Ellington\, Mercer\, Gershwin\, Kern\,\nBerlin\, Arlen\, Porter\, Rodgers and Hart - to the level of\na new art form. Jazz singing. She did not invent it but she\nperfected it and set the bar for every generation of singers\nto follow. This night is a tribute to her mastery of song\,\nand to her indomitable spirit.Billie Holiday has brought me\nout of my darkest nights with her poetry and warm voice\nthat\, world weary and timeless\, calls upon the wisdom of\nthe ages. She reminds us that the human heart is a most\nfragile thing - and is perhaps the only way possible to\nunderstand our choices\, passions\, and paths that we must\ntake in our life. She reminds us of the power of memory\, of\nour cherished moments with loved ones that - though they\nreside in the past - are kept alive through our devotion of\nfeeling.José James An Afternoon with Billie Holiday…Ready\nfor an afternoon totally focused upon Lady Day? No\, we\nwon't be reading from her seriously ‘cleaned up’\n(auto)biography ‘Lady Sings The Blues’ that she\npublished in ’56 with the assistance of her ghostwriter\nWilliam Dufty (which also once bore the working title\n‘Bitter Crop’) and we won't be falling back upon the\nbiopic of the same name from ’72 starring Diana Ross.\nWe'll be attempting to dig just a little deeper and with\nmore modern day relevance so as to delight even the biggest\nLady Day fan. Expect readings\, interviews\, a listening\nsession or even new revelations.You can register free of\ncharge via info@abconcerts.be with An Afternoon with Billie\nHoliday…… as subject. Please also mention the number of\npeople who will be attending with you. Please note: numbers\nare limited!
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