“The Sirens of Song” The Songs of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone

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Ella Fitzgerald, Bille Holiday, Nina Simone… three different styles; three pioneering women in jazz. Each brought an emotional intensity to every phrase they sang. Join us as international recording artist, vocalist and cellist Shana Tucker and the Christian Tamburr Trio (Christian Tamburr on piano/vibes, Matthew Rybicki on bass, Kobie Watkins on drums) take us on journey through the music and lives of these icons. Touted by JazzTimes Magazine as “a jazz talent...whose imprint and vitality has already been quite visible...” Shana’s style and sound have been described as a curious mash-up of Joni Mitchell, Dianne Reeves, Ella Fitzgerald and Tracy Chapman, with an efficient complexity of songwriting reminiscent of Bill Withers. "Tucker distinguishes herself with calmly resolute, eclectic vocals and similarly eclectic songwriting that span the worlds of jazz, soul music and pensively lyrical chamber pop..." -- NEW YORK MUSIC DAILY