Vanessa Rubin Quartet

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Feb 26, 2022  8 - 11 p.m.

Location

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Details

New York City vocalist extraordinaire and 2020 NAACP Image Awards nominee makes a one-night-only return to BLU Jazz+ with an all-star band bringing "great jazz in grand style!" Featuring Vanessa Rubin (vocals), Gerard Gibbs (Hammond B3), Perry Hughes (guitar), Reggie Jackson (drums).

Revered as both a torchbearer and a storyteller, jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin possesses a voice hailed for crystalline clarity, hearth-like warmth and playful lioness sass. The Cleveland native brings a wealth of diverse influences to her vocal performance from both the Trinidadian/Caribbean roots of her mother and traditional jazz by way of her Louisiana-born father. Additional homespun influences include the melodic bell tone clarity of a young Capital Records recording artist, Nancy Wilson, the fire of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, the sweet sounds of trumpeter Blue Mitchell as well as her love of the Motown Sound…especially girl groups like the Supremes.