Concord Jazz Vocalist and Five-Time Grammy Nominee Nnenna Freelon to Release Her First ``Live'' Album on October 7.Entertainment Editors/Music Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2003 Five-time Grammy nominee and two-time Lady of Soul nominee, jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon Nnenna Freelon, (b. July 28, 1954), is an American jazz singer, composer, producer, and arranger. She has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for her vocal work,[1] , will release her first "live" album on Concord Records Concord Records is a well-known U.S. jazz record label, based in Beverly Hills, California. Originally known as Concord Jazz, it was established in 1972 as an off-shoot of the Concord Jazz Festival in Concord, California by festival founder Carl Jefferson, a local on October 7 entitled LIVE. Her fifth Concord Records release, LIVE was recorded at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and marks a decade-long recording career for Freelon, as well as 20 years of live performances onstage. Freelon's musical journey has taken her from standing ovations for her performances on The 43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Grammy Awards Annual awards given by the Recording Academy (officially the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). The first Grammies (the name is a dimunitive of “gramophone”) were given in 1958. telecast to Presidential Inaugurations to performances in motion pictures which include "What Women Want" starring Mel Gibson Noun 1. Mel Gibson - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Gibson U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. and "The Visit," starring Billy Dee Williams. With eight recordings to her name, LIVE is Freelon's first live recording, and her second as producer, in which she handpicked the tunes: "Nothing Will Be As It Was," "All Or Nothing At All," "If I Only Had A Brain," "Meaning Of The Blues," "Body & Soul," "My Cherie Amour," "The Tears Of A Clown," "Button Up Your Overcoat," "If I Had You" and "Circle Song." Freelon is winner of both the Billie Holiday Award from the prestigious Academie du Jazz, and the Eubie Blake Award. Heralded for her unique voice and style, Freelon has toured the U.S. extensively and abroad, opening for a who's who in jazz, from Ray Charles to Tony Bennett, among others. Freelon is also touring the U.S. and Europe this Fall, with performances at the Monterey Jazz Festival Debuting on October 3, 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF) is one of the longest consecutively running jazz festivals. It was co-founded by San Francisco jazz radio broadcaster Jimmy Lyons and his colleague, journalist Ralph J. Gleason. (September 21); BTI BTI Beverage Testing Institute BTI Boyce Thompson Institute BTI British American Tobacco (stock symbol) BTI Boston Theological Institute Bti Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis BTI BioTechnology Institute BTI Binding Tariff Information Center For the Arts at Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, NC (September 26-28); Cramton Auditorium At Howard University in Washington, DC (October 4); Stockton Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. at Stockton College in Pomona, NJ (October 10); Chuckchansi Gold Resort in Coarsegold, CA (October 23); Wilshire Ebell Theatre (DIVAS: Simply Singing AIDS Fundraiser) in Los Angeles, CA (October 25); Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in El Granada, CA (October 26); Catalina Bar & Grill (October 27-30, November 1-2), Los Angeles, CA; Wien, Austria (November 8); Herbst Jazz Festival in Salzburg, Austria (November 9); Chamber Music Hall with the Berlin Philarmonic in Berlin, Germany (November 12); Grand Theater in Wausau, WI (November 19); Young Auditorium at University of Wisconsin in Whitewater, WI (November 21); Dakota Bar & Grill in St. Paul, MN (November 24). |
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