September 11
7:30 p.m.
Stephanie Nakasian & Harris Simon Trio
Stephanie Nakasian is listed in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz as one of the world’s leading jazz singers. She first came to international attention in the mid-80s when she sang and toured with the vocal jazz master Jon Hendricks and Company – her “vocal jazz apprenticeship.” Stephanie hails from Charlottesville and teaches vocal jazz at William and Mary when not touring.
Harris Simon is instructor of jazz piano and harmonica and director of the Jazz Combo at William and Mary. He has extensive experience performing in clubs and jazz festivals in North America and Europe. These include: Blues Alley in Washington, D.C., the Village Vanguard in New York City, Fasching Jazz Club in Stockholm, Sweden, the Pori Jazz Festival and the Imatra Jazz Festival in Finland, the Cork Jazz Festival in Ireland, the Edinburgh Jazz Festival in Scotland, the Warsaw Jazz Jamboree in Poland, Jazz Fiesta in Parnu, Estonia, and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Harris has appeared at the library several times, most recently with harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy. He was also the discussion leader for the library's 2007 video/music series, Looking At: Jazz.
"Vocal virtuosity...broad range of material that showed her assurance on easygoing ballads, soft, Brazilian scat singing, and punchy pep songs."
John S. Wilson, The New York Times
"Swings and scats with authority"... "Evokes Ella and Sarah without sounding overly derivative"... "Sensuous"
Mike Joyce, The Washington Post
Tickets:
$15 adults • $13 Friends of WRL or students w/ ID • $8 under 16
This concert is presented in cooperation with the Virginia Commission for the Arts
Stephanie's website
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Harris' website
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Listen to Stephanie performing "Make Me Rainbows"
Listen to Harris Simon Group with Mike Brecker on iTunes
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