The first annual HSBC Jazz Festival features Spyro Gyra, Jonathan Butler, Al Jarreau, Christian Scott, Patti Austin, Tuck and Patti.
Jonathan Butler has led a life few could imagine. Born under the shadow of South African apartheid and raised in poverty, Butler while still in his teens, became the first non-white artist to be played on white mainstream radio and appear on national South African television. Nelson Mandela credits Butler's music as having inspired him during his long days of imprisonment. He has three decades of international acclaim and has topped the Billboard charts with Contemporary Jazz, R&B, and Gospel albums.
Twenty six year old, New Orleans native, Christian Scott is a GRAMMY nominated jazz trumpeter, composer and producer.
Native New Yorker Patti Austin made her professional debut at the Apollo Theater when she was 5 years old. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves her Godparents. She's had over twenty songs on the Billboard charts. She has sung duets with George Benson, Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross. In 2008, fifty-three years after getting her first record contract, Patti Austin was awarded her first Grammy, winning Best Jazz Vocal Album for Avant Gershwin at the 50th annual Grammy Awards. The award came for her ninth nomination in that category.
Detailed schedule information:
March 25, 2010 8:00pm (Spyro Gyra and Jonathan Butler)
March 27, 2010 8:00pm (Al Jarreau with Christian Scott)
March 28, 2010 7:30pm (Patti Austin with Tuck & Patti)
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TRAVEL CALENDAR
