Greenville Jazz Collective presents Jazz Vocal Night at Rainer’s Cafe and Bar on Thursday May 16th at 8pm featuring vocalist Wendy Jones and her quartet from Asheville, NC!
Showtime 8pm (two sets). No cover, reservations recommended!
www.GreenvilleJazzCollective.com
www.wendyljonesmusic.com/
Wendy is a professional vocalist and recording artist who has been delivering smart and arresting performances to the mountains of Western NC and in the process has become one of the most popular artists in the region. She consistently receives accolades for her energetic and distinctive performances of gypsy jazz, jazz standards, modern jazz, and original jazz.
A versatile vocalist, Wendy has appeared on stages from Chicago to Tokyo NYC and performed with artists such as NEA Jazz Master Jamey Aebersold, legendary jazz guitarist Howard Alden, jazz violinist Christian Howes, Crystal Gale, and has sung backup for the alternative hip hop group Deltron 3030. She has appeared at Club Bonafide in NYC, the Jazz Arts Initiative in Charlotte, the Mountain Oasis Music Festival, the Spartanburg Jazz Festival, Our World Festival, and the Django Reinhardt Festival in Asheville.
In addition to singing with her own jazz quartet, she is also the featured vocalist with the Asheville Jazz Orchestra, the Michael Jefry Stevens Trio, The Steve Watson Trio, and the Richard Shulman Group.
In 2014, the Wendy Jones Quartet released their first CD entitled PERFECT DREAM which features the original music of Michael Jefry Stevens. In 2017 she recorded with both the Steve Watson Trio and with the Richard Shulman Group. Richard Shulman’s CD TURNED INTO LEMONADE and Steve Watson’s REFLECTIONS were both released in the spring of 2018.
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