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COURTNEY BRYAN with CHARENEE WADE
Saturday November 17, 2007
8 PM- 10 PM
www.harlemjazzcourtneyb.eventbrite.com
With an extensive education—a graduate of The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, Oberlin Conservatory, and currently perusing an M.A. in Jazz Piano from the Mason Gross School of Rutgers—and an impressive resume—which includes gigs at the historic St. Nick's Pub in Harlem, as well as being selected as a finalist in the Beyonce Knowles All-Girl Band audition for the B-Day Tour—Courtney Bryan is one killer musician! A native of New Orleans, Courtney is a prolific and eclectic composer, pianist, and arranger. Her overall ambition in life is to "create uninhibited beauty." Courtney's music reflects her ambition as she mixes modern jazz, New Orleans ' grooves, and rhythms from the African Diaspora, as well as Anglican chants to create a unique style that is emotional, intellectual, and profoundly spiritual. A jazz pianist with plenty of versatility, Courtney's compositions range from solo works to small ensembles to jazz orchestra to symphonic orchestra; and also includes performance art. She will be accompanied by the wonderful jazz singer Charenee Wade.
Inspired by Sarah Vaughn, Brooklyn native Charenee Wade began singing jazz at the tender age of 12. A recipient of a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music, Charenee has enjoyed much success locally, nationally, and internationally; having performed at notable venues and festivals such as, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola and The Zinc Bar, The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival—where she opened for Herbie Hancock—The Festival du Riou, The Montreaux Jazz Festival, and Le Club in Moscow, Russia where she toured with the Oleg Butman Trio. An effortless, yet inventive singer, Charenee's voice evokes emotion and will, as her fans say, "stun you into silence."
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