Saturday, July 28 8pm
Americans in Paris VI
“C’EST SI BON — THE FLIGHT TO PARIS”
Kitt and her all-star quintet will take you along the journey of some of the most celebrated artists in history who fled to the “city of light” seeking refuge from racial, ethnic, sexual or political persecution. With music and words by Nina Simone, the “Creole Goddess” Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Miles Davis, James Baldwin and more…
Kitt Potter (Blackbyrds, Mulgrew Miller), vocal stylist
Pete Levin (Miles Davis, Rachelle Farrell), piano
Ira Coleman (Sting, Dee Dee Bridgewater), bass
Arti Dixson (Bill Evans, Eartha Kitt), drums
Joe Giardullo (Anthony Braxton, Joe McPhee), Sax and reeds
Special Guest – Bettina “Poet Gold” Wilkerson, 2018 Dutchess County Poet Laureate
Your hosts – Mike Jurkovic (All About Jazz) and Penny Brodie (WVKR FM Jazz Radio)
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