JazzFresno presents Rebecca Kilgore |
Tuesday April 14th 2009 at Fresno High
With over 30 recordings in her discography, some of her most notable are with Dave Frishberg on piano, and she has teamed with him on long standing engagements in Portland, Oregon, where they both reside. She's also part of the quartet called BED (“Becky, Eddie—Eddie Erickson (guitar/banjo/voice), Dan—Dan Barrett (trombone)," also featuring Joel Forbes (bass), which captivates audiences with its eclectic repertoire of classic jazz. She has been invited to perform with the Statesmen Of Jazz, dedicated to perpetuating the art of jazz for future generations.
Other venues. San Francisco: The Plush Room at the York Hotel; Culver City, CA: The Jazz Bakery; Fullerton, CA: Steamers Jazz Club; Madison, NJ: Shanghai Jazz; LA: The Westin at LAX; Toledo, OH: Murphy’s Place; Ann Arbor, MI: The Firefly Club; Cincinnati, OH: The Blue Wisp; Southampton, UK: The Concorde Club; Sherman Oaks, CA: Spazio’s. She is also honored to have been inducted in to the Portland (Oregon) Jazz Society’s Hall Of Fame, and to have been invited to perform at New York’s Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention for two consecutive years at Town Hall and Lincoln Center. |
JazzFresno presents vocalist Rebecca Kilgore in concert on Tuesday night April 14th at historic Royce Hall at Fresno High School. Rebecca Kilgore is one of America's leading song stylists who finds particular delight in preserving and interpreting the great vocal jazz of the 30s and 40s, an era she feels is noted for high quality songwriting and heartfelt lyrics.
She'll be joined in this Fresno concert with by an all star local band
including members of the Blue Street Jazz Band, including Jason Wanner,
(piano); Rick Canfield, (drums) and Pete Scaffidi (bass).
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