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SUMMARY:OPENING NIGHT: Ledisi for Dinah /  José James / Spilata / DJ Kult
 ured Child
DESCRIPTION:On the opening night of its 40th Anniversary season\, SummerS
 tage and the Blue Note Jazz Festival will showcase a supreme talent payi
 ng homage to jazz and R&B legend Dinah Washington. GRAMMY-winning vocali
 st Ledisi will perform selections from her new album For Dinah\, an 8-so
 ng tribute to genre trailblazer Dinah Washington\, who breathed new life
  into R&B in the ‘50s and ‘60s with her gospel\, jazz\, and blues roots\
 , influencing the likes of Aretha Franklin\, Quincy Jones\, and more. Th
 e album is “a love letter to a beautiful Black woman who has inspired me
 . Made Me\,” said Ledisi\, who imbues Washington’s classics such as “Thi
 s Bitter Earth\,” and “What a Difference a Day Made\,” with her own neo-
 soul and contemporary jazz stylings. Also appearing on the program is Su
 mmerStage alumnus José James\, a jazz artist with a hip-hop soul who’s b
 een blurring genre lines with his rich baritone since his 2008 debut alb
 um The Dreamer. His latest work is focused on connecting the dots betwee
 n soul\, hip-hop\, disco\, funk\, jazz\, and jazz-adjacent styles of 202
 4’s 1978 and last year’s 1978: Revenge of the Dragon. Like Ledisi\, Jame
 s has also been known to pay tribute to his forebears\, dedicating sessi
 ons to the likes of Billie Holiday\, Bill Withers\, and Erykah Badu. Rou
 nding out the lineup is Spilata\, a jazz vocalist and songwriter who’s a
 lready made his mark at classic venues such as Birdland\, Minton’s Playh
 ouse\, and Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center.  Multi-talented DJ an
 d producer of Milestones: Celebrating the Culture podcast Angélika Beene
 r aka DJ Kultured Child is on the ones and twos. Brass Queens will perfo
 rm a 2nd line through the venue prior to the beginning of the show.\n\nh
 ttps://cityparksfoundation.org/events/opening-night-ledisi/
LOCATION:Manhattan
URL:https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/opening-night-ledisi/
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