Keep The Music Playing is a weekly livestream musical experience featuring world-class musicians playing intimate, exclusive concerts.
Allen C. Paul, pianist and host, pairs up with a featured world-class musical guest every show to create a unique VIP experience - in which you'll get to talk to the artists and watch as they create new music and collaborate live.
The first set is broadcast free of charge on Facebook and YouTube. The second set is ticketed for VIP reservations, and attendance is capped to maintain an intimate, private viewing experience.
Only 50 total viewers allowed in each VIP second set. ...
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Keep The Music Playing is a weekly livestream musical experience featuring world-class musicians playing intimate, exclusive concerts.
Allen C. Paul, pianist and host, pairs up with a featured world-class musical guest every show to create a unique VIP experience - in which you'll get to talk to the artists and watch as they create new music and collaborate live.
The first set is broadcast free of charge on Facebook and YouTube. The second set is ticketed for VIP reservations, and attendance is capped to maintain an intimate, private viewing experience.
Only 50 total viewers allowed in each VIP second set.
THIS WEEK'S GUEST:
NICOLE HENRY, international jazz vocalist, recording artist and Soul Train award-winner
Since her debut in 2004, Nicole Henry has established herself as one of the jazz world's most acclaimed vocalists, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance. Her repertoire includes the American Songbook, classic and contemporary jazz, contemporary' standards, blues, and originals; while her accompaniment ranges from a simple jazz trio to a full big band.
Ms. Henry's passionate, soulful voice and heart-felt charisma has earned her a 2013 Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance," three Top-10 U.S. Billboard and HMV Japan jazz albums, and rave reviews both domestically and internationally by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, El Pais, Jazz Times, Essence and more.
She has captivated audiences in over 15 countries, headlining at venues in cities including New York, Tokyo, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Miami. Ms. Henry has also performed in more than 30 music festivals worldwide and in some of the world’s most famous venues including Blue Note, NYC; Jazz at Lincoln Center; Blues Alley; Arsht Center; Feinstein’s; Green Mill; Madrid Jazz Festival; the Regattabar; and Catalina Jazz.
Allen C. Paul, pianist, educator and author, began learning the piano at the age of 3, taught by his mother, an elementary music teacher. A graduate of the University of Miami School of Music in Jazz Piano, he has since performed both locally and internationally, working closely with myriad top-tier artists as a musical director and accompanist. He has worked with and appeared on stage with artists such as Miki Howard, Betty Wright, Raheem Devaughn, Jaguar Wright, Mike Phillips, Rhonda Thomas, Anthony David, Algebra Blessett, Chantae Cann and many others. He also worked in theater alongside award winning singer and actor Chestor Gregory in his hit musical “The Eve of Jackie” in 2017.
His original trio project, the jazz fusion band “Unclazzified”, performed at the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2015. He currently performs, writes and teaches privately in South Florida.
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