SFJAZZ | SFJAZZ Family Matinee: Tiffany Austin presents 'Adventures in Song' @sfjazz | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
Original Show Date: Sat Nov 18, 2023
About This Show:
For this encore Family Matinee presentation, soulful Bay Area songstress Tiffany Austin explores the art of storytelling, guiding us on an adventure to other places through song. In this stellar performance, music becomes our very own time machine through which we can travel to the past, present and future, and on to other worlds. Austin and her musical co-pilots—pianist Tammy L. Hall, bassist Marcus Shelby and drummer Ben Esposito—share the magical compositions of Lil Hardin Armstrong, Miles Davis, eden ahbez and others, and celebrate the indelible songs of our jazz lexicon.
Vocalist Tiffany Austin’s tradition-rooted yet totally modern style has established her as one of the fastest rising jazz stars in Northern California. Before earning a law degree at U.C. Berkeley, she’d performed on three continents—around her native Los Angeles while attending college, then for a year in England, and eventually for five and a half years in Tokyo. However, instead of taking the bar exam, she decided instead to devote her life to her first love—music.
Drawing upon influences such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and Aretha Franklin, Tiffany also infuses songs with her own signature style that is precise, intelligent, and soulful. Her nuanced delivery has caught the attention of eminent artists, whom she has joined onstage: vibraphonist Roy Ayers at Motion Blue (Japan), drummer Tommy Campbell at the Blue Note (NYC), and saxophonist John Handy for a three-night engagement at Dizzy’s (NYC) commemorating his 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival performance.
Set List:
St. Thomas, by Sonny Rollins
Struttin With Some BBQ, by Lil Hardin Armstrong
Nature Boy, by eden ahbez
Fly Me To The Moon, by Bart Howard
The Creator Has A Master Plan, by Pharoah Saunders
All Blues, by Miles Davis
Personnel
Tiffany Austin, vocals
Tammy L. Hall, piano
Marcus Shelby, bass
Ben Esposito, drums
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***SFJAZZ is a non-profit organization that presents year round jazz concerts, festivals and educational programs at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, CA.
Original Show Date: Sat Nov 18, 2023
About This Show:
For this encore Family Matinee presentation, soulful Bay Area songstress Tiffany Austin explores the art of storytelling, guiding us on an adventure to other places through song. In this stellar performance, music becomes our very own time machine through which we can travel to the past, present and future, and on to other worlds. Austin and her musical co-pilots—pianist Tammy L. Hall, bassist Marcus Shelby and drummer Ben Esposito—share the magical compositions of Lil Hardin Armstrong, Miles Davis, eden ahbez and others, and celebrate the indelible songs of our jazz lexicon.
Vocalist Tiffany Austin’s tradition-rooted yet totally modern style has established her as one of the fastest rising jazz stars in Northern California. Before earning a law degree at U.C. Berkeley, she’d performed on three continents—around her native Los Angeles while attending college, then for a year in England, and eventually for five and a half years in Tokyo. However, instead of taking the bar exam, she decided instead to devote her life to her first love—music.
Drawing upon influences such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and Aretha Franklin, Tiffany also infuses songs with her own signature style that is precise, intelligent, and soulful. Her nuanced delivery has caught the attention of eminent artists, whom she has joined onstage: vibraphonist Roy Ayers at Motion Blue (Japan), drummer Tommy Campbell at the Blue Note (NYC), and saxophonist John Handy for a three-night engagement at Dizzy’s (NYC) commemorating his 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival performance.
Set List:
St. Thomas, by Sonny Rollins
Struttin With Some BBQ, by Lil Hardin Armstrong
Nature Boy, by eden ahbez
Fly Me To The Moon, by Bart Howard
The Creator Has A Master Plan, by Pharoah Saunders
All Blues, by Miles Davis
Personnel
Tiffany Austin, vocals
Tammy L. Hall, piano
Marcus Shelby, bass
Ben Esposito, drums
Learn more at SFJAZZ.org
Subscribe to SFJAZZ's YouTube Channel: youtube.com/c/sfjazz
Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/SFJAZZ
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/SFJAZZ
***SFJAZZ is a non-profit organization that presents year round jazz concerts, festivals and educational programs at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, CA.
