Monica Ramey & the Beegie Adair Trio at Nashville Jazz Workshop

Monica Ramey with the Beegie Adair Trio
Nashville Jazz Workshop
Friday, August 8, 2014
Music Charge: $20/$10 students with ID
Tickets on sale July 28, 2014 at 10:00am CST

“There was a brief period in the late 1950s and very early ’60s when Capitol sagely paired George Shearing with a succession of the label’s top vocalists, including Peggy Lee, Dakota Staton, Nancy Wilson and Nat King Cole. The results were uniformly wonderful, setting a standard for sophistication that has, until now, never quite been equaled. But in Monica Ramey and Beegie Adair, Shearing and company have finally met their match.”...

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Monica Ramey with the Beegie Adair Trio
Nashville Jazz Workshop
Friday, August 8, 2014
Music Charge: $20/$10 students with ID
Tickets on sale July 28, 2014 at 10:00am CST

“There was a brief period in the late 1950s and very early ’60s when Capitol sagely paired George Shearing with a succession of the label’s top vocalists, including Peggy Lee, Dakota Staton, Nancy Wilson and Nat King Cole. The results were uniformly wonderful, setting a standard for sophistication that has, until now, never quite been equaled. But in Monica Ramey and Beegie Adair, Shearing and company have finally met their match.”
– Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes Magazine

Vocalist Monica Ramey will be performing live with the legendary Beegie Adair Trio at the Nashville Jazz Workshop on August 8, 2014. Their performances, as a trio and with Ms. Ramey, have consistently energized sold out audiences. Adair's albums have dominated the jazz charts and album sales while Ramey's sophomore album, produced by Adair and bassist Roger Spencer, are creating a reinvigorated excitement among the jazz world. Joining Ms. Ramey and the trio will be trumpet master, George Tidwell and drummer Jim White.

Michael Feinstein calls the pairing of Beegie and Monica “a master class on how to interpret timeless songs with style, taste and a swinging contemporary sensibility.” Guitarist Anthony Wilson declares Ramey “sings with grace and elegance” and “uses these abilities to deliver the world of the song first to your ears (sometimes it’s like she’s singing directly to you), then to a much deeper place where you can really feel it.” Pianist Chris Walters finds Ramey’s music “a miracle – at times controlled and concise, at others, fervent and daring, all the while abundant with wisdom.”

Jazz fans around the world agree with critics about The Beegie Adair Trio’s sophisticated and listenable jazz performances, and have made their recordings among the biggest sellers in the jazz world. Under the guidance of her esteemed mentors and friend, Ramey is quickly catching the attention of jazz fans, critics and musicians.

Doors open at 7:15pm. For reservations and more information, please visit www.nashvillejazz.org.

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