September 21, 2024
2nd Annual
Austin Women in Jazz Festival
Saturday, September 21st
featuring
Maysa
Chelsey Green & The Green Project
Vocalist Christie Dashiell
The Pamela Hart Quintet
at
Austin PBS
Pfluger Keller Community Soundstage
Building 3000
at Clayton Lane & Wilhemenia Delco Blvd, Austin, TX 78752
Doors Open: 5:30 pm
Showtime: 6:00 pm
Host: Jabari Warfield
All Reserved Seating
Cash Bar Service
Lite healthy snacks and not so healthy snacks
Parking is available open lot and in the parking garage.
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BIO Information for Saturday, September 21st
Maysa
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Maysa Leak, better known simply as Maysa, has collaborated with everyone from Stevie Wonder, Angela Bofill, Will Downing, Jonathan Butler, and so many more. We knew her especially as the best loved of the rotating roster of super-talented vocalists who helped create Incognito’s signature jazz/funk. It’s no wonder she was the recipient of many awards for her work, including Soul Train’s first Centric Award in 2009, and her first Grammy nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance for her remake of Nancy Wilson’s “Quiet Fire.” Maysa seamlessly transitioned to a solo career that has yielded 14 highly acclaimed albums and many sold-out live performances, cementing her reputation as one of the best artists working in the game today.
Maysa will be joined with her band featuring Angela Phillips, Troy Burton, Charles Baldwin, Timothy Hutson, Damon Bennett, Carl Cox, Richard Tucker, and Troy Edler
Chelsey Green & The Green Project
With performances often described as passionate, vivacious, electrifying, and innovative, Billboard-charting international recording artist Chelsey Green brings the vibrancy of violin and viola playing and unique, rich vocals to worldwide audiences in a whole new way. Dr. Chelsey Green and her ensemble, The Green Project, tear down stereotypes of the violin and viola by fusing traditional classical technique with popular favorites and enticing original songs in various genres– including R&B, Pop, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Alternative, Hip Hop, Gospel and more!
The Pamela Hart Quintet
Pamela Hart, February 27 2021
Pamela Hart is regarded as one of Austin, Texas’ finest vocalist. She is noted by Austin Women’s Magazine as “Austin’s First Lady of Jazz.” Pamela is keen on keeping jazz vocal music alive.
Pamela will join with her band featuring pianist Ryan D. Howard, bassist Jeremy George, drummer Charles Phillips, and saxophonist Michael Malone.
In 1993, Pamela and Kevin Hart founded the Women in Jazz Association, Inc. whose mission is to keep jazz alive. The organization has been growing ever since providing concerts, vocal workshops, and youth programs geared towards jazz education and performance. With her performances, the Women in Jazz Association, Inc., vocal performance workshops, and vocal coaching, Pamela is making a difference in the Austin jazz scene. Pamela Hart was inducted in the Austin Jazz Society Hall of Fame in 2018. She was awarded Best Jazz Performer in the 2023 Black Music Awards – Houston. Pamela’s appreciation for the great masters of jazz is apparent in her intonation, grace and style. She performs locally, regionally, and nationally for Concerts, Festivals, Weddings, Corporate Events, Banquets, & Night Clubs. She has also performed in Europe with the James Polk Texas State Jazz Band. She has repeatedly opened shows for, and shared stages with, many popular artists including Miss Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Nat Adderley, Jr., Kirk Whalum, Rachelle Ferrell, Norman Brown & Richard Elliot. Her passion for jazz extends to jazz education programs for youth and young female singers. Pamela’s latest CD album released on May 2021 titled “Happy Talk” is available on various online stores and pamelahart.com. For more information, music, videos, photos and performance schedule, visit pamelahart.com.
Christie Dashiell – Vocalist
Christie Dashiell is one of the most promising young voices on the music scene today. She hails from a musical family and has recorded multiple critically acclaimed albums and performed at The White House, Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, The Kennedy Center, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival, D.C. Jazz Festival, and Winter Jazzfest.
