CHICAGO – 3Arts Jazz presents acclaimed jazz vocalist Sue Conway on Wednesday, June 8 at The Three Arts Club of Chicago (3Arts). The concert begins at 6:30 p.m., with doors and cash bar open at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $20.00, and can be ordered in advance by calling 312.944.6250.
Sue Conway, founder and artistic director of The Sue Conway Victory Singers is considered the Grande Dame of Chicago music and sings everything from gospel to rock. Her rich and powerful alto voice has allowed her to perform extensively in theaters, churches, clubs, musicals and recording studios where she has worked with some of the greatest performers of our time, including Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder, Patty LaBelle, Natalie Cole, Jerry "Ice Man" Butler, and Donny Hathaway. She has won the prestigious "Joseph Jefferson Award" for her interpretation of Bessie Smith and has performed on numerous radio and television programs in Europe and the United States. The Chicago Tribune’s, Sid Smith reviewed her performance - "A terrific singer, with a smoking low register and a piercing high one, Conway is delightful. …whenever Conway sings there’s magic."
Joining Ms. Conway will be a combo of some of Chicago’s most respected jazz musicians including Mike Logan on piano, Paul Martin on bass, and Terry Thompson on drums.
The 3Arts Jazz series offers high-caliber and innovative jazz performances in the intimate and acoustically pleasing 3Arts ballroom. 3Arts celebrates its fourteenth season with a roster of eight concerts that feature the most culturally diverse series - with regard to ethnicity, instrumentation, and musical composition - in its history. The current 3Arts Jazz season runs through June 2005. This is the final concert of the 14th season, which featured performances by Bobbi Wilsyn and She, the Yoko Noge Trio, Ruben Alvarez and Raices featuring Sonia Perez, Maggie Brown’s Jazz Legacy, Typhanie Monique and Neal Alger, Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Quintet, and Kirsten Gustafson, Jazz Chanteuse. The fourteenth season of 3Arts Jazz is partially supported by The Oppenheimer Family Foundation.
The Three Arts Club of Chicago (3Arts) is a non-profit residential artist community and public art center that supports the creative development of artists and audiences by providing housing, studios, office space, and programs showcasing works by women and other under-represented groups. 3Arts has entered the most pivotal and exciting moment in its history in planning for the restoration and renovation of its Chicago Landmark building. Upon reopening, 3Arts will pair affordable artist housing with a dynamic public art center that offers high-caliber multigenerational classes and programs in the three art forms that inspired its name: visual arts, music, and drama, creating a truly unique artist community.
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Tracy Blackburn
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