The Swing Jazz Series: Nnenna Freelon, With John Brown Big Band

*Holiday Show* The "Swing Jazz Series", a 4-part concert event celebrating the spirit of Swing, presented by the Jazz Diva Foundation and the Performing Arts Coalition. This classic Series will showcase the outstanding John Brown Big Band, accompanied by internationally-renowned artists, Terence Blanchard, Nnenna Freelon, Tia Fuller, and Jon Faddis. Six-time GRAMMY(c) Award-nominee Nnenna Freelon is hailed as the "international voice of Jazz." A standing ovation from 20,000 in her star-making a cappella… Show more appearance on the Grammy Awards telecast! She has shared the stage or recordings with Jessye Norman, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Take 6, Al Jarreau, the Count Basie Orchestra and more! Phenomenal performances at Carnegie Hall to The Hollywood Bowl, the Monterey Jazz Festival to the Newport Jazz Festival, and from Montreaux to London! Nnenna Freelon has been heard and seen in feature film in "What Women Want," on In Performance At The White House to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Variety's The Children's Charity, on the #1 TV hit Mad Men, on the Jerry Lewis' Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, on stage alongside The Roots performing in the hit musical Ask Your Mama, and for numerous charities and at Special Events such as at the Society of Singers' "Ella Awards" honoring the legendary Julie Andrews. Bassist, composer, educator and actor John Brown is a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and currently resides in Durham, NC. He is a graduate of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the School of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He currently serves as Director of the Jazz Program and Associate Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke University, and has served on the faculties of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Central University and Guilford College (NC).
Location: McGLOHON Theater at Spirit Square
345 North College St.
Charlotte, NC 28202

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