a Night at the Cafe Society Celebrating 100 Years of Billie Holiday. at Women In Jazz Concert Series & Workshop at One World Theatre

Background: Women in Jazz gives tribute to the great performers of the New York City nightclub Café Society (“the wrong place for the Right people”) 1939-1948 as they celebrate the 100th birthday of the legendary Billie Holiday. Many great jazz artists performed there, including Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Big Joe Turner, Lester Young and more.

Feature: Women in jazz will feature talented vocalists and musicians to recreate the Café Society experience, including Pamela Hart, Courtney Santana, Jacqui Cross, Pete Rodriguez, and Charmin Murphy. Accompanied by: Dr James Polk, Vince Wiley, Mike Stevens, and Kevin Scott....

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Background: Women in Jazz gives tribute to the great performers of the New York City nightclub Café Society (“the wrong place for the Right people”) 1939-1948 as they celebrate the 100th birthday of the legendary Billie Holiday. Many great jazz artists performed there, including Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Big Joe Turner, Lester Young and more.

Feature: Women in jazz will feature talented vocalists and musicians to recreate the Café Society experience, including Pamela Hart, Courtney Santana, Jacqui Cross, Pete Rodriguez, and Charmin Murphy. Accompanied by: Dr James Polk, Vince Wiley, Mike Stevens, and Kevin Scott.

Date/Time: Sunday, April 19., 2015; Showtime at 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm

Location: The One World Theatre, 7701 Bee Cave Road, Austin, TX
Directions to the One World theatre

Tickets: Tickets are $20, $30 and $35 available at the One World Theatre Box Office at 888-616-0522 or online at http://www.oneworldtheatre.org

Information: For more information, visit www.womeninjazz.org. This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Sponsors: City of Austin Cultural Arts Division; McDonald's; IBM; Woman Magazine; Black Car Service; Austin Cab Company; Soulciti.com; HartBeat Productions, LLC.

Contributions from private donors. Thank you for helping Women in Jazz make this happen!

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