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Bilal at
Courtesy of Yoshi's Jazz Club San Francisco | Posted on September 16, 2010
When
Sat, October 23, 2010
8pm-10pm
At Door
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Musicians
Billy Cobham
drumsMichael Franks
vocalsMary Stallings
vocalsJohn Abercrombie
guitarSadao Watanabe
saxophone, altoLenny White
drumsPatrice Rushen
keyboardsJeff Hamilton
drumsToumani Diabate
koraBilal
vocalsAbout
Philidelphia born Bilal is surely one of the most significant artists of our changing times. He will return to Yoshi’s this month. His falsettos recall the energy of Joe Cocker at Woodstock and he approaches swing and scat with the same expansion and technique as Ella Fitzgerald. Most audiences were first made aware of Bilal courtesy of his breathtaking backing vocals on Common's Like Water for Chocolate, most notably on the track "Funky for You. Like Nina Simone, Bilal is classically trained in jazz and big band arrangements and opera voice (he reportedly is proficient in seven languages). He also writes his music, lyric and note and has performed with such well-known neo-soul artists as Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and John Legend...