Michele Thomas Quartet Performing At Pete Miller's Naperville at Pete Miller's-naperville

The Michele Thomas Quartet returns to the newly opened Naperville location of Pete Miller's where the restaurant offers private event space for groups of 12 to 70 and live jazz seven nights a week. The daughter of a preacher, Chicago singer Michele Thomas brings an irresistible gospel-soul warmth to jazz.

Michele’s performances, like her music itself, are deep and emotional - blending genres of jazz and soul together with elements of folk and using her voice and songwriting to stir something deeper within people. These performances hearken back to the sensibility of Sarah Vaughan, the atmospheric arrangements of Cassandra Wilson and fervent lyricism of Bill Withers....

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The Michele Thomas Quartet returns to the newly opened Naperville location of Pete Miller's where the restaurant offers private event space for groups of 12 to 70 and live jazz seven nights a week. The daughter of a preacher, Chicago singer Michele Thomas brings an irresistible gospel-soul warmth to jazz.

Michele’s performances, like her music itself, are deep and emotional - blending genres of jazz and soul together with elements of folk and using her voice and songwriting to stir something deeper within people. These performances hearken back to the sensibility of Sarah Vaughan, the atmospheric arrangements of Cassandra Wilson and fervent lyricism of Bill Withers.

Michele’s debut at the 2017 Chicago Jazz Festival marked the premiere of new original music that she has spent the past year writing and workshopping with her contemporary jazz project, SoulMeme. And with her next studio recording slated for 2018, it’s no wonder JazzReview.com deemed her as, “one of those new artists that you anxiously wait to hear more from…

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