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Libby York at Jazz Showcase
Courtesy of Ann Braithwaite | Posted on June 13, 2014
Where
Jazz Showcase
Dearborn Station
Chicago, IL
Map
(312) 360-0234
When
Tue, June 17, 2014
8:00 pm
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Acclaimed vocalist Libby York celebrates the release of Memoir on Tuesday, June 17 at Jazz Showcase, 806 South Plymouth Court, Chicago. Joining her are pianist Jeremy Kahn, bassist Larry Kohut and Eric Schneider on tenor saxophone and clarinet. Sets at 8 and 10 p.m. Tickets: $10, $5 students, musicians and JIC members. Show is co-sponsored by WDCB. For more information go to http://jazzshowcase.com or call 312-360-0234.
Libby York, like the very best of interpretive singers, has the gift of transforming a song into a personal anthem. On her new album, Memoir, she probes the lyrical content of a work to uncover inner connections to her own experience and state of being, finding individual relevance in a wide swath of standards from iconic composers including Cole Porter and George Gershwin to present day songsmith Donald Fagen. Her "memoir " may be fashioned from the pens of others, but the expressive fervor and creative brio is York's alone....