Jazz Duo: Sara Gazarek & Josh Nelson at Soka Jazz Festival at Soka Performing Arts Center

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Vocalist Sara Gazarek has emerged as a strikingly original artist with unlimited potential. With three highly acclaimed CDs under her belt at 31, she has been hailed by the LA Times as “the next important jazz singer.” Josh Nelson is a first-call jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and recording artists, having performed with the likes of Natalie Cole and Queen Latifah.

Together, they have aligned their musical spirits to create a telepathic understanding that has come about through more than a decade of friendship. Gazarek’s top flight interpretations of the vast and varied American songbook are buoyed by the sensitivity of Nelson’s supple command of the piano.