Elisha "Atlas" Parris in April Soul @ Poppy Love Smoke: Tribute to Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross

April Men of Soul: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye & Luther Vandross

Come celebrate the lives of the April born American R&B Icons who brought timeless hit after hit that will always be played from years to come.

Performing the hits of Marvin Gaye & Luther Vandross will be none other than Urban Jazz Pianist Elisha "Atlas" Parris & A'JaZE .

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties. he was crowned "The Prince of Motown" and "The Prince of Soul"....

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April Men of Soul: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye & Luther Vandross

Come celebrate the lives of the April born American R&B Icons who brought timeless hit after hit that will always be played from years to come.

Performing the hits of Marvin Gaye & Luther Vandross will be none other than Urban Jazz Pianist Elisha "Atlas" Parris & A'JaZE .

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties. he was crowned "The Prince of Motown" and "The Prince of Soul".

Notable for fighting the hit-making but restrictive Motown process in which performers and songwriters and producers were kept separate, Gaye proved with albums like his 1971 What's Going On and his 1973 Let's Get It On that he was able to produce music without relying on the system, inspiring fellow Motown artists such as Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson to do the same.

His mid-1970s work including the Let's Get It On and I Want You albums helped influence the quiet storm, urban adult contemporary and slow jam genres. After a self-imposed European exile in the early eighties, Gaye returned on the 1982 Grammy-winning hit, "Sexual Healing" and the Midnight Love album before his death. Gaye was shot dead by his father on April 1, 1984. He was posthumously inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

In 2008, the American music magazine Rolling Stone ranked Gaye #6 on its list of The Greatest Singers of All Time, and ranked #18 on 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Luther Ronzoni Vandross (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times. He won four Grammy Awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the track "Dance with My Father", co-written with Richard Marx.

VIP Admission: $20 (Includes 3 glasses of premium wine)
General Admission: $10

Sponsored by:

Southern Comfort Entertainment
http://southerncomfortentertainment.ning.com

Parriscope Entertainment, Inc.
http://www.parriscope.net

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