Kendra Shank Cd Celebration at Crooners Supper Club

"Imaginative and daring." -THE NEW YORKER

New York vocalist Kendra Shank performs music from her newest album HALF MOON, recorded live in New York with pianist Geoffrey Keezer. Hailed as "exceptional" and "impressive" in a 4-star DownBeat review, the CD was cited in several "Best of the Year" lists. "Shank, a vocalist of imaginative latitude, has found a duo soul mate in the veteran pianist Keezer... Investigating worthy, under-the-radar material (including work by such jazz luminaries as Abbey Lincoln and Cedar Walton), Shank and Keezer find mutual inspiration in intuitive surprise" says The New Yorker. Kendra will bring this spirit of spontaneity and interplay to her show at the Dunsmore Room, accompanied by Twin Cities luminaries Phil Aaron (piano) and Gordon Johnson (bass)....

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"Imaginative and daring." -THE NEW YORKER

New York vocalist Kendra Shank performs music from her newest album HALF MOON, recorded live in New York with pianist Geoffrey Keezer. Hailed as "exceptional" and "impressive" in a 4-star DownBeat review, the CD was cited in several "Best of the Year" lists. "Shank, a vocalist of imaginative latitude, has found a duo soul mate in the veteran pianist Keezer... Investigating worthy, under-the-radar material (including work by such jazz luminaries as Abbey Lincoln and Cedar Walton), Shank and Keezer find mutual inspiration in intuitive surprise" says The New Yorker. Kendra will bring this spirit of spontaneity and interplay to her show at the Dunsmore Room, accompanied by Twin Cities luminaries Phil Aaron (piano) and Gordon Johnson (bass).

"Considering her distinctive phrasing alone, Shank is a maverick interpreter who can seemingly turn a song on its head but have the evolution make perfect sense."
-CITY PAGES

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