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CYNTHIA HOLIDAY at Brownstonejazz Concert Series at BrownstoneJAZZ
Courtesy of BrownstoneJazz | Posted on December 6, 2013
Where
BrownstoneJAZZ
Brownstonejazz Concert Series
107 Macon St.
Brooklyn, NY
Map
917-704-9237
When
Fri, December 6, 2013
8pm-11pm
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JAZZ FESTIVAL INCLUDES POPCORN HAPPY HOUR CONCERT, FISH FRY BUFFET, and OPEN MIC NIGHT
RSVP 917.704.9237
Cynthia Holiday is a vocalist and songwriter who grew up in a house of jazz lovers. Her stepfather, Calvin Hughes, played the trumpet with Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, and toured with Big Maybelle. The Newark School for the Arts was the beginning for Holiday’s vocal training. She later met the late jazz composer, Duke Anderson with whom she continued her vocal studies and piano. Anderson was so impressed that he introduced her to Bob Harris who hired her to sing with the Bob Harris Orchestra in 1990...