Vanessa Rubin at Jackson Heights Jazz Festival at Travers Park

The Jackson Heights Jazz Festival and Jackson Heights Beautification Group welcome acclaimed jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin to Summer Sundays in The Park.
Revered as both a torchbearer and a storyteller, jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin possesses a voice hailed for crystalline clarity, hearth-like warmth and playful lioness sass. The Cleveland native brings a wealth of diverse influences to her vocal performance from both the Trinidadian/Caribbean roots of her mother and traditional jazz by way of her Louisiana-born father. Additional homespun influences include the melodic bell tone clarity of a young Capital Records recording artist, Nancy Wilson, the fire of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, the sweet sounds of trumpeter Blue Mitchell as well as her love of the Motown Sound…especially girl groups like the Supremes....

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The Jackson Heights Jazz Festival and Jackson Heights Beautification Group welcome acclaimed jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin to Summer Sundays in The Park.
Revered as both a torchbearer and a storyteller, jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin possesses a voice hailed for crystalline clarity, hearth-like warmth and playful lioness sass. The Cleveland native brings a wealth of diverse influences to her vocal performance from both the Trinidadian/Caribbean roots of her mother and traditional jazz by way of her Louisiana-born father. Additional homespun influences include the melodic bell tone clarity of a young Capital Records recording artist, Nancy Wilson, the fire of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, the sweet sounds of trumpeter Blue Mitchell as well as her love of the Motown Sound…especially girl groups like the Supremes.

Summer Sundays in the Park is organized and made possible by the Jackson Heights Beautification Group with additional support from the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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