Jackie Ryan at Piedmont Center For The Arts

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Jazz in the Neighborhood presents Jackie Ryan with John R. Burr, piano, John Wiitala, bass, and Akira Tana, drums. Ryan has been called "one of the outstanding jazz vocalists of her generation and, quite possibly, of all time. She is the thoroughbred vocal equivalent of the Triple Crown, rivaling the dexterous sass of Sarah Vaughan, the instinctive smarts of Carmen McRae, and the scintillating verve of Diana Krall.... Ryan has won an avid following with a series of increasingly confident albums showcasing her big, lustrous voice, deft sense of swing and polyglot repertoire. The daughter of a Mexican mother and Irish-American father, she was born and raised in San Rafael and has long explored songs in Spanish, Portuguese and other languages." -- JazzTimes