Jambar Presents Cjc's 25th Anniversary Celebration! Mimi Fox Organ Trio at California Jazz Conservatory

As part of our 25th Anniversary celebration and following in the footsteps of hero Wes Montgomery, guitarist Mimi Fox leads a hot B3 organ trio. After touring and recording with such organ masters as Joey DeFrancesco and Barbara Dennerlein, she’ll showcase the format’s dynamic sound with a show covering everything from greasy blues and funk to luscious ballads and blazing bebop. The CJC is proud to have had Mimi on faculty here at CJC since the beginning!

Artist Bio
Mimi has been hailed by Guitar Player Magazine as “a prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms but has managed to reinvigorate them.” The internationally acclaimed guitarist and composer has been a winner of six consecutive DownBeat Magazine international critic’s polls....

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As part of our 25th Anniversary celebration and following in the footsteps of hero Wes Montgomery, guitarist Mimi Fox leads a hot B3 organ trio. After touring and recording with such organ masters as Joey DeFrancesco and Barbara Dennerlein, she’ll showcase the format’s dynamic sound with a show covering everything from greasy blues and funk to luscious ballads and blazing bebop. The CJC is proud to have had Mimi on faculty here at CJC since the beginning!

Artist Bio
Mimi has been hailed by Guitar Player Magazine as “a prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms but has managed to reinvigorate them.” The internationally acclaimed guitarist and composer has been a winner of six consecutive DownBeat Magazine international critic’s polls.

Born in New York City, Fox started playing drums at nine and guitar when she was ten. When she was fourteen, she bought her first jazz album—John Coltrane’s Giant Steps—and the music changed the course of her life. She began touring right out of high school and eventually settled in the San Francisco Bay area where she became a sought-after player.

Fox has a performed and recorded with many jazz greats, including fellow guitarists Charlie Byrd and Charlie Hunter; Grammy-nominated saxophonists Branford Marsalis and Houston Person; vocalists Abbey Lincoln and Diana Krall; and powerhouse drummer Terri Lyne Carrington.

The guitarist has toured the world, playing such major festivals as the Montreal, Guinness Cork, Perth International, and Jamaica Spice Jazz Festivals. Stateside, she has headlined at elite venues such as Monterey/Newport Festivals, The Blue Note, The Kennedy Center, Yoshi’s and the Great American Music Hall among countless others.

Mimi has released 12 Cd’s as a leader including her last highly acclaimed acoustic outing This Bird Still Flies which received 4 stars from Downbeat Magazine and of which JazzTimes said: “Remarkable...a dazzler from start to finish.”

JAMBAR Presents is a special series of select concerts, workshops and other events sponsored by JAMBAR whose purpose is to support music and active living.

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