Brooklyn-based Jazz, Soul and Folk influenced singer/songwriter Sami Stevens crafts a musical world based in silence. This summer 2023, she is proud to present ‘Morning’, her anticipated first full-length solo album, on Sunnyside Records. ‘Morning’ showcases Stevens’ thoughtful songwriting and rich vocal delivery as it ebbs between intimate personal stories and stunning symphonic textures. She treats the vastness of the human condition with painterly impressions and an empathetic disposition, “weaving through darkness, understated humor, optimism and the complexities of love." -Paste Singing and accompanying herself on keyboard, Sami will be joined by Matt Aronoff on bass and Pete Moffett on drums for this very special run of shows to celebrate ‘Morning’s’ release. She warmly invites you to join her. ...
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Brooklyn-based Jazz, Soul and Folk influenced singer/songwriter Sami Stevens crafts a musical world based in silence. This summer 2023, she is proud to present ‘Morning’, her anticipated first full-length solo album, on Sunnyside Records. ‘Morning’ showcases Stevens’ thoughtful songwriting and rich vocal delivery as it ebbs between intimate personal stories and stunning symphonic textures. She treats the vastness of the human condition with painterly impressions and an empathetic disposition, “weaving through darkness, understated humor, optimism and the complexities of love." -Paste Singing and accompanying herself on keyboard, Sami will be joined by Matt Aronoff on bass and Pete Moffett on drums for this very special run of shows to celebrate ‘Morning’s’ release. She warmly invites you to join her.
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Born and raised in the suburbs of Rochester, NY, Taylor Kelly is now a fixture in the vibrant Philadelphia music scene further honing her introspective take on jazz, soul, and funk. She combines her smooth, powerful, technically-informed voice with a full horn section, addictive hip hop and electronic beats, and complex arrangements she writes herself with help from long-time collaborator and trombonist Mike Rilli. Both a vocalist and trumpet player, her sound is a dynamic blend of several established genres: she melds the improvisational looseness of jazz, the rhythmic earworms of funk, and the moving resonance of soul to carve out a niche all her own. Kelly names Stevie Wonder, Chet Baker, Roy Hargrove, Art Farmer, and Erykah Badu as influences, integrating strong melodic contour and intricate harmonies into lyrically personal and sonically anthemic tracks. Kelly is a Berklee College of Music graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Professional Music. Along with her band, she has released five albums/EPs and has shared the stage with Moonchild, Becca Stevens, Monophonics, Neal Francis, Bahamadia, and Georgia Anne Muldrow. She was a finalist in the PHL LIVE Center Stage competition for R&B in 2018, has amassed over half a million listens for her single “California” on streaming platforms worldwide and has uplifted, inspired, and energized thousands of ardent concertgoers at hundreds of live shows with her unabashed authenticity and immersively freeing performance style. Previously, Taylor was the front-woman (Tayoncé) of Jay-Z/Beyonce tribute band For the Record, who had the unbelievable privilege of opening up for Salt N Pepa at Boston's ThrowBBaQ at City Hall in 2014. Kelly has an unyielding, marrow-deep commitment to self expression through music and has continued to transfer this passion to her listeners and live audiences with her EP, ‘All I Need’, which released February 25th 2022.
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Zami Inez, deeply introspective and exposingly specific artist and singer-songwriter grew up in Philadelphia and has recently moved back to the city after graduating from Berklee College of Music. She pulls her creative inspiration from female singer-songwriters with a soulful edge, like Lianne La Havas, Sara Bareilles, Joni Mitchell and India Arie. Zami strives to mesh the worlds of pop, folk and R&B, through her songs, in the hopes of paying homage to the Black female musicians that have influenced these genres throughout history. Zami is a human, fascinated by love and all of the different ways it appears over the course of a lifetime. She writes in order to ground herself and to emote in a real and vulnerable way. Zami hopes that writing transparently will inspire young girls to explore their own ideas of life, love, family and beauty through music, and find comfort and healing in it just as she has.
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This event is free, no tickets required! Reservations are highly encouraged. To make a reservation and guarantee a seat, call 215-222-1400.
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