Lauren Hooker & Friends at The Nash

New to the Phoenix area, Lauren Hooker is a multi-talented vocalist, instrumentalist, composer, lyricist, educator, producer and, via her Arts in Education company: Musical Legends, a celebrated storyteller. This is Lauren’s third performance at The Nash. She has also performed at Ravenscroft in Scottsdale, The Phoenix Center for the Arts, Tempe Festival of the Arts, Sacred Grounds Jazz Coffeehouse, KRDP JAZZ 90.7 “Phoenix Sounds”, and numerous restaurants throughout the valley. In addition, she is the newly appointed Music Director at The Church of The Beatitudes in Phoenix where she plays piano and sings for their Sunday Services and organizes a wide range of Guest Artists...

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New to the Phoenix area, Lauren Hooker is a multi-talented vocalist, instrumentalist, composer, lyricist, educator, producer and, via her Arts in Education company: Musical Legends, a celebrated storyteller. This is Lauren’s third performance at The Nash. She has also performed at Ravenscroft in Scottsdale, The Phoenix Center for the Arts, Tempe Festival of the Arts, Sacred Grounds Jazz Coffeehouse, KRDP JAZZ 90.7 “Phoenix Sounds”, and numerous restaurants throughout the valley. In addition, she is the newly appointed Music Director at The Church of The Beatitudes in Phoenix where she plays piano and sings for their Sunday Services and organizes a wide range of Guest Artists. Originally from the NYC Metropolitan area, her critically acclaimed cds, featuring some of NYC’s finest jazz musicians, have garnered her an “Honorable Mention” for her debut co-produced by bassist Rufus Reid and is considered one of AllAboutJazz’s Best Vocal CDs in ‘07. She is in Royal Stokes’ List of “Best Jazz Vocal CDs” for her second cd in 2011, and she won a “Jazz Twirlie Award” for her third cd in 2011 for Jazz Vocals. She has appeared on numerous television and radio stations in the U.S. and abroad, and is currently working on her 4th cd that she recorded with pianist Mal Waldron back in the 80’s entitled “The Lost Tapes – Mal and Me”.  Now residing in Scottsdale, Arizona to be closer to family, she performs regularly, while teaching piano remotely and in her home studio.

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