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Sherry Roberson at The Nash
Courtesy of Lorene Ely | Posted on January 19, 2020
When
Sun, February 9, 2020
3:00 pm
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3:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Celebrating Women of Jazz & Blues: Sherry Roberson-vocals, Charles Lewis-piano, Dennis Sexton-bass, Tim Robinson-drums. Sherry Roberson, a virtual Valley native, has a long history of club and concert performances, including nearly 2 decades with The Jazz Divas, as well as several stints overseas in Istanbul. Sherry’s style reflects the blues qualities of Billie Holiday, combined with a hard-swinging, freight train-like drive. Sherry has a propensity to “play with time” by moving phrases way ahead or behind the beat as the spirit moves her, which gives her spontaneous interpretations of The Great American Songbook special interest and character...