Rhythm and Blues with Alizon Lissance at the Woods Hole Community Hall, 58 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA. Tuesday, December 3rd, 8 PM.
Alizon Lissance (piano, vocals)
“Sax Gordon” Beadle (sax)
Steve Brown (drums)
Tickets $15 at JazzFestFalmouth.org, Eight Cousins Books, Falmouth, Under the Sun, Woods Hole, or Cash at door while they last. Doors open at 6:30 for lite fare and full bar (cash).
Tickets $15 at JazzFestFalmouth.org, Eight Cousins Books, Falmouth, Under the Sun, Woods Hole, or Cash at door while they last.
Vocalist, pianist, arranger Alizon Lissance is best known to area music fans as the versatile keyboard wizard for The Love Dogs, Boston’s premier band for swing and R&B. Her gutsy rock 'n blues style has delighted audiences on local, national and international stages. A 1991 Boston Music Awards winner for “Outstanding Keyboardist”, Alizon has worked with, among others, Lavern Baker, Daena Giardella, Shirley Lewis Mighty and Sam McClain Before she started her 12-year stint with the Love Dogs, Lissance was a founding member of Girls Night Out, Boston’s 1970s all-female rock ’n’ soul band. ...
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Rhythm and Blues with Alizon Lissance at the Woods Hole Community Hall, 58 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA. Tuesday, December 3rd, 8 PM.
Alizon Lissance (piano, vocals)
“Sax Gordon” Beadle (sax)
Steve Brown (drums)
Tickets $15 at JazzFestFalmouth.org, Eight Cousins Books, Falmouth, Under the Sun, Woods Hole, or Cash at door while they last. Doors open at 6:30 for lite fare and full bar (cash).
Tickets $15 at JazzFestFalmouth.org, Eight Cousins Books, Falmouth, Under the Sun, Woods Hole, or Cash at door while they last.
Vocalist, pianist, arranger Alizon Lissance is best known to area music fans as the versatile keyboard wizard for The Love Dogs, Boston’s premier band for swing and R&B. Her gutsy rock 'n blues style has delighted audiences on local, national and international stages. A 1991 Boston Music Awards winner for “Outstanding Keyboardist”, Alizon has worked with, among others, Lavern Baker, Daena Giardella, Shirley Lewis Mighty and Sam McClain Before she started her 12-year stint with the Love Dogs, Lissance was a founding member of Girls Night Out, Boston’s 1970s all-female rock ’n’ soul band.
A New York City native, she is a diplomate of the Berklee College of Music where she is currently an assitatn professor in the harmony department.
Alizon is joined by hard blowing R&B sax player “Sax Gordon” Beadle. After early career work with Bay-Area Blues giant Johnny Heartsman, Beadle relocated to the East coast. Five years and many recordings with Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson established Gordon on the international scene. Beadle has performed with a who’s who of R&B and soul stars including Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Duke Robillard, and Jimmy Witherspoon. Jay McShann, Roomful of Blues, Junior Watson, John Hammond, Sherman Robertson, Toni Lynn Washington, and Soul legend Solomon Burke. He has also performed with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Little Milton, Ben E. King, Hubert Sumlin, Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave), Johnny Johnson, Howard Tate, Martha Reeves, and Johnny Copeland.
Drummer Steve Brown has been playing' the blues with Boston's best since 1975, when he started with the legendary band Powerhouse. He provided the back beat for Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, backing up blues greats: Jimmy Rogers, Otis Rush, and Sunnyland Slim. Steve has also toured with Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, Motor City Rhythm Kings, and Little Frankie and the Premiers.
Well known for his encyclopedic knowledge of soul and blues idioms, Steve was the drummer behind Michelle "Evil Gal" Willson and the Susan Tedeschi Band in 1993 and 1994 respectively, as each band represented Boston at the National Blues Competition in Memphis, TN.
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