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Tiffany Austin Septet at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Courtesy of Barbara Riching | Posted on February 28, 2019
When
Sun, May 12, 2019
4:30 pm
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Musicians
Tiffany Austin
vocalsJoel Behrman
trumpetLyle Link
saxophoneMatt Clark
guitarMarcus Shelby
bassLeon Joyce, Jr.
drumsAbout
Widely hailed as one of the best jazz debut albums of 2015, vocalist Tiffany Austin’s self-released Nothing But Soul made quite a splash, including sterling reviews in DownBeat and on NPR’s “Fresh Air.” Her eagerly awaited follow-up, Unbroken, confirms the Bay Area vocalist’s status as one of jazz’s elite singers and a formidable songwriter as well. Rather than separating African-American music into kindred tributaries, Austin plunges into the whole river of sound that’s sustained black life in America since before the nation’s founding with a soul-steeped affirmation that embraces blues and swing, spirituals and R!B, bebop, post-bop, and her own Louisiana Creole heritage....