Linda Tillery at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

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Forty years ago Oakland’s Linda Tillery released her self-titled album featuring many pioneering women musicians. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of “Linda Tillery,” is the Womanly Way Reunion Band featuring Tillery along side Mary Watkins, Colleen Stewart, Diane Lindsay, Vicki Randle, Maria Martinez, Linda Taylor, and Tammi Brown. Tillery was a central figure in the emerging women’s music movement in the 1970s and 80s, founding member of Bobby McFerrin’s vocal ensemble Voicestra, and currently leads the Cultural Heritage Choir, performing African American roots music.