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Andrea Wolper Quartet at The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church
Courtesy of Gary Funston | Posted on September 14, 2015
Where
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church
717 Rugby Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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Sat, September 26, 2015
8:00 pm
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The accomplished, innovative vocalist Andrea Wolper visits Charlottesville as part of her mid-Atlantic tour, following her acclaimed appearance at New York's world-famous Blue Note jazz club, and a summer-long composer's residency in Taos, New Mexico. Her quartet will perform at The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church on Rugby Road at 8pm September 26th.
Heralded as “A singer who brings songs to life, whatever their source, working in a milieu that begins with jazz and reaches out to embrace an expressive area that is uniquely her own," Andrea's repertoire travels from re-imagined standards and pop, to originals that interweave text, poetry, improvisation, and composition.. Andrea's CD “TranceFormation in Concert" was a best vocal CD selection in the 2012 Downbeat critics' polls. Scott Yanow's book The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide says “She fills torch songs with sensual longing, then makes abstract vocal improvisations feel as intimate as meaningful conversation....