Jazz Bridge Presents Barbara Walker in Concert! at Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church

To close out the 2010/201To close out our first season of jazz at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church, 13 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave, Philadelphia, PA, on Thursday May 12th will be jazz singer Barbara Walker and her band. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337

As by our tradition, Jazz Bridge offers a potluck buffet for the last concert of the season and invites attendees to bring a dish for five people. If you can't cook, just bring yourself!

Jazz singer Barbara Walker, with her generous, resounding, vocal cords has always been destined for success at center stage. From her musical beginnings as a 16 year old vocalist singing professionally with her organist father, Bill Walker, this young, dynamic West Philadelphian has always been recognized as an impassioned singer. Her career has been rich and varied, marked by performances in film, theater and recordings with local and international artists and musicians such as LL Cool J for Island/Def Jam Records. Barbara made her Hollywood debut singing “Here Comes the Morning” in the hit movie, ”The Score,” starring Robert DiNiro, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, and Ken Norton The American Music Theater Festival was her next stop when she had the lead in the stage play tribute to Duke Ellington, “Essentially Ellington,” for which she received rave reviews. She has toured the country country with tenor saxophonist, the late Grover Washington, Jr., Patty LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Herbie Hancock, Diane Schuur, Uri Caine, Diana Krall, Les McCann, Bradford Marsalis, Al Jarreau, Chic Corea, Toots Thielemans, the late Oscar Brown, Jr., Bobby Durham, Nancy Wilson, Celine Dion, Micheal Bolton, Manhattan Transfer, and the late Maynard Ferguson. ...

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To close out the 2010/201To close out our first season of jazz at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church, 13 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave, Philadelphia, PA, on Thursday May 12th will be jazz singer Barbara Walker and her band. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337

As by our tradition, Jazz Bridge offers a potluck buffet for the last concert of the season and invites attendees to bring a dish for five people. If you can't cook, just bring yourself!

Jazz singer Barbara Walker, with her generous, resounding, vocal cords has always been destined for success at center stage. From her musical beginnings as a 16 year old vocalist singing professionally with her organist father, Bill Walker, this young, dynamic West Philadelphian has always been recognized as an impassioned singer. Her career has been rich and varied, marked by performances in film, theater and recordings with local and international artists and musicians such as LL Cool J for Island/Def Jam Records. Barbara made her Hollywood debut singing “Here Comes the Morning” in the hit movie, ”The Score,” starring Robert DiNiro, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, and Ken Norton The American Music Theater Festival was her next stop when she had the lead in the stage play tribute to Duke Ellington, “Essentially Ellington,” for which she received rave reviews. She has toured the country country with tenor saxophonist, the late Grover Washington, Jr., Patty LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Herbie Hancock, Diane Schuur, Uri Caine, Diana Krall, Les McCann, Bradford Marsalis, Al Jarreau, Chic Corea, Toots Thielemans, the late Oscar Brown, Jr., Bobby Durham, Nancy Wilson, Celine Dion, Micheal Bolton, Manhattan Transfer, and the late Maynard Ferguson.

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