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Sunday "meet The Artist" Jazz Series - Winard Harper Presents Steve Comity at Moore's Lounge
Courtesy of Winard Harper | Posted on January 5, 2017
Where
Moore's Lounge
189 Monticello Ave
Jersey City, NJ
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When
Sun, January 8, 2017
6:00 pm
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Musicians
Winard Harper
drumsSteve Cromity
vocalsAbout
Ringing in a new year of the popular “Meet the Artist” series is a Jazz vocalist with an interesting story to tell: Steve Cromity. An original New Yorker, as a little boy, Steve Cromity lived right above the famous Jack’s Bar & Grill in Bed-Stuy, from whose juke box the sounds of Coltrane, Miles, and Nina seeped into his soul forever. Playing drums in senior high, it was Eddy Jefferson’s vocalese he discovered in his early twenties and further influences by Oscar Brown, Jr., Johnny Hartman, and Billy Eckstine made him aspire to becoming a Jazz singer. A dream deferred though. While Family life and a long and rewarding career in Public Administration took the forefront, the music was there all the while and finally over the last few years, Steve has been able to make his voice heard and presence felt on the New York Jazz scene...