{"id":28653,"date":"2018-05-31T15:02:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=28653"},"modified":"2018-05-31T15:02:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:02:52","slug":"on-stage-a-woman-born-to-be-and-perform-jazz-comes-to-longwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=28653","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: A woman born to be \u2014 and perform \u2014 ‘Jazz’ comes to Longwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jazzmela Horn<\/p><\/div>\n

There are times that a child\u2019s birth name can influence the child\u2019s destiny.<\/p>\n

If a child is named Jazzmeia Horn, it would make sense if that child became a jazz musician or a horn player.<\/p>\n

And, that\u2019s what happened for Jazzmeia Horn, who is performing twice this weekend at the Wine & Jazz Festival at Longwood Gardens (Route 1, Kennett Square, 610-388-1000, www.longwoodgardens.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On June 1, Horn will be part of Longwood\u2019s Wine & Jazz All Stars Summer Series along with Delfeayo Marsalis, Cyrus Chestnut, Terell Stafford and Ralph Peterson. On June 2, Horn will be one of the featured attractions at Longwood\u2019s Wine & Jazz Festival which also features<\/p>\n

Christian McBride\u2019s New Jawn, Delfeayo Marsalis presents the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joey Alexander, Joanna Pascale, Musette Project, Gift of Ghosts Brass Band and Ensemble Novo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do feel like I was destined to be a jazz singer,\u201d said Horn, during a phone interview last week from her home in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I\u2019ve become my 26-year-old self, I feel like I\u2019m destined to be this music called jazz music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horn is a gifted jazz singer from Dallas who won the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition. Her repertoire includes jazz standards as well as songs and music from other genres such as classic R&B.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started singing when I was three in the Baptist church where my father was pastor,\u201d said Horn. \u201cMy father can really sing \u2013 and play drums. My mom, grandfather and grandmother always sang too.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when I was in my mother\u2019s womb, I was hearing music. When I was a child, I would think that if someone wasn\u2019t musically inclined, something was wrong with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was young, I was listening to hip-hop, R&B, soul music, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, the Temptations and Earth, Wind and Fire \u2013 people who put their lives into their singing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn high school, I started branching out into different genres. I went to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas and took this jazz composition class with Roger Boykin.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe introduced me to the music of Nat King Cole, Etta Jones, Etta James and Sarah Vaughan. I had never heard anything like it in my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cSarah Vaughan was the biggest influence at first. She was the gatekeeper. She opened the door for me \u2013 and I never want to go back.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2009, Horn moved to New York City to study in The New School\u2019s jazz and contemporary music program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was nervous about going to New York, a place I had never even visited,\u201d said Horn. \u201cBut, I was eager to come here and see what Harlem was like and what the jazz was like.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything was such a huge culture shock for me. This is a place where the culture is so rich \u2013 so much diversity. It\u2019s a boiling pot \u2013 a Mecca of culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got a scholarship to The New School, that was God\u2019s message \u2013 opening a door for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horn\u2019s debut album \u201cA Social Call,\u201d was released on May 12, 2017 via Prestige, a division of Concord Music Group.<\/p>\n

According to Horn, \u201cGigi Gryce\u2019s \u2018Social Call\u2019 inspired the title. It relates to society and things that are going on right now that are not about love or connection. These are not good times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album is a call to social responsibility and knowing your role in your community. It\u2019s about being inspired by things that happen in your life and being able to touch others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Jazzmeia Horn — https:\/\/youtu.be\/EmI-anDxMUc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on Friday night, which will take place in Longwood Gardens\u2019 Open Air Theatre, will start at 7:30 p.m. Saturday\u2019s event, which will be held at a variety of locations around Longwood Gardens, will run from 2-10 p.m.<\/p>\n

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The James Pace Band<\/p><\/div>\n

The James Pace Band has been performing around the area for the last few years and has been steadily building a fanbase and establishing its reputation as a solid blues\/funk band.<\/p>\n

On May 31, the talented quartet will open for Chris Duarte at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The band features James Pace (guitar, vocals), Charlie Heuser (bass), James Farrell (drums) and Jay Davidson (keyboards). It released its debut album \u201cKings of Groove\u201d several years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the same lineup that was on the album except for the drummer,\u201d said Pace, during a phone interview Thursday night from his home in Newtown Square. \u201cTed Greenburg, our original drummer, moved to L.A. and won a Grammy for his work on the soundtrack for the movie \u2018Standing in the Shadows of Motown.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bass player and I have been playing together since 1995. Charlie and I grew up together and went to the same high school \u2013 Mater Dei, a Catholic prep school in Monmouth, New Jersey. We were in the Asbury Park music scene in our late teens and early twenties. We were in bands that played at the Stone Pony, Fast Lane and The Saint.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1994, we were playing in a Sunday house band at the Stone Pony. We drew people, so they started using us as the opener for shows with national acts. We came to Philly in 1995 and had to build the brand again. We played shows at the old Dobbs. The Grape Street Pub was our home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had gone to different colleges but never finished. We needed to finish college, so we went to West Chester University for two-and-a-half years. We were doing shows at 15 North and Rex\u2019s. It was a good time to develop our blues sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

On its Facebook page, the band\u2019s list of influences includes Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, The Band of Gypsies, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox, and The Meters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe songs we\u2019re playing in the show at Sellersville are the songs from our original CD, which was made in 1999,\u201d said Pace. \u201cIt\u2019s funk and blues, so hopefully that hasn\u2019t gone out of style.\u201d<\/p>\n

The James Pace Band is moving ahead at a steady pace \u2013 but not a pace fast enough for the members to go at it full-time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have day jobs,\u201d said Pace. \u201cCharlie has a startup software company that we got funding for. He does software development and I do corporate strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith regard to our music, we\u2019re writing constantly. We focus on making good blues and funk songs and it\u2019s been progressing really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The James Pace Band will also be performing on June 22 at the Grape Street Pub in Manayunk.<\/p>\n

Video link for James Pace Band \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/6cQlTO-J4qo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater, which has Chris Duarte as the headliner, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $21.50.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Buckley<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not a usual thing when the manager of a music act heads out on a tour of his own. But then, the career and the life story of the late singer\/songwriter Jeff Buckley is not a usual thing.<\/p>\n

Buckley was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who established his career while playing gigs in New York\u2019s East Village in the early 1990s. Eventually, he signed with Columbia Records, put a band together and recorded what would be his only studio album, \u201cGrace,\u201d in 1994.<\/p>\n

Over the following three years, the band toured extensively to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Australia. In 1996, they stopped touring and made sporadic attempts to record Buckley\u2019s second album in New York City with Tom Verlaine<\/a> as producer.<\/p>\n

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Dave Lory<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1997, Buckley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to resume work on the album — recording many four-track demos while also playing weekly solo shows at a local venue. On May 29, 1997, while awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim, fully clothed, in the Mississippi River when he was caught in the wake of a passing boat. His body was found several days later.<\/p>\n

For the first time since\u00a0Buckley\u2019s\u00a0tragic death in 1997, Lory\u00a0finally talks about what it was like working with the revered and critically-celebrated artist in his book,\u00a0\u201cJeff Buckley: From Hallelujah To The Last Goodbye,\u201d\u00a0which was released by Post Hill Press\/Simon and Schuster on May 29, 2018.<\/p>\n

This summer and fall,\u00a0Lory\u00a0will travel to cities across North America and Europe with his open forum \u201cA Q&A with Dave Lory, Jeff Buckley\u2019s Manager and Author,\u00a0Jeff Buckley From Hallelujah To The Last Goodbye.\u201d Lory will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the book and discuss the manager\/artist relationship he shared with the deceased musician.<\/p>\n

Lory will bring his presentation to the area on June 1 at the Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lory\u2019s\u00a0talk will cover the journey of\u00a0Buckley\u2019s\u00a0rise to success from the release of his EP\u00a0\u201cLive at Sin-e,\u201d his debut album\u00a0\u201cGrace\u201d\u00a0and the subsequent three years including that tragic week when\u00a0Jeff Buckley\u00a0disappeared into the murky waters of the Mississippi river and\u00a0Lory\u00a0got the call… \u201cJeff\u00a0is missing.\u201d The show will consist of three 30-minute segments that will include questions from the audience at the end of each.<\/p>\n

After each evening session, Lory\u00a0will be on hand to sign copies of the book at the venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Philadelphia show will be the first date,\u201d said Lory, during a phone interview Thursday afternoon from his home in Montclair, New Jersey. \u201cEven though it\u2019s the first, I\u2019m used to talking to audiences because I do a lot of teaching at William Paterson University and New York University.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a format for the show. But, I really want it to be about what fans want. It will be different every night. If I do a rigid event, fans will tape it and put it up on the internet. Then, no-one will come out to the events later because they already have it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be three segments with no intermission. The first part is the intro and goes on with how I met Jeff. The second part is about him breaking around the world. There are a lot of stories \u2013 some serious and some humorous. In the third part, I talk about his death and the aftermath.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lory\u2019s tour has been sparking interest among the legions of Jeff Buckley fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a pretty big social media contingent promoting the book,\u201d said Lory. \u201cJeff would have been 52 this year. And, his recording of \u2018Hallelujah\u2019 went Number 1 in the charts 10 years after his death.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lory did not write the book to make money from his relationship with Buckley.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to put a stamp on his legacy,\u201d said Lory. \u201cEverything in the book is factual \u2013 from me and the eight other people whose interviews were used.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started writing the book, I realized that I had never grieved. I put everything in a box and didn\u2019t allow myself to grieve When I went back to it while I was working on the death part. I found myself sitting on my porch with tears streaming from my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The presentation at the TLA will get underway at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/p>\n

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Warchild<\/p><\/div>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) will present Warchild on June 2 and Open Mic with Charis Latshaw on June 3.<\/p>\n

The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/a>) will host Hotlanta on June 2.<\/p>\n

Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/a>) will host a Kevin Cox EP Release Party on June 2.<\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents David Crosby & Friends on June 2.<\/p>\n

The Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 202-730-3331, www.thequeenwilmington.com<\/a>) will have Zupang on June 1, Halfway to Hell on June 2 and Manchester Orchestra featuring Kevin Devine on June 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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