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Charenee Wade Group: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson Charenee Wade Group: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

Fri February 19th, 2016

7:00PM

Main Space

Minimum Age: 18+

Doors Open: 6:00PM

Show Time: 7:00PM

Event Ticket: $15

Day of Show: $20

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TABLE SEATING POLICY
Table seating for all seated shows is reserved exclusively for ticket holders who purchase “Table Seating” tickets. By purchasing a “Table Seating” ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seating begins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons. We do not take table reservations.
  
A standing room area is available by the bar for all guests who purchase “Standing Room” tickets. Food and beverage can be purchased at the bar but there is no minimum purchase required in this area.
  
All tickets sales are final. No refund or credits.

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Allan Harris – (DownBeat Award winning vocalist/guitarist)
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Marc Cary – (Grammy Nominated Pianist)
Daru Jones – (Jack White Band Drummer)
Jesse Jones, Jr. (Miami’s favorite Saxophonist)
 
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Charenee Wade Group: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

Charenee Wade – vocals
Brandon McCune – keys
Lonnie Plaxico – bass
Darrell Green – drums
Nikara Warren – vibes
Dave Stryker – guitar
Lakecia Benjamin – sax
 
First Runner-Up in the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Vocal Competition, Charenee Wade is a notable singer, composer, arranger and educator who received her degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Her accolades include Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Program where she performed her original music at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; being one of the talented four chosen for the Dianne Reeves Young Artist Workshop at Carnegie Hall; 1st Runner-Up in the Jazzmobile Vocal Competition; and being selected for the JAS Academy Summer Sessions, 2007-09, directed by Christian McBride.
 
Charenee is currently a professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music, City College, and with the Jazzmobile Workshop program. She teaches various workshops and clinics and was an esteemed judge for the 2010 Jazzmobile Vocal Competition, alongside Dr. Billy Taylor and Grady Tate. Charenee performs internationally and graces the stages of the Jazz Gallery, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy Coca Cola’s, the legendary Smalls and the Zinc Bar in NYC. Her debut CD, Love Walked In was released in July 2010.
 
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