Agenda Denver

 

Join Smooth Jazz Lovers for “Notes in Shades of Pink,” a benefit for breast cancer awareness, featuring sultry saxophonist, JESSY J, with soulful-jazz flutist Althea Rene.

Jessy J
True Love. With these two perfectly chosen words, Jessy J has, in unveiling the title of her second Peak Records release, captured the blazing emotions of her legions of fans across the U.S. and Latin America who made her the breakout genre star of 2008. With her sizzling mix of hot beats, Latin and samba rhythms, instantly captivating melodies, and model looks, this Mexican American saxophonist/singer proved quite the sensation with her debut CD Tequila Moon, earning her such accolades as Radio and Records “Debut Artist of The Year” and contemporary jazz song of the year by R&R and Billboard for the title track, which stayed perched at #1 for an incredible eight weeks. Adding to the multi-talented artist’s rising star was her cover story in Jazziz Magazine, features in People Espanol, and JazzTimes, to name a few, plus numerous television appearances and radio interviews.
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Althea Rene
Althea Rene’s latest CD release “No Restrictions” has a unique urban contemporary flavor with a jazzy/R&B twist. She surrounds herself with some of today’s most influential music producers to create an unsurpassed collection of jams. Grammy winning producer Michael Broenig (Paul McCartney & Marion Meadows) leads the charge with the piping hot title track “No Restrictions”. Grammy nominated producer Rex Rideout (Luther Vandross & Lalah Hathaway) delivers scorching remakes of the urban classics “Wishing on a Star” and “I Love Your Smile”. Chance Howard (Prince & The Time) takes it to another level with his sizzling Minneapolis groove “Do Ya Like Dat?” Producer Kendall Duffie (Mary Mary & Marvin Winans) puts his silky smooth touch on “Ladies Nite Out” which features guest appearances from recording artists, saxophonist Candy Dulfer and bassist Rhonda Smith. This collaboration of extraordinary talent can be called a “Red Hot” tour de force of musicianship and groovability.
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Walking In My Increase

The Deliverance Tour

Join Us For This Inspired Evening of Inspirational Magic!!

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2 Shows 7:00pm and 10:00 pm

Amidst a new album bursting with hope, joy, romance and inspiration, including eleven songs penned or co-penned by the artist, it’s the Johnny Nash cover “I Can See Clearly Now” that Jonathan Butler elected to record on the So Strong album, his 15th solo collection, that speaks volumes about his outlook after a tumultuous year wrought with immense personal loss, pain and suffering.

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O’Neal was born in Natchez, Mississippi, but moved to Minneapolis when he was 20. He is an alumnus of Alcorn State University. He joined a group called “The Mystics” and played the local coverband circuit. O’Neal spent a short time in a group “Enterprise” before being recruited into Flyte Tyme, a band that included Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Monte Moir. Later signed by Prince to the Warner Bros. label with their name changed to The Time, a disagreement with Prince led to O’Neal leaving the band and being replaced as lead singer by Morris Day. Allmusic profiler John Floyd asserts that O’Neal was ousted for “looking ‘too black’”.^[1]

O’Neal immediately formed a rock and roll band called Alexander and recorded a 12″ single, “Playroom”, for a Chicago-based independent label, followed by the release of “Attitude” on the Rich Records Label. Three years later, in 1984, O’Neal signed a deal with Clarence Avant‘s Tabu Records. He did some backing vocals for other artists on the same label, including The SOS Band and Cherrelle.

O’Neal released his self-titled debut album in 1985. It included three singles that reached the top twenty of the R&B Singles Chart. He also scored his first R&B top ten single with “Saturday Love”, a duet with Cherrelle. The song peaked at #2. It also reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #6. In 1987, he released the album titled Hearsay. It yielded the #25 pop and #1 R&B single “Fake”. The song also peaked at #7 on the dance chart. The follow up, “Criticize”, peaked at #4 R&B and #70 pop. It also peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. The third single, “Never Knew Love Like This”, another duet with Cherrelle, peaked at #2 R&B and #28 pop.

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