Overview
Local Vocals
Recognizing the legacy of vocalists in jazz, the Jacksonville Jazz Collective collaborates with the region’s three most regarded female jazz chanteuses for this unique showcase performance. Steeped in the swing tradition, each with charismatic stage presence and signature styles all their own, this exciting concert will feature three superb ladies of song: Linda Cole of the Nat “King” Cole family music dynasty, Jacksonville Jazz Festival “Hall of Fame” Inductee Lisa Kelly and Bonnie Eisele of the Dynamic Les DeMerle Band. Singing from a repertoire of Great American Songbook classics to songs of American pop and Broadway, each artist will be featured and perform together in artful, original arrangements, through interpretive styles of groovin’ swing, sensitive Bossa Nova, heartfelt ballads, light funk, Bluesy shuffles, energetic Bebop and more. With notable careers that have spanned years and taken them around the world, enjoy this special tribute to great jazz vocalists through the performances of these three stellar songstresses of the artform!