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| Andy Bey Trio |
One of the great unsung heroes of jazz singing, Andy Bey is a commanding interpreter of lyrics who has a wide vocal range and a big, rich, full voice. Born and raised in Newark, NJ, Bey was just 13 when he recorded his first solo album and he was 17 when he formed Andy & the Bey Sisters with his siblings Salome and Geraldine. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, Bey's vocals were featured on albums by Max Roach, Duke Pearson, and Gary Bartz. The 70s also found Bey recording the jazz-funk milestone Experience and Judgment for Atlantic and beginning a long association with pianist Horace Silver. In the mid-nineties, producer Herb Jordan heard Bey sing at a performance at New York's Whitney Museum. The result of their encounter was 1996's Ballads Blues & Bey, the first album released under Bey's name in more than two decades. Featuring just his voice and piano in an intimate program of popular standards from the pens of Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, the Gershwin brothers and others, the disc was greeted with rave reviews and brought Bey much long-overdue recognition. His latest, Ain't Necessarily So, is his fifth album since that fateful meeting with Jordan. The rest of the world now knows what the likes of Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, and Aretha Franklin have known for decades – Andy Bey is the best of the best.
www.andy-bey.com
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| Saturday, June 21st, 2008 * 8pm * Pantages Playhouse Theatre * $38 (plus agency fees)
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 * 11pm * Exchange Event Centre * $23 adv./$25 door |
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