San Jose Jazz Winter Fest 2017

Mary Stallings

When
Sun Feb 19, 2017
Where
Cafe Stritch
Time
5:00pm
Cost
$30 - $35
Tags
Music, Live Music Cafes, Jazz

Description

GA $30 advance, $35 door

Mary Stallings is a classic example of how it takes time, musical seasoning and living a full life to mature as a vocalist and to address a lyric properly. While youthful instrumentalists may have something to say, Stallings brings a lifetime of emotional intelligence that enables her to truly inhabit a lyric.

Born and raised in San Francisco, the middle child of 11 siblings, Stallings started performing professionally before the age of 10 with her mother and two older sisters in a family gospel group. She got her first real taste of jazz at home, sitting in at rehearsals with her uncle, tenor saxophonist and bandleader Orlando Stallings. Stallings’ career got off to an early start in the late ’50s and her supple voice landed her in rarified air: performing with such luminaries as Ben Webster, Cal Tjader, Earl Hines, Red Mitchell, Teddy Edwards, and the Montgomery brothers (Wes, Monk, and Buddy) in Bay Area night clubs such as Hungry i, The Purple Onion and El Matador.

More Info

Link
http://sanjosejazz.org
Call
408.288.7557 (Box Office)
Email
Contact Form (account required)

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Location

  1. Cafe Stritch
    374 S 1st St, San Jose, CA