WHITNEY JAMES &
The JACK WILKINS ENSEMBLE
The Nancy Wilson /
Cannonball Adderley Tribute
Bay Area jazz favorites WHITNEY JAMES and JACK WILKINS will get together at the next Tampa Jazz Club concert, with the focus on the classic collaboration between song stylist Nancy Wilson and Tampa-born saxophone legend Cannonball Adderley. The Sunday afternoon concert, on December 10, 2017 at 3pm, takes place in the Mainstage Theatre at HCC/Ybor City, and is part of the HCC Visual & Performing Arts Series.
Like jazz devotees everywhere, both Whitney and Jack are lifelong fans of the original 1961 recording, which featured such favorites as ‘Save Your Love for Me,’ ‘A Sleepin’ Bee,’ and the Nat Adderley piece, ‘The Old Country.’ An added bonus will be new music that Wilkins has composed for the occasion, custom-made for the remarkable band featured in the Ybor City concert.
Whitney James has gained an avid following through her distinctive sound, creative choice of repertoire, and captivating stage presence. She has been called upon to sing challenging roles for jazz orchestral composers Maria Schneider and Rufus Reid, and her schedule this fall includes a Tribute to Barbra Streisand, and performing as part of the 20-piece Florida Bjorkestra during the Et Cultura Festival in St. Petersburg.
The longtime Director of Jazz Studies at USF, saxophonist Jack Wilkins released his 6th CD, ‘The Banff Project,’ earlier this year. The music was premiered in a live performance/film event in USF’s Monday Night Jazz series. This concert will mark Jack’s return from spending the Fall semester on a prestigious Fulbright Award as Research Chair at the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
The band joining Whitney and Jack is stellar, featuring guitarist LaRue Nickelson, trumpeter James Suggs, bassist Patrick Bettison, and drummer Walt Hubbard. The combination of new interpretations of the Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley classics, and new music written for this hand-picked band, promises to be a rare treat for the Tampa jazz audience.
Mainstage Theatre
Performing Arts Center - HCC Ybor
1411 E 11th Ave, Ybor City, FL 33605
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