Vivian Sessoms LIFE (USA)
2 Sessions: 7.00pm & 9.00pm
Accomplished singer and Harlem native Vivian Sessoms, having amassed credits as a backing vocalist for Chaka Khan, Rob Thomas, Donna Summer, Cher, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Pink, Patti Austin, and a host of others, has proven herself a fiery and forward-thinking artist in her own right.
Recently signed to Ropeadope Records, on her forthcoming release LIFE, in collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Parks, Sessoms displays an adventurous arranging sensibility and a refreshing disregard for genre boundaries. Her expressive, sophisticated sound draws on jazz, R&B and pop in fresh and moving ways, whether she’s presenting her own material, reinterpreting “Strange Fruit” for our own troubled times, or reshaping classic pop, jazz & soul hits with a view toward transformation and constant surprise.
Through it all, Sessoms soars in a voice that is full and robust, unerring in pitch, and utterly at home in a wide variety of feels and settings. Her singing has met with praise in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Ebony and numerous other publications.
Featuring
Vivian Sessoms (USA) - vocals
Chris Parks - (USA) bass
Jonathan Crayford - keys
Ron Samsom - drums
“On this album, Sessoms’ clear, exquisite voice (which has backed Patti Austin, P-Diddy and Rob Thomas) shimmers against a percolating R&B/jazz backdrop.”
2 SESSION TIMES
Session 1: 7.00PM
(6.30pm doors)
Session 2: 9.00PM
(8.30pm doors)
ENTRY
$25 General Admission
$20 CJC Members
$15 Students
$10 CJC Student Members (standing only rush tickets dependent on capacity)
Presale tickets available from Eventfinda until 3pm on day.
Cash-only door sales unless sold-out prior.