Blackbox @ the Edye Jazz

blackbox @ the edye jazz. blues. grooves. Curated and Hosted by The Reverend Shawn Amos FRI / DEC 13 / 8:00 PM Produced by The Broad Stage and Put Together Music Rumproller Organ Trio Carey Frank HAMMOND B3 Kevin Stevens DRUMS James Achor GUITAR SPECIAL GUESTS Woody Mankowski SAXOPHONE AND VOCALS Femi Knight VOCALS Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage. There will be no intermission. Jazz & Blues at The Broad Stage made possible by a generous gift from Richard & Lisa Kendall. blackbox @ the edye at The Broad Stage made possible by a generous gift from Ann Petersen & Leslie Pam. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 4 ABOUT THE ARTISTS CURATOR NOTE BIO When not touring with Social Distortion or Tedeschi Trucks Band, Welcome back to the blackbox. RUMPROLLER ORGAN TRIO is centered on the Hammond B3 Organ, a staple B3 virtuoso Carey Frank mans the This time around, we’re digging a bit controls of the organ. James Achor deeper and doing some serious time of American music from churches to nightclubs, living rooms to ballparks. of ‘90s swing revival kings Royal travel. We’ll visit 1920s Harlem, take Crown Revue plays guitar and groove- a turn downtown for some hard bop, Capable of a mellow whisper or a raucous roar, the many voices of master/Rumproller-founder Kevin travel west for some cool jazz and Stevens is on drums. listen to 1960s-era vocals. I’ll join you the B3, along with guitar and drums, at the end of the line for some juke lend a soulful tinge to any song. The Forrest “Woody” Mankowski has been joint blues. group's repertoire is as wide as the in demand in recording studios as Mississippi. Whether a recent pop a commercial singer/instrumentalist My thanks to The Broad Stage, Richard hit by Taylor Swift, a jazz standard for decades—performing on over Kendall, Ann Petersen and Leslie Pam or an R&B classic by Ray Charles, 500 TV jingles and commercials. for keeping this vital chapter of this Rumproller’s deep swing and feel- As a freelance musician, Woody has American story alive. And thanks to good grooves transport audiences backed The Temptations, The Four you for coming out and getting your back to the nightclubs and lounges of Tops, Cheap Trick, Aretha Franklin, groove on. Have fun. We need it. the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. James Ingram, Peabo Bryson and - The Reverend Shawn Amos While many of today’s music many others. He most recently performances incorporate laptops, has been performing in legendary digital keyboards and backing tracks, guitarist Larry Carlton’s band. Rumproller relies on the technology Femi Knight is a creative visionary from the last century—the 450-pound who is dedicated to enriching the Hammond B3 Organ—because like the lives of all people through music, song says, “there ain’t nothing like encouraging hope through diversity the real thing!” At the helm of a B3, and promoting the gift of creative a person uses both feet to operate expression everywhere. She is one pedals for the bass and volume as of Los Angeles’ most prominent the hands flick knobs, push and pull vocalists who has worked alongside levers and play keys to keep the music the Music Industry’s most well-known swinging. It’s like watching someone musicians including Brian McKnight, drive a race car, fight a prize fight and Ledisi, Shirley Caesar, John Legend, play piano at the same time. Englebert Humperdinck, The Black Eyed Peas and Sergio Mendes. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 5.

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