Alison Burns & Martin Taylor at Freight & Salvage
Schedule
Fri Sep 13 2024 at 08:00 pm
Location
Freight & Salvage | Berkeley, CA
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Songs for Nature is a musical love letter to the natural world and the jazz standards it has inspired. Featuring award-winning jazz singer, Alison Burns, and Grammy-nominated fingerstyle jazz guitarist, Martin Taylor, the concert is inspired by the diversity of plant and animal life. The songs will take you on a journey to explore our relationship to nature. A worldwide tour supports the release of the new album, Songs for Nature, which is engineered by Grammy-Award winner, Dave O’Donnell (John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Kurt Elling), Cicely Balston (David Bowie, Tim Minchin, Soweto Kinch) and produced by James Taylor. There are singers and there are jazz singers. There are jazz singers and there are a few artists who bring more to the microphone – their life, love, heartaches and joy. Alison Burns is one of those artists. She released her debut album Kissing Bug in 2007 and this was followed by 1:AM, Last Train to Hauteville (where she sang in French), Freternity, and I’ll Be Home For Christmas. Touring to promote these albums resulted in concerts in Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Cannes, London, Singapore, Bangkok, Sydney and Shanghai. Alison has performed as guest soloist with the BBC Big Band, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Guy Barker Big Band. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and was awarded the International Brand Laureate Award whose other recipients have included Aretha Franklin, Taylor Swift and Adele.
Martin Taylor is widely considered to be the world’s foremost exponent of solo jazz and fingerstyle guitar playing. He dazzles audiences with a signature style that artfully combines his virtuosity, emotion and humour with a strong, engaging stage presence. In addition to his solo concerts and recordings, he has also collaborated with musicians from many different musical genres, including Jeff Beck, Bill Wyman, Stephane Grappelli, Jamie Cullum, and George Harrison. Over his stellar career, Taylor has amassed a record 14 British Jazz Awards as a guitarist, received two Honorary Doctorates, and received an MBE for Services To Jazz Music.
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Where is it happening?
Freight & Salvage, 2022 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704-1104, United States,Berkeley, CaliforniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
