BOURBON ‘N BRASS SPEAKEASY: LIVE JAZZ with VANESSA RACCI

Name: BOURBON ‘N BRASS SPEAKEASY: LIVE JAZZ with VANESSA RACCI
Start: 2025-08-15T21:30:00-05:00
Location: 1476 Miner Street, Des Plaines, IL, United States, Illinois 60016

Schedule

Fri, 15 Aug, 2025 at 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1476 Miner Street, Des Plaines, IL, United States, Illinois 60016 | Des Plaines, IL

Join us in our intimate Bourbon ‘N Brass Speakeasy, located on the 2nd floor of the Des Plaines Theatre, for an evening of Jazz with Vanessa Racci! Food and hand-crafted cocktails are available for purchase. There is a $10 entertainment fee which helps us pay the performer. No RSVP required. Seating is first-come, first-seated. We kindly ask for a two-drink or equivalent minimum.

Vanessa Racci is a touring Jazz vocalist who is equally comfortable singing straight-ahead Jazz as well as music that reflects her Italian heritage. Descended from Southern Italian immigrants, she grew up living with her Barese grandfather, who played Jazz and Italian classics throughout the house. This inspired her to combine her two loves of Jazz and Italian heritage in her first self-released album, Italiana Fresca, in 2017, produced by David Finck and arranged by Yaron Gershovsky of Manhattan Transfer. After debuting her music to a sold-out crowd at Birdland Jazz Club and touring it around the country 2017-2019, Vanessa was inspired to record her second album after visiting the Jazz and Italian American museums of New Orleans. Her sophomore album, Jazzy Italian (Zoho Jazz Label, 2022), celebrates Italian Americans who made their mark on Jazz from Louis Prima to Chick Corea. Produced and arranged by Grammy winner, Steven Feifke, Jazzy Italian made the top 10 Traditional Jazz albums of 2022 on the RMR jazz chart and is programmed on Siriusly Sinatra, NPR and network television in addition to 150+ radio stations globally. Her music also recently made the coveted Spotify playlist, Italian Dinner Party.