James Hall and Juliette Forgette at the Live Oak!

Friday, June 19th at the Live Oak: James Hall's Trio wil be joined by vocalist Juliette Forgette to sing a repertoire of blues and jazz songs and original James Hall compositions. Blues classics like "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (famously sung by Della Reese on the Ed Sullivan Show) and Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia on My Mind" will be sung alongside originals such as "Terri's at the Races" and "The Old Dixie Highway is Calling Me". The trio includes James Hall (keyboard), Charlie Silva (bass), and Greg Parnell (drums). Admission is free and doors open at 6:45 PM.

Juliette Forgette is a third-year student, Communications major, and Asian Studies minor at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She's a member of The Show Goes On, a class and series of musicals organized by Rollins professor Dan Flick. The class' musicals have toured across Central Florida at venues such as the Marine Discovery Center in New Smyrna Beach and the Tiedtke Concert Hall at Rollins College.

James Hall is a pianist, vibraphone player, and composer based in New Smyrna Beach. In his hometown of Pleasanton, California, he performed with numerous jazz musicians including Matt Finders, Andrew Speight, Anton Schwartz, Michael Marcus, Roger Glenn, and Erik Jekabson. Upon moving to Florida in 2019, he has performed with a wide range of jazz musicians including Antonio Escapa, Jeff Rupert, Scott Dickinson, the Orlando Jazz Orchestra, Tom Dietz, and Bobby Koelble, just to name a few, in the straight-ahead jazz and Latin spheres.

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