"A combination of power and perfume." -

Neil Tesser, Chicago Reader

Kendra Shank - Frank Kimbrough - Dean Johnson

at Mezzrow, NYC on December 11

 Kendra Shank - voice   Frank Kimbrough - piano   

Dean Johnson - bass

 Tuesday, Dec. 11

8 & 9:30 PM shows

Mezzrow

163 W. 10th St (basement), NYC 10014

Tickets: $20 general, $10 students

(includes a pass to Small’s jazz club)

mezzrow.com  646-476-4346

#1 Train - Christopher St

New York-based vocalist Kendra Shank returns to Mezzrow jazz club in Greenwich Village with her longtime collaborators, pianist Frank Kimbrough and bassist Dean Johnson. Their “practically telepathic integration” (Lawrence Brazier, Jazz Now) and conversational group interplay create in-the-moment music that The New Yorker's Steve Futterman dubbed "imaginative and daring." Shank's association with Frank Kimbrough (Maria Schneider, Dewey Redman) began in 1992 when jazz legend Shirley Horn presented them at the Village Vanguard. Since then they've collaborated on four critically-acclaimed CDs (Wish; Reflections; A Spirit Free: Abbey Lincoln Songbook; Mosaic), three of which also feature Dean Johnson (Gerry Mulligan, Joe Lovano) who joined Shank's group in 1999. The trio will play selections from Shank’s seven CDs along with new material, including songs by Frank Kimbrough, Renee Rosnes, Fred Hersch, Bob Dorough, Sidney Bechet, James Taylor, Abbey Lincoln, re-imagined standards, and improvisations with Shank’s poems, all unified by her soulful storytelling, inventive phrasing.

PHOTOS: https://1drv.ms/f/sAo_E5gGIepC3h3CY3u-1e2LD0QEA

CONTACT: info@kendrashank.com

MUSICIAN BIOS

KENDRA SHANK's seven CDs have won numerous “Best of the Year” citations, a New York Times “Critic’s Choice,” Downbeat poll recognition, and accolades for her “delectable voice” (Terry Teachout, TIME magazine) and “breathtakingly original concept” (Andrew Gilbert, Boston Globe). Born in California to an actress mother and playwright father, she was on stage at age 5 and began her music career at 19, busking in Parisian cafés as a folk singer-guitarist. A decade later her passion turned to jazz and she studied with Jay Clayton while honing her craft in Seattle and Paris jazz clubs. She soon caught the attention of Shirley Horn who co-produced Shank’s debut CD and presented her at New York’s Village Vanguard in 1992. Since moving to New York in 1997 Shank has become a prominent figure on the city’s jazz scene, headlining at The Blue Note, Birdland, Jazz Standard, and Iridium and holding a 17-year residency at the historic 55 Bar. Shank has been featured on NPR’s JazzSet and Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz and has toured in Europe, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Canada and across the U.S. at festivals, clubs and concert halls. In addition to leading her group of 19 years with pianist Frank Kimbrough and bassist Dean Johnson, Shank was guest guitarist on Abbey Lincoln’s Over The Years CD, and has performed and/or recorded as a vocalist with Fred Hersch, Geoffrey Keezer, Larry Willis, Art Lande, Joe Locke, Bob Dorough, Jay Clayton, Gary Bartz, Steve Wilson, Peter Leitch, John Stowell, Ben Monder, Victor Lewis, and Matt Wilson, among others.  kendrashank.com

Pianist FRANK KIMBROUGH has been active on the New York jazz scene for 35 years. He has recorded as a leader for Pirouet, Newvelle, Palmetto, OmniTone, Soul Note, Igmod, and Mapleshade. In addition to leading his own trio with bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Jeff Hirshfield, he has played with the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Dewey Redman, Ben Allison, Joe Locke, Ted Nash and numerous others. Frank was a founding member and composer-in-residence of the Jazz Composers Collective (1992 - 2005) and played in nearly 20 of its associated groups. He has been included in the Downbeat Critics Poll each year since 2001 and his recordings are often included in jazz critics' year's-end top-ten lists. Frank's work has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and from Chamber Music America's Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project, and he is on the faculty at Juilliard.  frankkimbrough.com

Since arriving in New York in 1980, bassist DEAN JOHNSON has performed with a wide variety of artists including Bob Brookmeyer, Randy Brecker, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Phil Woods, Fred Hersch, Dave Douglas, Lee Konitz, Jane Ira Bloom, Nguyen Le, Steve Kuhn, Wynton Marsalis, Art Farmer, Bill Frisell, Art Lande, The New York Voices, Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan, Helen Merrill, Kendra Shank, and a 10 year association with Gerry Mulligan. Dean has appeared on over 50 recordings with a variety of artists and has traveled extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Mexico, and Israel. His debut recording as a leader titled “Triology,” featuring four different trios, was released in 2016.  deanjohnsonbassist.com

CONTACT:

info@kendrashank.com / kendrashank.com

PHOTOS:

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