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Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater: John Brown Little Big Band Featuring Shana Tucker

Carolina Civic Center Theater 112 W 5th Street, Lumberton

The John Brown “Little” Big Band is an 11-piece band that has a BIG sound! The group packs a punch and has the big band sound and features the return to the theater of vocalist Shana Tucker, a favorite of North Carolina audiences. The Little Big Band will be performing the best hits of the classic and contemporary big band repertoire. Touted by JazzTimes Magazine as a jazz talent “…whose imprint and vitality has already been quite visible…” Shana’s style and sound as been described as a blend of Dianne Reeves, Joni Mitchell, and Tracy Chapman, with an efficient complexity that is reminiscent of Bill Withers. She has opened for internationally-acclaimed artists including Norah Jones, Lisa Fischer, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Hamiet Bluett, Javon Jackson, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and Indigo Girls. Bassist, composer, educator and actor John Brown is a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and currently resides in Durham, NC. He is a graduate of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the School of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He currently serves as Vice Provost for the Arts, Director of the Jazz Program and […]

$15 – $35

SECCA: Camel City Jazz Orchestra: Bossa Nova Ensemble

North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA) 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem

Enjoy an evening of bossa nova classics performed by Camel City Jazz Orchestra Bossa Nova Ensemble. The 12-piece ensemble comprises a rhythm section, four winds and string quartet, with Martha Bassett signing in the original Portuguese. The concert will feature new arrangements of bossa nova standards, such as Desafinado, Meditation and One Note Samba, written specifically for the CCJO ensemble.

$15 – $30