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Tammy McCann Ensemble with Laurence Hobgood

FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ SERIES AT ALVIN & FRIENDS features Chicago Jazz Vocal Phenom

Alvin
& Friends Restaurant in New Rochelle has launched a Friday night jazz
series in their intimate 80-seat Roscoe’s Room. The series continues with the
Tammy McCann Ensemble with Laurence Hobgood.



She’s
been compared to grand diva Dinah Washington with vocals described as soulfully
seductive and sumptuous. Classically trained, Tammy McCann is a superlative
Chicago-based jazz vocalist who performed with Ray Charles for several years.
This show is the first live New York performance featuring her new partnership
with Grammy winning composer, arranger and pianist Laurence Hobgood and Steve
Williams, drums.



Chicago
Tribune jazz writer Howard Reich says "The very thought of a singer of
McCann's vocal prowess sharing a stage with a pianist as sensitive and
technically accomplished as Hobgood is enough to quicken the pulse of just
about any jazz listener.... The McCann-Hobgood collaboration represents an
important development for both artists, and for anyone who values jazz
musicianship of the highest level."

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Alvin
& Friends, Zagat rated 26 for food, 26 for décor and 26 for service, and
named by Westchester Magazine as one of the “Best of Westchester” for 2013 –
offers a menu influenced by Southern and Caribbean flavors in a sophisticated
space, both elegant and comfortable.



First
Set 7:30 pm  Second Set 9:30 pm

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$15 in advance / $20 at the door

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