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Singer-pianist Davina Sowers is well known in the blues world as the leader of Davina and the Vagabonds, an ensemble that she formed in 2006.
The popular group, which is based in Minnesota but has toured and appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival and throughout the U.S. and Europe, usually consists of trumpet, trombone, bass, drums and the colorful leader.
Due to the pandemic, here is Davina without the Vagabonds, performing as a solo singer-pianist on her LiveStream of Aug. 9, 2020.
Davina sings and plays “When My Sugar Walks Down The Street,” and several originals in an often-rollicking style that crosses over between vintage jazz, New Orleans r&b and blues; it is a fresh extension on older styles, turning them into something new.
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Ashley Pezzotti, who was born in Queens, New York, took classical voice lessons starting when she was four and in 2018 graduated from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.
In addition to her strong and beautiful voice, Ms. Pezzotti is notable for composing songs that sound as if they are from the Great American Songbook but are actually quite recent.
She has performed and recorded with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra and sung with Dave Holland, recording her debut album We’ve Only Just Begun in 2019.
On her LiveStream from Aug. 8, 2020, Ashley Pezzotti (who is on the brink of being discovered) along with the tasteful pianist Matt Wigler perform some of her originals plus “Body and Soul,” a scat-filled uptempo version of “Confirmation,” and an extended exploration of “All Of Me.”