April 2008
Choral Society of Montgomery County
Spring Concert
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 7:30 PM
$15 General Admission
$10 Seniors and Students
$5 Children Under 12
Marcia Ball
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 8 PM
$22 Reserved Seating
$18 Seniors and Students
$10 Children Under 12
Singer/pianist Marcia Ball performs infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional brand of southern boogie, rollicking, roadhouse blues and heartfelt ballads. Over the course of her three-decade career, Ball has earned a huge and intensely loyal following, her album, "Sing It!" was released in January 1998 and was nominated for both a Grammy and Handy as "Best Contemporary Blues Album". Her exquisite piano playing and passionate, playful vocals fuse New Orleans and Gulf Coast R&B with Austin's deep songwriting tradition. Ball grew up, Louisiana, on the Texas border, an area that produced such other roots-music greats as Gatemouth Brown, Janis Joplin, Clifton Chenier, Johnny and Edgar Winter and is a hotbed of country, blues, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, rockabilly and Gulf Coast "swamp pop".
Yellowjackets
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 8 PM
$22 Reserved Seating
$18 Seniors and Students
$10 Children Under 12
The most adventurous quartet in contemporary jazz music, this multi-Grammy Award winning quartet recently marked its 25th year. Yellowjackets forged fusion at its inception and continue to expand and redefine musical movements. A rare name in the field of contemporary jazz, Yellowjackets boast a line-up that has produced some of its finest performances ever. Founded in 1981 as an R&B-oriented band that starred guitarist Robben Ford, the group took a giant step forward when, after Ford's departure, altoist Marc Russo took his place with original members Russell Ferrante on keyboards and electric bassist Jimmy Haslip, in addition to drummer William Kennedy.
