Looking ahead to January . . . as part of the 2019 Trinity Jazz Festival, I will be talking LIVE before a gathered audience to the festival's headliner, Houston-born pianist and composer Helen Sung. We'll discuss the genesis of her excellent new jazz and poetry album, Sung With Words, which includes Houston's own Kendrick Scott on the drums. More on this as the date approaches. (Helen Sung is one of the 37 musicians interviewed in my book Freedom of Expression: Interviews With Women in Jazz.)
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM CST
Trinity Church
1015 Holman Street
Houston, Texas 77004
6:00 PM - CD Release Party with Interview by Chris Becker, author of Freedom of Expression: Interviews with Women in Jazz.
7:00 PM - 18th Annual Trinity Jazz Festival, celebrating Women in Jazz.
Opening Act: Houston Jewels of Jazz, featuring vocalists Yvonne Washington, Mickey Moseley and Ermelinda Cuellat, with Erin Wright- bass; Bob Henschen- piano.
Headliner: Pianist Helen Sung, debuting her first vocal CD, Sung With Words, and her New York quintet: Kendrick Scott - drums; David Wong- bass; Samuel Torres-percussion; John Ellis- saxophone; Christie Dashiel, vocals.
