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For the Love of Ella w Kellie Fuller, Joyce Grant and The Mike Greensill Trio
Thu, 10 Apr, 7:00 PM PDT
Doors open
5:30 PM PDT
Blue Note Napa
1030 Main Street, Napa, CA 94559
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Description
Two powerhouse vocalists unite for a birthday celebration of the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald! Joyce Grant and Kellie Fuller backed by The Mike Greensill Trio present an elegant night of Ella's greatest hits and hidden gems, all with their own personality and flair.
Singer/songwriter Joyce Grant, mezzo-soprano with a voice like “dark honey”, has been performing jazz, blues and R& B in the Bay Area for over 30 years. She is the great, great niece of the King of Ragtime Scott Joplin.
Kellie Fuller is one of those rare vocalists that cannot be locked into a single genre or decade, performing some of the most beloved songs and hidden gems spanning the early 1900’s through the 1970’s.
BLUE NOTE NAPA is on the 1st floor of the historic Napa Valley Opera House and is an intimate 180-seated live music club and restaurant. World-class and local Bay Area artists perform here. Before and during the show, we offer a sophisticated dinner menu and a wide selection of wines and cocktails to order.
HOUSE POLICIES:
Tickets are priced per person.
All seating has first-come, first-choice in the purchased section.
Pairs are seated opposite one another, except at the High Bar or Side Bar sections.
2 Drink minimum per person (coffee/sodas/mocktails), when not ordering food.
Ages 8 + unless otherwise specified.
No Infants.
Tickets are emailed 48 hours PRIOR TO SHOWTIME via TicketWeb.
Arrive 30 min prior to door time for optimal choice of seating.
Policies are subject to change.
BOOTHS:
Booth for 4: Requires 4 seats to be purchased. (dark green)
Booth for 5 or 6: Requires 5 or 6 seats to be purchased. (light green)
STANDARD SEATING:
High Bar: Great view! Tall chairs with padded seats, sat side by side (bright blue)
Floor Tables: Table Seating on the floor. Pairs sat opposite each other (dark blue)
Center Platform: Elevated viewing section with good sight lines. Tall table & Chair seating. Pairs sat opposite each other (light blue)
ADA for those that require accessible seating. Companions purchase Floor Table. (dark blue)
SIDE SEATING:
Rear Bar and Side Bar: Tall chairs with padded seats, sat side by side (red)
Side Stage: Stage level table seating. Pairs sat opposite each other. (purple)
Please contact our Box Office with any inquiries or special needs requests.
1030 Main Street, Napa CA 94559
Box Office: boxoffice@bluenotenapa.com or 707.880.2300
Event Information
Age Limit
8+
Refund Policy
ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.
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Classic Jazz
Kellie Fuller
Kellie Fuller
Classic Jazz
Napa Valley and San Francisco Bay Area vocalist Kellie Fuller has a soulful voice with a tremendous range who “sings the story”, expressing the feeling and nuance of each song with her phrasing and vocal dynamics. Audiences feel like a part of the show as much as they are spectators, and as San Francisco Examiner writer Kenneth Fish states, “When the charming Kellie Fuller sings, it is as if she is singing to you and only you.” Kellie is a regular favorite at the iconic Blue Note Napa Jazz Club and her other notable appearances include opening for Manhattan Transfer, singing with the Napa Valley Symphony and sharing the stage with several accomplished artists including Wesla Whitfield, David Pack, Terry Bradford and Alto Reed. “Kellie Fuller is an amazingly versatile vocalist, one who handles Jazz, Blues, R&B and gems from The Great American Songbook with equal blends of style and grace,” Jim Harrington, Pop Music Critic for Bay Area News Group.
Photo credit Bob McClenahan
Jazz
Mike Greensill
Mike Greensill
Jazz
Well known in his role as musical director to acclaimed vocalist Wesla Whitfield with whom he has recorded twenty albums, Mike Greensill has played for many venues and shows including Sedge Thomson's weekly Public Radio West Coast Live, San Francisco’s The Rrazz Room and Society Cafe', New York's Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Room and more.
After graduating in 1972 from Leeds College of Music in England, Mike toured Europe and the Far East and lived in Hong Kong for 4 years before finally settling into his adopted home, San Francisco, in 1977.
Well known in his role as musical director to acclaimed vocalist Wesla Whitfield with whom he has recorded twenty albums, Mike is also resident piano player on Sedge Thomson's weekly Public Radio show to the world, "West Coast Live" - more info at wcl.org. As an arranger Mike, in addition to his work with Wesla, has had the opportunity to write for big bands and symphony orchestras including the Boston Pops and the San Francisco Symphony.
Mike has also had the pleasure of accompanying such diverse talents as Rita Moreno, Margaret Whiting, Broadway stars Lillias White and Franc D'Ambrosio and jazz singers Madeline Eastman, Ann Hampton Callaway and Opie Bellas.
"Greensill is an accompanist in the great tradition of Jimmy Rowles and Ellis Larkins.
It's worth twice the price of admission just to hear him!" - Terry Teachout - NY Daily News
Phillip Elwood, jazz writer for the San Francisco Examiner states -
"Greensill is a wonderful jazz pianist."
Crossover Jazz
Ruth Davies
Ruth Davies
Crossover Jazz
Ruth Davies, a Bay Area native, has performed with jazz and blues greats Charles Brown, Clark Terry, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Jay McShann, Van Morrison, Maria Muldaur, Junior Mance, Linda Tiller, Barbara Dane, Barbara Morrison, Etta Jones, Elvis Costello, Eric Bibb, Keb'Mo', Terry Gibbs, Jimmy Witherspoon and Little Jimmy Scott. Her discography (including several Platinum and Grammy-winning recordings, covers various jazz and blues styles as well as movie soundtracks.
She toured the world for ten years with the late Charles Brown, performing at major jazz festivals and concerts and on radio and television broadcasts worldwide. Ruth continues to spend considerable time abroad. She has recorded and performed internationally with Maria Muldaur, Denise Jannah, Dmitri Matheny and European pianist/composer Amina Figarova. Lately she has "returned to the roots" and travels with Elvin Bishop's band.
Ruth believes in teaching and in bringing music to the public schools. She has been on the faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop for 17 years and has had a very successful "Ruth Davies Blues Night" series at the Stanford Jazz Festival. The San Francisco Symphony’s "Adventures in Music" program and the "Just Say Jazz" project deliver music education to the classroom. By any conservative estimate, Ruth has presented music programs to over two thousand school groups. That's a serious commitment.
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent," said Victor Hugo. Perhaps that is the key to Ruth's musical life.
R&B
Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey
R&B
Jack Dorsey, drummer, has performed and recorded internationally with such diverse artists as Little Anthony, Macy Blackman, The Coasters, The Crests, Jose Feliciano, Bobby Freeman, Etta Jones, Ed Kelly, Buddy Miles, The Oakland Jazz Choir, Denise Perrier, Khalil Shaheed, Lavay Smith, and Jimmy Witherspoon. Jack has recorded numerous television theme scores, commercials and motion picture soundtracks for 20th Century Fox, Zoetrope, and Skywalker Ranch. He has performed drums and percussion for San Francisco theatre productions and has taught the basics of drums and rhythm throughout the San Francisco school district, in East Bay schools with Michael Morgan, Conductor of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and continues to teach and perform with the Oaktown Jazz Workshop.