FORIMMEDIATERELEASE:Contact:WendellKimbroughNovember11,2011wendell@wendellk.com864.525.5408
3ofDC’sBestAndBrightestSongwritersUniteattheAtlasPerformingArtsCenter
*AlbumPremiereforWendellKimbroughfeaturingAndyZipf&JustinTrawick*[Washington,DC]TheAtlasPerformingArtsCenterwillhostthreeofthemostdynamicsinger/songwritersintheDCmetroregionon
Friday,November18,7:30PM
.
WendellKimbrough
headlineswithhis7-pieceNew-Orleans-stylejazzband,featuringperformersfromDCandNYC,includingrenownedhot-jazzclarinetist
GaryGregg
of
ChaiseLounge
.ThebandwillbepremieringKimbrough’shighlyanticipatednewalbum,
ThingsThatCan’tBeTaught
.Opener
JustinTrawick
,whothe
WashingtonPost
called“ourveryownJohnMayer,”willkickoffthenightwithhissignatureurbanfolkrock,followedby
,whosemostrecentalbum
PasteMagazine
describedasashowcaseofZipf’s“capacitytoproduceonegreathookafteranother.”Thisirst-timegatheringof3ofDC’sbestandbrightestsinger/songwriterswillhappenintheheartofTheDistrict’slourishingHStreetneighborhood,attheAtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.Ticketsareonsalenowat
atlasarts.org
.Twoyearsinthemakingandsuccessfullyfan-fundedthrough
Kickstarter.com
injust48hours,Kimbrough’snewalbumfeaturessomeofthebestmusicianstheDCmetroregionhastooffer.InadditiontoclarinetistGreggofChaiseLounge,Howardgraduate
QuincyPhilips
oflocaljazztrio
TheYoungLions
playsdrumsandisjoinedbycornet/trumpetinstructorandleaderofthe
WashingtonConservatoryJazzEnsemble
,
DaveRobinson
.Withthesetalentsgathered,Kimbroughisabletodrawoninluencesrangingfromearly20thcenturyjazz—channeledthroughgreatslikeLouisArmstrongandcontemporarycomposerRandyNewman—tofolkheroesofthe1970s,JamesTaylorandJohnPrine.
ThingsThatCan’tBeTaught
leadsthelistenerthroughasoundscapereminiscentofan
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