![]() ![]() ![]() "Jumpin' at the Woodside" is an up-tempo signature Basie composition that has been recorded on several albums by various artists. Impeccably arranged with heavy brass and a joot-joint-type style, this high energy blues sums up the Kansas City Sound in a nutshell, and features lovely New Life vocalist, Monica Lynk, in show-stopping grandeur and elegance. The Comeback is a mid-tempo Frank Foster dirty blues swing arrangement made famous by the Count Basie Orchestra featuring Joe Williams. Click on the title to preview familiar tunes, "The Comeback" and "Jumpin at the Woodside", as performed by Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra. Performing timeless arrangements most signature of this Era, New Life will render attendees nothing less than a blow-the-rooftop caliber experience. Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra and Kevin Mahogany, in kindred communion, join forces to unveil the sacred treasures of Count Basie and the Kansas City Sound and humbly commit their own spirited musical perspectives as seeds to be planted in tribute to this timely resurrection. Paying homage to the "King of Swing", Count Basie, and the Kansas City Sound, this passionate and high-energy performance program will complement the line-up of any performance venue and leave the crowds begging for more! Even the most stoic jazz enthusiast will find it difficult to remain politely seated for this riveting musical experience for the music presented in this concert will surely foster a celebration of the energy, joy, and passion of the Swing Era, and pay historic reverence to Count Basie and his Orchestra, and the Kansas City Sound. ![]() Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra is proud to present a unique and historic touring jazz program that is certain to stir excitement in audiences of all ages and creeds, and catalyst a heightened interest in the jazz tradition from mainstream pop culture. humbly commit their own spirited musical perspectives as seeds to be planted in tribute to this timely resurrection.Ĭelebrating Count Basie and the Kansas City Sound featuring Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra with renowned Jazz vocalist, Kevin Mahogany " I want to swing like Count Basie and have the impact of Mahalia Jackson - and Jazz Goes to Church is a vehicle I am going to use to do so." Jazz Goes To Church aims to consummate the marriage of the two disparate genres with a hard-swingin', foot-stompin' crescendo of jubilation! This clubhouse revival showcases New Life's spirited and uninhibited performance style with the blaring of brass instruments-call-and-response-like big-band arrangements-soul-stirring vocals-and engaging solos and shouts on swingin' versions of gospel tunes like "Wade in the Water" and "Joshua Fit the Battle".īandleader, Kendrick Oliver, who is being wooed by national fame with a host of prestigious appearances ahead, keeps it all in perspective. Pioneers like Duke Ellington and Contemporaries like Kirk Whalum have testified about this compatible union through some of their most celebrated musical works in styles coined as 'sacred music' and 'gospel jazz'. The courtship between jazz and gospel music traditions has been incubating in the periphery of public curiosity for some time now. Jazz Goes To Church aims to consummate the marriage of the two disparate genres with a hard-swingin', foot-stompin' crescendo of jubilation! ![]()
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