Snap on 2&4 w/ Christina Watson at Nashville Jazz Workshop

Saturday, August 18, please join us in welcoming popular vocalist Christina Watson back to the Jazz Cave for Snap on 2&4.

Originally from southeastern Kentucky, Christina moved to Nashville in 2001 after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since her arrival in Music City, her versatile voice of 3+ octaves and love of all cultures have gained her entry into a wide array of musical situations, including appearances at various jazz festivals and at numerous venues in the US, France, Belgium and Sweden. She has released three CD's as a leader - 2004's All About Love, 2008's critically acclaimed A Flower Truly Blue, and in 2014, Passage. Christina also sings soprano in the Nashville based vocal jazz quartet 3rd Coast Vocals....

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Saturday, August 18, please join us in welcoming popular vocalist Christina Watson back to the Jazz Cave for Snap on 2&4.

Originally from southeastern Kentucky, Christina moved to Nashville in 2001 after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since her arrival in Music City, her versatile voice of 3+ octaves and love of all cultures have gained her entry into a wide array of musical situations, including appearances at various jazz festivals and at numerous venues in the US, France, Belgium and Sweden. She has released three CD's as a leader - 2004's All About Love, 2008's critically acclaimed A Flower Truly Blue, and in 2014, Passage. Christina also sings soprano in the Nashville based vocal jazz quartet 3rd Coast Vocals.

Christina is Vocal Jazz Professor at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music, where she directs the Blair Jazz Choir and teaches private jazz voice lessons. She is a frequent guest vocalist with the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, the big band with which she has recorded two albums. Christina also leads her own a cappella women's group, the Nashville Belles, which performs locally to benefit a different charity each year.

Joining Christina for the August 18 performance will be Lori Mechem (piano), and Roger Spencer (bass), with other musicians TBA.

There will be two sets beginning at 8:00 pm in the Jazz Cave at the Workshop. Admission is $25 / $15 high school and college students with ID. Tickets will go on sale Monday August 6 at 10AM and will be available online on this page, by phone 24/7 at Brown Paper Tickets (800-838-3006) or during business hours at the NJW office (242-5299). A small convenience charge is added to online or 800-number purchases.

Policies: The Jazz Cave is a BYOB establishment, with no alcohol or food service. You are free to bring alcoholic beverages and snacks. We sell soft drinks and bottled water. The Jazz Cave is a listening room, and we ask patrons to keep conversation to a minimum and silence cell phones. Audio and video recording is prohibited. Ticket sales are final.


The Nashville Jazz Workshop is a nonprofit organization offering classes for all ages, instruments, and levels, public performances, and special events for the community. The Jazz Workshop is located in the Neuhoff Complex at the end of Monroe Street in East Germantown. For further information, contact the Nashville Jazz Workshop at 615-242-JAZZ (5299). www.nashvillejazz.org

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