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Cassandre Mckinley at Regattabar
Courtesy of Molly Collins | Posted on July 24, 2018
Where
Regattabar
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA
Map
617-395-7757
When
Fri, September 21, 2018
7:30 pm
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FEATURING: TIM RAY - PIANO
JESSE WILLIAMS - BASS
DAVE MATTACKS - DRUMS
SCOTTY JOHNSON - GUITAR
Performing original material and covering artists Roy Orbison, Nina Simone, Elvis and Willie Nelson.
On her fifth studio recording, jazz vocalist Cassandre McKinley forcefully embraces music from a mix of musical styles. Artfully and soulfully, she blurs the hazy lines between genres and in doing so, underscores the essence of jazz. Dragonfly is a solid and far more personal follow to any of her previous recordings as she selected each tune with care, then transformed the material from a variety of genres - jazz, pop, R&B, soul, plus a healthy dose of country - freshening them with her own vocal twists and sensibilities to make these songs live again, as they should for an expansive audience. ...