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Michelle Walker Live @ Smoke

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Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker sings live at
SMOKE Jazz Club
Sunday August 24, 2008


2751 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
212.864.6662
2 Sets: 6:00pm & 7:00pm
No Cover, $20 minimum



BIOGRAPHY

It is easy to see why 2008 is looking to become a breakout year for jazz vocalist Michelle Walker. Coming off the heals of an extraordinary 2007/2008 touring season, Walker impressed critics with her performances in Moscow, Tel Aviv, and most recently at the Black Rock Performing Arts Center outside Washington, DC where she helped kick off the 2008 concert season which has featured Russell Malone, Rene Marie, Cyrus Chestnut and Ravi Coltrane. Walker also joined the ranks of jazz veterans Kenny Werner, Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, David Hazeltine and Jimmy Greene to perform at the “Hot Jazz" Concert Series where she was one of the first vocalists be asked to perform. Each of the five concerts throughout Israel was to sold-out, standing room only crowds of 800+ attendees and the featured show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art was broadcast live on Israel National Radio.

Her arrangements of straight-ahead standards and contemporary pop tunes blend genres effortlessly and with a fresh level of originality that is solidifying her own distinctive sound. Dave Nathan at AllAboutJazz.com says, “Walker demonstrates an extraordinary degree of musicality." Michelle is often compared to Cassandra Wilson, Nina Simone and Betty Carter in style and tone.

You can catch her performig live at SMOKE Jazz Club in New York City on Sunday August 24th, 2008. Walker happily returns to one of her resident performance haunts on the New York Jazz scene with a talented line up of musicians joining her on stage. Joining Michelle will be:

Nikolaj Hess on piano
Michael O'Brien on bass
John Davis on drums

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