Charles Wallace and I at Minton's, before the first set.
On Tuesday night at Minton's Harlem -- a sold out house! -- my quintet and I were joined by Charles Wallace to present Monkey Junk, a dramatic retelling of a newly discovered Zora Neale Hurston story from the 1930s, augmented by Billie Holiday's material from the same decade. We rounded out the evening with a set of Lady Day's rare sides -- songs that even her die-hard enthusiasts had never heard.
Our last performance on April 28th in this month-long tribute to Lady Day will be a pastiche of each week's programming. For more information and reservations, click here.
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