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Monday August 27 2007
Gretchen Elise/UCC Royal Brass/Walnut
Free "Summer in Love (Park)" concert
JFK Plaza, 16th and JFK Blvd Philadelphia
12:00pm-2:00pm
Thursday February 1st 2007
Farrid Barron Trio
Latte Lounge, 816 N. 4th St. Philadelphia (Northern Liberties) 6pm-9pm.
Gretchen Elise appears as a Special Guest with Farrid Barron and Friends Jazz Trio, Marvin Gaye Tribute. The Latte Lounge serves up " Coffee, Tea and Atmosphere," and for 8 years has mixed its tea and coffee with jazz and jazz-laced music. Farrid performs eclectic, unforgettable arrangements of jazz standards and originals with brother Jafar (Cornet) and Pedro Matos (soprano and tenor saxophone).
Wednesday August 16th 9:00 pm (SOLD OUT)
Gretchen Elise Combo
Farewell Concert
Ryles Jazz Club, 142 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA 02139, 617‧876‧9660
Thank You Boston! Vocalist/composer Gretchen Elise and her energetic 7-piece
combo present her farewell concert at Ryles on August 16th after 10 years
of bridging world, jazz, R & B and hip hop music in the Boston area. At Ryles, Gretchen Elise will debut
new material, including a Norwegian Suite, and reunite with reggae singer
Lady Lee of Gretchen's debut Are You Ready and hip hop poet Walnut .
Gretchen Elise seamlessly combines her international (Norwegian, German, Mexican)
heritage
with the jazz and R & B influence of her native Philadelphia. Her multilingual, beautifully arranged
performances
are both inspiring and interactive. $10 cover.
Gretchen Elise: vocals
Hubert Roberts: backup vocals
Joe Moffett: trumpet
Hans Indigo: sax
Dawson Hill: keys
John Capello: bass
Chris Montecalvo: drums
Thursday, July 13 2006 8-10 pm
Gretchen Elise Open Jam
Muddy Charles Pub at MIT (Bld 50) , 142 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
Gretchen Elise and her 5-piece jazz/world/R&B band play the Muddy
Charles Pub with a set of original tunes. Bring your instrument, your
voice and join the jam as it opens up into what may prove to be the
best Thursday night venue around.
July 13 kicks off a new regular Thursday Night entertainment series at
the
Muddy Charles, so come check it out and stay posted for more good music.
$$$$: No cover! $2.50 beers, $6 pitchers, 21+ to enter.
Wednesday March 22nd 2006 7PM - 12AM
"Instruments A Comin" Katrina Relief Benefit
Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA, 617‧876‧9660
Wednesday March 8th, 2006 7-9pm
Women's Art as Activism
YWCA Cambridge, 7 Temple Street, Central Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
Gretchen Elise will be featured vocalist at an exhibit and performing arts showcase of women and girl artists, using their work to resist violence against women, poverty, racism and war.
Monday, January 16, 2006 1:30-5:00pm
Stand with Martin. Stand for Peace
YWCA Cambridge, 7 Temple Street, Central Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
TUESEDAY MARCH 22 2005 7:00-8:40 pm
SVENGALI CABARET with GRETCHEN ELISE
Zeitgeist Gallery, 353 Cambridge St, Cambridge MA
At her first all-ages performance since the December '04 release of her debut CD Are You Ready? Gretchen Elise and her phenomenal band create a special bridge between local performers and the youth they teach. An eclectic mix of spoken word, rap, juggling, fashion, and live 7-piece band performance is unusual in its inclusion of middle-school aged performers from Gretchen Elise's recording and teaching projects, including the Cambridge/Boston drumming and math project Drum Logic. Featuring Walnut. Hosted by opera singer Andrew Alexander. $7 Donation requested
OCT. 11th 2006 7pm
JAMBALAYA JAM FOR KATRINA RELIEF
Harvard Graduate School of Education, ASKWITH Hall, LONGFELLOW HALL, 13 Appian Way Cambridge 02138
Arts in Education, led by Gretchen Elise and other Harvard Graduate
School of Education students, jump-start a jambalaya style,
interactive, multi-media performance jam to benefit Hurricane Katrina
victims. Visual art and silent auction will mix with carnival style
audience participation for a multi-faceted, spontaneous event. Bridge
between Harvard and surrounding community will be strengthened.Funds
will be split between Marsalismusic.com's Hurricane Katrina Musicians
Relief Fund and one of the non-profits approved for matching funds by
Harvard University. $5 suggested donation.
Friday Dec. 9th 2005
Gretchen Elise (with Walnut) opens Friday at the Front for Tempting Fate Revue, Lyrical and One Love
Western Front, 343 Western Ave., Cambridge MA 02130
21+, Doors 9pm, $7
Gretchen Elise opens at 10pm with a solo set of signature jazzy/world laced tunes graced by Hans Indigo Spencer on sax (www.hansindigo) and a cameo by Walnut. Tempting Fate Revue combines some of Berklee's best professional talent in a live, R & B dance band. A lively show in their own right, Tempting Fate will back both Hip Hop MC Lyrical and dynamic duo One Love.
Sunday November 27 2005 8:00 pm-Midnite
Soulkore Sessions at the Enormous Room
Featuring: Gretchen Elise-Lady Lee-Walnut
Enormous Room, Above Central Kitchen, 537 Mass. Ave, Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 491-5599
Gretchen Elise performs with her "dream line up" of collaborators during this night of soul/poetry/jazz/hip hop. She will perform for the first time in Boston her title track from Are You Ready with the reggae song-sister Lady Lee, and collab on an original track with hip hop poet Walnut during his set. Her own set includes new arrangements for an intimate combo: Hans Indigo Spencer on baritone sax, John Capello on bass, and Rob Rudin on percussion.. Great food available. $2 Cover.
March 10, 2005
4th Sistas Doin It For Ourselves
Western Front, 343 Western Ave., Cambridge MA 02139
In honor of Shirley Chisholm and Women's History Month: the 4th annual Soulkore.com "Sistas Doin It For Ourselves" combines local female vocalists, MCs, spoken word artists, poets, performers, and DJs with women artisans offering wares. Both floors of the Western Front will showcase local, independent female talent. Hosted by DJ Nomadik and the sistas at www.soulkore.com
WEDNESDAY MAY 5th 2004 10:30 pm
SOUL SPLASH
featuring Gretchen Elise, R & B singers Lee Wilson Dead Poets and Lady Cheena
Milky Way Lounge & Lanes, 403 Center St. Jamaica Plain (617 524 3740)
Local legend DJ Nomadik who hosts the weekly Wednesday Mercury Lounge at the Milky Way, is introducing a new monthly live music R & B showcase called Soul Splash. If May 5th goes over well, we will have a new venue for live R&B,& soul musicians and those like Gretchen Elise who combine these genres with jazz, world music, & beyond to make original music, DJ Mojavi (Maurice Wilkey) spins soulful house grooves throughout. $5 before 10:30 pm, $7 after 10:30 pm. 21+