We just got back from an excellent show at the Jazz Standard, this moody venue just beneath the rib joint Blue Smoke. Want to know who we saw? My title should give that away. Marlena Shaw was excellent. She has a voice that could knock down a house and a sense of humor that had us laughing like we knew her.
You don't know Marlena Shaw? Well, she produced disco, R&B, and jazz hits in her she got her start in the 1960s and recorded on Chess Records sub-label, Cadet Records. Among her hit songs are "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" "Woman of the Ghetto," "Go Away, Little Boy" and "Feel Like Makin' Love." You can read a bit more about her at her agency's website here.
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