Grammy Winner Patti Austin

Grammy Winner Patti Austin to Perform at CSUN's Teenage Drama Workshop - https://t.co/vQpfDTinI3 https://t.co/9BpBek182b

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Patti Austin

This Weekend: Detroit, MI - Aug 7 at Jazz On The River https://t.co/SsXqLkhIkP

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Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950, in Harlem, New York)

Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950, in Harlem, New York) is an American Grammy-winning R&B and jazz music singer. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents.

By the late 1960s Austin was a prolific session musician and commercial jingle singer. During the 1980s, signed to Jones's Qwest Records, she began her most prolific hitmaking period. She charted twenty R&B songs between 1969 and 1991 and had success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where she hit number one in 1981 with "Do You Love Me?" / "The Genie".

The album containing that hit, Every Home Should Have One, also produced her biggest mainstream hit. "Baby, Come To Me," a duet with James Ingram, initially peaked at number 73 on the Hot 100 in early 1982. After being featured as the love theme in a prominent storyline on the soap opera General Hospital, the song re-entered the pop chart in October and went to number one in February 1983. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA. She would later team up again with Ingram for "How Do You Keep The Music Playing".
 
Program:
Mar 26 Patti with Ramsey Lewis at Tucson AZ Centennial Hall Univ of Arizona
Mar 28 HSBC Jazz Festival
Apr 10 San Diego, CA TBA
Apr 22 Patti Austin at Greeley CO. University Of Northern Colorado
Apr 23 Patti Austin at the Tri-C Jazz Fest, Cleveland, Ohio
May 07 Patti Austin at Shanghai (TBA)
Jun 11 Washington D.C. Lincoln Theatre (TBA)

Playboy Jazz Fest Announces Lineup....

Quincy Jones had a twofold purpose in taking the podium at Wednesday's announcement of the 31st annual Playboy Jazz Festival.
First he continued his advocacy for a secretary of the arts Cabinet position; second he introduced 23-year-old Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, whom he has taken under his wing over the past few years.

Rodriguez, who performed two tunes at the Playboy Mansion Wednesday, will make his highest profile appearance since defecting to the U.S. last year on the festival's second day, June 14. Jones first heard Rodriguez, a composer for Cuban TV programs, in 2006 at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Rodriguez is on a bill headlined by the Wayne Shorter Quartet and featuring Kenny G, Patti Austin, King Sunny Ade from Nigeria, the Dave Holland Big Band, Monty Alexander's reggae project Jazz and Roots, Oscar Hernandez and the Conga Room All- Stars and the Anat Cohen Quartet.

Cohen also will perform Saturday in the band hand-picked by emcee Bill Cosby, which this year features Dwayne Burno, Ndugu Chancler, Luis Conte, Tanya Darby and Geoff Keezer. The Neville Brothers will headline the June 13 show, which includes a “Kind of Blue @ 50" band led by drummer Jimmy Cobb, the Jon Faddis Quartet, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding and the New Birth Brass Band. Longtime Southern California bandleader and trumpeter Jack Sheldon will make his festival debut with his orchestra; the Pete Escovedo Orchestra is also on the bill.
The concerts are held at the Hollywood Bowl.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000598.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

Patti Austin & Trio

Patti Austin & Trio performing the standard "Too Close For Comfort" in Basel, CH November 2007 with:
Olaf Polziehn-piano
Christian von Kaphengst-bass
Martijn Vink-drums

Patti Austin....

She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents.
By the late 1960s Austin was a prolific session musician and commercial jingle singer. By the 1980s she was signed to Jones's Qwest Records and she began having hits. She charted twenty R&B songs between 1969 and 1991 and had success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where she hit number one in 1981 with Do You Love Me? / The Genie.
The album containing that hit, Every Home Should Have One, also produced her biggest mainstream hit. Baby, Come To Me, a duet with James Ingram, peaked at number 73 on the Hot 100 in early 1982. After being featured as the love theme in a prominent storyline on the soap opera General Hospital, the song re-entered the pop chart in October and went to number one in February 1983. She would later team up again with Ingram for How Do You Keep The Music Playing.
She sang the duet It's the Falling in Love with Michael Jackson on his album Off The Wall. Other duet partners include George Benson (Moody's Mood for Love and Keep Your Dreams Alive), and Luther Vandross (I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning).
In 1991, she recorded the duet You Who Brought Me Love with music legend Johnny Mathis which was received with critical acclaim. That same year she was invited to be a guest on a Johnny Mathis television special that was broadcast across North America.
Austin continued to have minor chart hits through the remainder of the 1980s, although no other singles reached the Hot 100 Top 40. She tours year round performing and she still releases new music.
In 2006, she led a new group of Raelettes for the album Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra = Genius². That group also featured veteran session singer Valerie Pinkston and members of the group Perry.
In 2007 during an interview promoting her latest recording Austin reflected how as a teenager she reluctantly attended one of Judy Garland's last concerts and the experience helped focus her career stating: "She (Judy Garland) ripped my heart out. I wanted to interpret a lyric like that, to present who I was at the moment through the lyric."
http://www.wbgo.org/ontheair/artists/PattiAustin.php