Sing The Truth! Celebrating the Legacies of Iconic Female Artists

Monday June 06, 2011

From Elements of Jazz

Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival Presents the U.S. Debut of Sing The Truth!

Featuring Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright

On Sunday, June 26, 2011, Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, New York, will present the U.S. debut of Sing The Truth!, a new production that honors the music and spirit of great women of jazz, folk, R&B, gospel and the blues. Featuring African-born songstress Angelique Kidjo, pre-eminent jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves, and genre-defying jazz singer Lizz Wright, this meeting of three critically-acclaimed, powerhouse vocalists will pay musical tribute to the legacies of three recently departed, iconic female artists: South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba, American jazz vocalist, actress, civil rights and political activist Abbey Lincoln, and “the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,” American folk musician and human rights activist Odetta. Sing The Truth! will also feature songs by other great women of music, ranging from Billie Holiday to Aretha Franklin, Joan Armatrading and Lauryn Hill, along with original songs.

Kidjo, Reeves and Wright became close friends and collaborators while traveling and performing together in the Sing The Truth! tour in Europe in 2009. The friendship and shared spirit among the three brilliantly talented women grew into the beginnings of a new touring show.

Following up on the original run of performances, the three women decided to open up the repertoire – to celebrate and honor songs of their most important musical heroines. It was obvious that Sing The Truth! fully embodies the spirits of Makeba, Lincoln, and Odetta, along with the songs of Ms. Holiday, Hill and many other great women. The audience will be along for a memorable ride.

Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center runs from Saturday, June 25 to Sunday, June 26.

For more information on the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, please contact Matt Merewitz at Fully Altered Media
(347) 384-2839 or matt@fullyaltered.com

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