NYE Eve with April Varner
Toledo-born, New York-based jazz vocalist April Varner plays two sets on Wednesday, December 30, at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at Blue LLama Jazz Club in Ann Arbor. She's a bebop technician with a vocalese streak, and tables can be reserved ahead of time.
DownBeat praised April Varner for her "impressive range." She's a vocalist, a bebop technician and a contemporary storyteller who has toured the world as a leader and as a collaborator. Her list of partners includes Kurt Elling, Jane Monheit, John Pizzarelli and Emmet Cohen.
She works the American Songbook and the vocalese tradition in her own creative way. Online, she posts videos of her own transcriptions of classic hard bop solos and has more than 130K Instagram followers. She won the 2023 International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition, and one of her albums made DownBeat's Best Albums of 2024.
There are two sets, at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The cover is $25.
She works the American Songbook and the vocalese tradition in her own creative way. Online, she posts videos of her own transcriptions of classic hard bop solos and has more than 130K Instagram followers. She won the 2023 International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition, and one of her albums made DownBeat's Best Albums of 2024.
There are two sets, at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The cover is $25.
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