Celebrating music made in Chicago and one of the world's
premier backup singers, George Wein has announced the addition Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton to the
lineup of the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset
Management July 31 - August 2. "One of the joys of producing the Newport
Jazz Festival since 1954 is the privilege of having been involved with just
about every era and style of jazz.
Lisa
Fischer has made some stellar colleagues and friends over the years. While
on tour with the Rolling Stones, Sting, Nine Inch Nails or Chris Botti, with
whom she performed at the festival in 2010, her name is not on the marquee; but
she says she "loves every minute" of watching her bandmates shine out
front. At Newport on Saturday, August 1, she will make her festival debut as a
leader, putting her own spin on some of the songs that she loves and has sung
with her well-known employers. It's no wonder that she was selected to join
many other leading session and backup singers, including Darlene Love, Merry
Clayton, Judith Hill and Táta Vega, in Morgan Neville's Oscar-winning 2013
documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom. Fischer also has toured and recorded with
Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, Beyoncé, Dionne Warwick, Dolly Parton, Bobby McFerrin,
Alicia Keyes, Lou Reed, Aretha Franklin, John Scofield, George Benson and
Laurie Anderson as well as with her long-time employer and mentor, the late
Luther Vandross. Although she had not led her own band before Grand Baton, Lisa
is remembered and respected for her 1991 Grammy-winning song, How Can I Ease
the Pain, from her album "So Intense."
For more information on Lisa
Fischer, visit www.lisafischermusic.com.
The 2015
edition of America's first annual jazz festival will feature Chris Botti, Cassandra
Wilson, Jamie Cullum, Snarky Puppy, Maria Schneider, Arturo Sandoval, Kenny
Garrett, Billy Childs, Arturo O'Farrill, Fred Hersch, Cecile McLorin Salvant,
Jon Batiste, Kneebody, Hiromi, Michel Camilo, Jon Faddis, James Carter,
Christian McBride, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern/Bill Evans Band, Ambrose
Akinmusire, Tom Harrell, Pat Martino, Matana Roberts, John Hollenbeck and the
much-anticipated return of Dr. John, who had to bow out last year due to
illness.
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