Soulful singer Alice Smith debuts at Jazz Alley – House of The Rising Sun | October 23-24
91.3 KBCS and the Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcome Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Alice Smith joined by pianist Dennis Hamm for two nights. Alice will be delivering her special mix of rock, pop, R&B, soul and go-go just on the heels of her new single “House of the Rising Sun” and upcoming album release Mystery. Show times Tue. & Wed. at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.
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Grammy-nominated, 4-octave range chanteuse, Alice Smith has a new single. It’s an arresting and breathtakingly powerful rendition of the America standard classic “House of the Rising Sun” (Aug. 31, 2018). She decided to record and release the song after playing it love at her sold out Kennedy Center headlining performance in Washington DC earlier this year. Her full LP Mystery complied of all original compositions will be released at the end of 2018, as previewed on NPR’s Tiny Desk and the CW hit TV series Black Lightening earlier this year. It will be followed by a headlining theater tour in early 2019 that will include shows at the world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, NYC and The Lincoln Theater in Washington, DC.
Smith’s prior release was a stunningly chilling version of Nina Simone’s “I Put a Spell on You” from the Nina Simone all-star tribute album Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone(RCA – 2015)., which included songs from Lauryn Hill, Usher, Mary J. Blige and more. She wowed a national television audience in 2017 with her performance of “Spell” at the BETHer FIGHTS: Breast Cancer televised event. The song was also transformed through the artistic eye of Kahill Joseph into beautifully captured visual art installation entitled Black Mary for the Tate Modern exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power in London 2017.
Smith’s version of “Fool For You” popularized by Cee-Lo Green has garnered licenses including Gotham, Being Mary Jane and Fox’s hit series Empire’s inaugural episode. She once again captivated a national television audience on BET’s Black Girls Rock in 2013. Smith also performed “glory” for the nationally televised 47th Annual NAACP Image Award in 2016. www.alicesmith.com