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THE SUNDAY SANTAN SUN NEWS | FEBRUARY 13, 2022
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Renaissance woman brings powerful vocals to Chandler BY LAURA LATZKO GetOut Contributor
Storm Large is known for her dynamic vocals and personality. The rock singer, author and playwright, who has appeared on “America’s Got Talent” and “Rock Star: Supernova,” hopes through her music to bring audiences together. Large will perform with her band Le Bonheur at the Chandler Center for the Arts on Friday, Feb. 18. During the show in Tucson and Phoenix, Large and her band will perform a mélange of music – rock, “American Songbook,” Broadway and original music. “We do ‘American Songbook,’ but it’s my interpretation of the ‘American Songbook,’ which includes people who haven’t been inducted yet into the great book,” Large said. “I do a little Cole Porter. I do familiar standards – jazz and whatnot. I also will do some Brandi Carlile. I’ll do my own music. I put the songs together in order of a narrative that I’m trying to convey, which is we don’t know if it’s going to be OK, but that’s OK. We’re human, and what we are experiencing now is an
Legendary singer Storm Large will be performing next Friday at Chandler Center for the Arts.
enormous human experience that it’s not just happening to you. It’s happening to all of us.”
Recently, Large has injected more emotion into original songs like “Stand Up for Me.”
Hailing from Massachusetts, Large now resides in Portland, Oregon. For the last 30 years, Large has been a musician. She loved the artform since she was 5, but didn’t start singing with bands until she was 22. Along with Le Bonheur, Large performs and tours nationally and internationally with the group Pink Martini. She has been singing with the group since around 2011, when she was a guest vocalist with it during concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. She made her debut at Carnegie Hall in 2013, performing Weill’s “Seven Deadly Sins” with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during the “Sounds of Spring” Festival. She has also joined Liza Minnelli, K.D. Lang, Michael Feinstein, George Clinton and Rufus Wainwright on stage. During her appearance on “America’s Got Talent” in 2021, Large made it to the quarterfinals, singing A-ha’s “Take On Me,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me.” Large said that her experience on See
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2 jazz artists in Black history concert in Chandler SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF
Two of the Valley’s brightest jazz stars will be on the same stage at Chandler Center for the Arts Feb. 25 as Phoenix Entertainment Circle offers its Black history concert, titled “Two Horns.” It will feature a tribute to the legendary Miles Davis by recording artists Jermaine Lockhart and Gabriel Bey with the Mainstream Band. Both artists will play music Jermaine Lockhart has won praise for his work on the sax by a number from their latest albums beof jazz afficionadoes. (Special to San Tan News) fore performing their tribute to Miles Davis. Also on the show will be special guest tecostal Church playing his saxophone music. singer Charity Lockhart, who has had sold-out Since then, he’s added jazz, straight-ahead shows with her “Tribute to Aretha Franklin.” grooves, and rhythm and blues genres to his Bey says on his website, “I have a vision to repertoire. elevate and expand Arizona’s music and film inHe says he is motivated by musicians like dustries by developing talented new artists and George Benson, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, being a trusted music publishing partner.” Woody Shaw, and Thelonius Monk because George Benson, one of jazz’s greatest gui“they pushed for a unique sound that touched tarist, is executive producer of Lockhart’s “The the mind and soul of listeners. Sunshine Album” and calls the saxophonist a “And that’s what I also hope to do… to perrare kind of artist. form music my listeners will continue to return “When you hear him play, it’s something to whenever they want to feel good. The one very striking-so that the next time you hear thing I’ve learned from Mr. Benson is to make him, you’ll know there’s something very familiar music that sounds good and feels good.” about his sound,” Benson said. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for a special VIP On the London Soul Chart, the “Sunshine package that includes special seating, a free CD, Album” is topping the charts. and meet-and-greet with both artists. Lockhart has shared the stage with Angie COVID-19 vaccination cards will be required Bofill, Pieces of a Dream, Brian Auger, Bob James for admission and the Jazz Crusaders. Tickets are now on sale at the Chandler Arts Lockhart lives in Phoenix and was born in Center: 480-782-2680. Cleveland, Ohio, where he grew up in the Pen-
Gabriel Bey said he wants to develop new talent to expand Arizona’s music and film scene. (Special to SanTan Sun News)
