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SUMMARY:Strictly Jazz: The Music of Dinah Washington ft. Michaelyn Oby
LOCATION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for October's installment of Strictly Jazz Entertainmen
 t's "Strictly Jazz" Series as Chicago-based vocalist Michaelyn Oby present
 s the music of Dinah Washington!\n\n**MICHAELYN OBY**\n\nMichaelyn Oby is 
 a sultry princess with a voice reminiscent of those legends of old. She ex
 emplifies the elegance and eloquence of a golden era\, while bridging the 
 new soul movement of her fellow contemporaries\, with a transcending grace
  rarely found within those artists of today.\n\nA native of Milwaukee\, Wi
 sconsin\, she was born to accomplished musicians Michael and Joyce Oby. Re
 located to Memphis\, Michaelyn began singing at an early age gaining the t
 itle as “the little girl with the big voice.” She graced the Memphis J
 azz scene as house vocalist for The Sax on Sunday Jazz Jam\, where she was
  featured on WUMR’s 91.7 Jazz Hot Spot. Immediately after\, Michaelyn wa
 s singing every week on the historic Beale Street at The King’s Palace C
 afé\, the only jazz dinner club on the strip.\n\nIn 2019\, Michaelyn relo
 cated to Chicago\, IL\, and is proud to call this great city her new home.
  For several years she performed while cruising up and down The Mississipp
 i River and its tributaries on the American Queen Steamboat as one of its 
 featured/Guest Entertainers. She is especially excited to add her extensiv
 e musical repertoire two solo shows “Feeling Good” and "Lady Sings Ms.
 Ross: A Tribute to Diana Ross" where she pays homage to those influential 
 artists and genres she has grown to love.\n\n**ABOUT DINAH WASHINGTON**\n
 \nDinah Washington was an American singer and pianist\, one of the most po
 pular Black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocali
 st\, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blue
 s\, R&B\, and traditional pop music\, and gave herself the title of "Queen
  of the Blues". She was also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes". She was a 
 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame\, and was inducted into the
  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/event/pyb
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