JAZZ @ THE SANDBAR: Jazzmeia Horn with the NOJO TRIO
Wed, Mar 23
|The Sandbar @ The Cove at UNO
Jazz @ the Sandbar is proud to partner with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra to present award-winning vocalist Jazzmeia Horn for her debut New Orleans performances and teaching artist residency this month, and for her to open the Spring 2022 season at the Sandbar with UNO music students. $10 Admission


Time & Location
Mar 23, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM CDT
The Sandbar @ The Cove at UNO, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70122, USA
About The Event
Blessed with a fitting name for her chosen path – it was Horn’s jazz-loving, piano-playing grandmother who chose “Jazzmeia” – the singer was born in Dallas in 1991, grew up in a tightly knit, church-going family filled with musical talent and began singing as a toddler. She attended Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts, known for launching such musical greats as Roy Hargrove, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu, then later attended The New School in New York City. Her education included steering herself to the mentors who would guide her passion for jazz, like Bobby McFerrin, Abbey Lincoln, and Betty Carter. Winner of the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition and the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition, Jazzmeia was signed to Concord Records and released her debut album A Social Call in 2017 to great critical acclaim.
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