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Nancy Wilson Tribute at Christo's Jazz Club
Courtesy of Anandi Gefroh | Posted on July 1, 2019
Where
Christo's Jazz Club
1108 Broadway St NE
Salem, OR
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When
Sat, October 26, 2019
6:30 pm
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Grammy award winning Jazz and R&B vocalist Nancy Wilson passed away last year on December 13th. This Tribute will highlight some of her greatest hits and bring an awareness to her broad appeal and musical influence. From 1996 through 2005 Wilson was the host of NPR’s Jazz Profiles, a documentary series that profiled the legends and legacy of jazz. TV viewers may recall her 1974-75 NBC variety series, "The Nancy Wilson Show," for which she won an Emmy. She was frequently a guest on "The Cosby Show" and dramatic series’ like "The F.B.I." and “Hawaii 5-O.” In 1998, she received the NAACP Image award — having been active in the civil rights movement. In 2004, she was honored as a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts....