Laura Simone
Laura-Simone, a 20-year-old bassist and vocalist, plays Friday, November 13, at 7 p.m. (two sets at 7 and 9) at Blue LLama Jazz Club in Ann Arbor. She’s played BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, and Monterey Jazz Festival—catch her up close for a $25 cover, with table reservations available.
Laura-Simone brings two sets to Blue LLama: 7 and 9 p.m. Young but already seasoned, she’s appeared at BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, Blue Note at Sea, the Kennedy Center, and Monterey Jazz Festival. She performed in Marcus Miller’s five-bass ensemble for Steve McQueen’s “Bass,” alongside Meshell Ndegeocello, Aston Barrett Jr., and Mamadou Kouyaté.
She won the 2024 Living Jazz Camp fellowship (with intensives led by Linda May Oh, Allison Miller, and Alicia Olatuja), played in Etienne Charle’s Afro-Carribean Big Band under Jas Aspen Academy, and toured Europe and the U.S. with Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra with Sean Jones and Dee Dee Bridgewater. She founded the Queen Amina Music Program and studies at Michigan State University with bassist Rodney Whitaker.
Sets at 7 and 9 p.m. $25 cover. Table reservations available.
She won the 2024 Living Jazz Camp fellowship (with intensives led by Linda May Oh, Allison Miller, and Alicia Olatuja), played in Etienne Charle’s Afro-Carribean Big Band under Jas Aspen Academy, and toured Europe and the U.S. with Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra with Sean Jones and Dee Dee Bridgewater. She founded the Queen Amina Music Program and studies at Michigan State University with bassist Rodney Whitaker.
Sets at 7 and 9 p.m. $25 cover. Table reservations available.
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