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Sat17Feb2024
Felice Belle • Chase Elodia's Perennials • Alejandra Sofia Feb 17
7:30 Door 8:00 Show $12.00 suggested donation
Felice Belle’s debut collection Viscera (Etruscan Press, 2023) is quirky, accessible, pop-culture obsessed poetry for fans of 90 Day Fiancé and Ntozake Shange. As a poet and playwright, she has performed at the Apollo Theater, Joe’s Pub, TEDWomen, and TEDCity2.0. Felice is a lecturer in the low-residency MFA program at St. Francis College and Artists Network Director for the global nonprofit Narrative 4. She spends her free time solving fictional crimes.
Chase Elodia’s Perennials is a Brooklyn-based ensemble. The band combines a collaborative and improvisational sensibility with an aesthetic orientation that has been nourished by singer-songwriters and electronic artists like Meshell Ndegeocello, Norma Winstone, and Becca Stevens. The group frequently tours across the US and abroad; in the past few years, they have performed at the San Teodoro Jazz Festival (Sardinia, Italy), DC Jazz Festival, Bird’s Eye (Basel, Switzerland), Lakehouse Jazz (San Francisco), The Muse (Boulder, CO), Rudy’s Jazz Room (Nashville, TN), Fulton St. Collective (Chicago, IL) and Rockwood Music Hall (New York, NY). The band was featured at the 2023 Winter Jazz Festival, has received accolades from the Café Royale Cultural Foundation and South Arts, and is set to release their next album in Spring 2024.Through a blend of electric and acoustic piano, vocal harmonies and percussion, Alejandra Sofia, Celine, and Matt create an inviting and eclectic listening experience for their audience. Drawing upon their unique musical influences and cultural backgrounds, this trio explores jazz, French pop, Latin songs, folk ballads, covers, and original compositions, to name a few. Similar to a listening session among friends, this trio bounces between songs of different languages and grooves, with a common thread connecting them all.