Chicago vocal talent Typhanie Monique joins the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra for their fourth and final performance of their summer series at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 31 at Riverside Park.
“Typhanie’s soul-infused jazz vocal styles, bold rhythmic ideas and unique improvisation place her in an elite class of singers,” says LJO manager Greg Balfany. “She’s been a force on the Chicago music scene for over 20 years.”
A fierce bandleader, Monique has shared the stage with the jazz elite, including Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, the Manhattan Transfer and Mavis Staples, to name a few. Typhanie is a performer, educator and recording artist whose four critically acclaimed, independently produced albums have captured the ears of top jazz critics and thousands of devoted fans.
Downbeat magazine editor Frank Alkyers calls his latest album “Call it Magic” a “profound recording of the full range of emotions surrounding this thing called love…it’s music made with a lot of thought.” and even more care and, yes, a bit of magic.”
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Women composers and performers have long played an important role in the evolution of jazz music, says Balfany.
“Lil Armstrong is one of the first that comes to mind. She wrote and performed many of Louis Armstrong’s greatest hits. Mary Lou Williams has written for many of the greatest of the greatest. We will perform two of his compositions – perhaps the best known is “Roll ‘Em.” New York pianist Dave Marck arrives at La Crosse in time to perform Mary Lou’s timeless masterpiece.
Multi-Grammy Award-winning Maria Schneider contributes her famous composition “Green Piece” to LJO’s tribute.
“Pianist Dave Marck and saxophonist Jeff Erickson all show their appreciation for his work through their improvisations, and bassist Karyn Quinn anchors this incredible selection,” says Balfany.
George Von Arx soars on Melba Liston’s composition, “My Reverie”. Liston performed the original with the Quincy Jones Orchestra in Germany in 1959. In addition to writing for Randy Weston, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and countless others, she was among the first female performers to tour with major bands in jazz.
The 70-minute concert starts at 7 p.m. and is free and open to everyone. This is the fourth concert in the 2022 Gertrude Salzer Gordon Jazz in the Park concert series,
The rain venue for all LJO concerts is the Cavalier Theater, 118 5th Ave N., in downtown La Crosse.
The performance of Thyphonie Monique is made possible by a grant from the La Crosse Community Foundation.
