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AMBER WEEKESA Lady With a Song Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy WilsonCurrently reaching rarefied heights in her storied, beautifully multi-faceted career a A Lady With A Song Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson, the acclaimed vocal stylist continues to draw inspiration from a rich personal journey where jazz was part of her DNA from the start. She may have grown up thousands of miles away in Southern California, but her musical heart and lifelong passion for the art form is rooted in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem. Upon a recent visit to NYC for a special showcase, the veteran live performer and critically acclaimed recording artist visited what is now a Dunkin Donuts at 155 th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.As she entered, she felt the spirits of jazz legends and musicians from long ago surround her. For a few moments in her mind, she was transported to Weekes Luncheonette, owned by her grandparents Wilfred and Nettie Weekes from the late 1930s through the mid-60s. Raised by parents who were both singers, Amber reveled in the stories told by her dad - who worked at the establishment in his youth - about all the greats (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Harry Belafonte, et al) who hung out at all hours after gigs because the joint wasopen 24/7/365. Ellington lived down the street and came in regularly for his trademark fried egg sandwiches. He felt so at home there that he often unbuttoned his dress shirt, revealing his T-shirt collar beneath it. When tunes came on the jukebox, no matter the hour sometimes the musicians would whip out their instruments and start an impromptu jazz session.These true yet fanciful tales were only the foundation of her expansive roll call of jazz influences that influenced the development of her own artistry in the genre and beyond. Thanks to her parents, her childhood home was filled with the sounds of Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Diahann Carroll, The Beatles, Leontyne Price, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Brown,

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Catalina Bar & Grill, Los Angeles, CA 90028 United States of America,, Los Angeles County, California, United States, 90028
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