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Julia Keefe
Camden Opera House Jazz In June - Julia Keefe Quartet
Camden Opera House
29 Elm St
Camden, ME 04843
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Julia Keefe (Nez Perce), an internationally acclaimed Native American jazz vocalist, bandleader, actor and educator, brings her quartet to the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St.! Jazz in June’s Friday Featured Concert is opened by the Greg Abate Trio, led by the hard-driving bebop jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer who plays festivals and clubs throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad. Concert follows a daytime free outdoor concert and dusk restaurant reception downtown. Doors open 7 p.m. For questions about our wheelchair seating or other accessibility questions, please email dernest@camdenmaine.gov or call (207) 236-3154. Tickets, attached to emailed confirmation, are nonrefundable.
The three-day Jazz in June festival is sponsored by Camden Maine Stay Inn and 40 Paper. Media Sponsor: Maine Public. For festival details, visit jazzinjunecamdenme.com.
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Julia Keefe Biography
"A songbird of a jazz vocalist" - The New York Times
“She gives me hope for the future of jazz.” – Judy Carmichael, NPR
“Her voice is of another era. One of the only jazz songbirds in Indian Country.” – Revolutions per Minute
"Native American jazz pioneer... Visionary Keefe continues to expand the jazz spectrum..." - Steve Roby, West Hawaii Today
Julia Keefe (Nez Perce) is an internationally acclaimed Native American jazz vocalist, bandleader, actor, and educator currently based in New York City. Her professional career has spanned nearly two decades, and she has headlined marquee events at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., NMAI-NY, as well as opened for the likes of 20- time GRAMMY Award winner Tony Bennett and 4-time GRAMMY Award winner Esperanza Spalding. Her life’s work is the revival and honoring of the legendary Coeur d’Alene jazz musician Mildred Bailey and is leading the campaign for Bailey’s induction into the Jazz Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center. In addition to rehearsing for an upcoming album, she is currently directing the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, a new project highlighting the history and future of Indigenous people in jazz, and the Mildred Bailey Project will be releasing its first studio recording winter 2024.
Read More“She gives me hope for the future of jazz.” – Judy Carmichael, NPR
“Her voice is of another era. One of the only jazz songbirds in Indian Country.” – Revolutions per Minute
"Native American jazz pioneer... Visionary Keefe continues to expand the jazz spectrum..." - Steve Roby, West Hawaii Today
Julia Keefe (Nez Perce) is an internationally acclaimed Native American jazz vocalist, bandleader, actor, and educator currently based in New York City. Her professional career has spanned nearly two decades, and she has headlined marquee events at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., NMAI-NY, as well as opened for the likes of 20- time GRAMMY Award winner Tony Bennett and 4-time GRAMMY Award winner Esperanza Spalding. Her life’s work is the revival and honoring of the legendary Coeur d’Alene jazz musician Mildred Bailey and is leading the campaign for Bailey’s induction into the Jazz Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center. In addition to rehearsing for an upcoming album, she is currently directing the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, a new project highlighting the history and future of Indigenous people in jazz, and the Mildred Bailey Project will be releasing its first studio recording winter 2024.
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