Welcome Back: Chicago Duo Petra van Nuis & Andy Brown return to Shanghai Jazz with special guest Dan Block
As high school sweethearts at a performing arts school in Cincinnati, vocalist Petra van Nuis and guitarist Andy Brown grew up together as artists. After honing their craft in Cincinnati and a brief stint in New York City, the couple settled in Chicago where they regularly play such top area venues as the Green Mill, the Jazz Showcase and Andy's Jazz Club. Their twenty-six year musical collaboration has been heralded by Germany's Jazzpodium Magazine as "a magical musical dialogue, which can only be partially described as blind understanding." Five of their CDs have been re-released in Japan and are used as in-flight music on All Nippon Airways (Japan's largest airline). Petra has fronted her popular Chicago-style Recession Seven band for over a decade and her latest two recordings "Lonely Girl - I Remember Julie" and "Because We're Night People" were awarded 4 stars in Downbeat Magazine. Andy is a Delmark recording artist whose unique brand of fingerstyle solo guitar has gone "jazz viral" with a You Tube video reaching 3.8 million views. Andy backs many touring artists who visit Chicago including Scott Hamilton, Rebecca Kilgore, Warren Vache, Howard Alden and Harry Allen. Tonight, Petra and Andy are thrilled to return to Shanghai Jazz to join forces with NYC's Dan Block, a world-renowned saxophonist who inspires them greatly!
https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/block-dan
Doors open at 4:30, performance begins at 6:00. $5 entertainment & $25 food & drink minimum per person. Reservations are recommended.