Get your "Blues On". Back by popular demand from their " SOLD OUT" show last year".

Marin Jazz and The Lark Theatre present these 3 powerhouse singers are internationally known touring and recording artists have been ambassadors of the Blues all around the world.


Tia Carroll brings her own style of energy and spark to the stage with her unique approach. It's all about a good time, dancing shoes and maybe a few tears for the emotional cuts. In 2007 she won the West Coast Female Blues Vocalist of the year and in 2008 she received the Just Blues Music Foundation’s Traditional Blues Woman of the Year. She topped that in 2009 with West Coast Hall Of Fame Female Band Leader of the Year and R&B vocalist of the year in 2011. 

Terrie Odabi will draw you into her world with her inspiring and powerful voice & lyrics. She is a 7-Time Blues Award Nominee. They call her the "queen of blues". Her message of peace, equality and love are unmistakable while bringing the news about what it was, what it is and what it can be. Terri stands as a prominent figure in the blues scene.

Lady Bianca, is a force of nature and we saved the best for last.  Once seated on her throne (piano bench) she will show you where all the blues, soul, gospel, rock, country etc., came from. She has sung with the likes of Van Morrison, Frank Zappa and Merle Haggard. Deeply rooted in the blues she's Oakland's finest female blues singer. No wonder she was awarded the BLUES OVATION for "Best 2002. She is also a three-R&B Female Vocalist" in time Grammy nominee and on August 16, 2023, was awarded the Legendary Blues award by The Golden Gate Blues Society. Lady Bianca has also been voted Oakland's "female vocalist of the year" in 1989, 1990 and 1991.

Broadway Night

Kim Nalley sings BILLY HOLIDAY!!!

Kim Nalley was awarded "Most Influential African American in the Bay Area" in 2005 and "Best Jazz Group" in 2013, vocalist Dr. Kim Nalley is already being called "legendary" and "San Francisco institution.

Kim is so expressive and the way she interprets Billy Holiday will BLOW your mind with charts specially conceived by Tammy L . Hall.

Come see Kim Nalley and Tammy L. Halls tribute to the one and only BILLY HOLIDAY.


Kim Nalley sings BILLY HOLIDAY!!!


LONGER DESCRIPTION
Kim Nalley was awarded "Most Influential African American in the Bay Area" in 2005 and "Best Jazz Group" in 2013, vocalist Dr. Kim Nalley is already being called "legendary" and "San Francisco institution.

Nalley was discovered by Michael Tilson Thomas singing to packed audiences live with no amplification. MTT recorded her singing live with no amplification and invited her to sing with the San Francisco Symphony. Subsequently she became a Rounder Records recording artist and went on a worldwide tour gracing concert halls from Moscow to Lincoln Center and festivals from Umbria Jazz to Monterey Jazz garnering effusive international press, awards and ranking high on the Jazz charts and Gavin Report for her many albums.

A true Renaissance woman, Kim Nalley has been a featured writer for JazzWest and SF Chronicle's City Brights, shortlisted for a Grammy nomination, a produced playwright, an avid Lindy Hop & blues dancer. and the former jazz club owner of Jazz at Pearl’s. She earned her Ph.D. in history at UC Berkeley and is a published scholar. She was shortlisted by Downbeat Critics Poll in 2017 as a "Rising Star" (Deserving Wider Recognition).

Musical Director: Tammy L. Hall is Grammy-recognized for her work on Falu Shah's 2022 Grammy-winning Best Children's Recording, A Colorful World, pianist, composer, musical director and vocalist.

Tammy L Hall's career spans some 40+ years, with no end in sight. Tammy's worked with Etta Jones, Ernestine Anderson, Barbara Dane, Linda Tillery, Mary Wilson, Melba Moore, Darlene Love, Regina Carter, Narada Michael Walden, Houston Person, Laurie Anderson - to name a few.

Marin Jazz has a full bar and free parking, come share this one night only tribute to Billy Holiday with Kim Nalley and Tammy L Hall it will be unforgettable.