The Artists' Quarter - Friday, September 14 - Saturday, September 15, Lucia Newell Quartet (9 pm, $10).

Thrush deluxe Lucia Newell has graced the stands of Twin Cities jazz clubs for many years. The Minneapolis native enjoyed vocal runs in NYC, Los Angeles and two years in Rio de Janeiro during her boho/wanderlust period. Back in town for good (hers and ours) since 1982, this evocative and sultry singer has released two wonderful CDs – Enter You, Enter Love (with Joan Griffith in 1995) and Steeped in Strayhorn (with Departure Point in 2004). Lucia is featured on Laura Caviani’s jazzy holiday CD, and can be heard contributing background vocals to recordings by artists including Ben Sidran, Thelma Houston, Paula Abdul and Patty Austin.

Check out this video clip of Lucia singing "Star Eyes" or this one of Lucia singing "Autumn Leaves"

“As reader or singer, Lucia Newell is a magnificent interpreter who communicates through intonation, phrasing, faultless diction (in two languages) and a husky contralto... Lucia turns her heart inside out, filling the air with the emptiness and despair the lyrics demand.” - Andrea Canter, Jazz Police

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