Straight Ahead Featuring Regina Carter
DATE:
February 21, 2018 - February 22, 2018
LOCATION:
97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe, MI 48236
TIME:
Wed. & Thurs. Feb. 21 & 22 Seating's: 6pm & 8:30pm $45 cover Reservations Recommended
DESCRIPTION:
DATE:
February 21, 2018 - February 22, 2018
LOCATION:
97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe, MI 48236
TIME:
Wed. & Thurs. Feb. 21 & 22 Seating's: 6pm & 8:30pm $45 cover Reservations Recommended
DESCRIPTION:
An all-female quartet/quintet whose most prominent graduate was violinist Regina Carter, Straight Ahead performed music that ranged from bop to poppish, modern jazz to R&B and fusion. The group came together in Detroit in 1987. Comprised of lead singer Cynthia Dewberry (who also played flute), violinist Carter, keyboardist Alina Morr, bassist Marion Hayden-Banfield, and drummer Gayelynn McKinney (all of the musicians also sang), Straight Ahead was a finalist in the 1989 Sony Innovators competition. The following year they opened for Nina Simone at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In the '90s Straight Ahead recorded three albums for Atlantic