Tickets to Melody Gardot Concert at The Kimmel Center on Sale Today

By: Jul. 24, 2015
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The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, along with Beaver Productions, is proud to welcome acclaimed jazz singer Melody Gardot on Friday, October 9 at the Merriam Theater. Tickets go on-sale Friday, July 24 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, or online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office at Broad & Spruce Streets (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Gardot is considered a jazz chanteuse who hails from the Greater Philadelphia area where she used to perform free concerts at the Kimmel Center before her career skyrocketed.

"We are thrilled to have Melody Gardot return to her roots," says Anne Ewers, President and CEO of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. "In the early days of Ms. Gardot's career, audiences had the opportunity to see her as part of our "Free @ The Kimmel" series. Now we welcome her home and celebrate her success as an internationally renowned jazz artist!"

Gardot's highly anticipated U.S. Tour coincides with the recent release of her fourth album Currency of Man which debuted at No. 1 on the US, Canadian and Australian Jazz Charts. With its funky bass rhythms, retro-soul brass arrangements, euphoric gospel singers and esoteric orchestrations, the songs on Currency of Man transport us back to the late Sixties and early Seventies. Gardot is often compared to such musical icons as Nina Simone, Judy Garland, Miles Davis, Edith Piaf, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz and others. However, Melody Gardot is a unique talent with a beautiful voice and a well-earned reputation as one of the great live performers touring today.

Born in New Jersey in 1985, Gardot began taking music lessons at age nine, and was playing piano in local lounges by the time she was 16. Gardot would perform works ranging from standards from the Mamas and Papas to Duke Ellington and modern groups such as Radiohead. After being hit by a car and severely injured while studying fashion at the Community College of Philadelphia, music became a key therapeutic element in her lengthy recovery process. Hospitalized for months with multiple head injuries and pelvic fractures, Gardot began writing and recording songs which eventually became the self-released EP, Some Lessons: The Bedroom Sessions in 2005.

Gardot's first full-length album Worrisome Heart, released by Verve Records in 2008, displayed her instinctive gift for transforming the traditions of jazz and blues with her own personal touch. On My One and Only Thrill, Gardot mixes Latin rhythms, finger-snapping blues and smoldering torch songs, reminiscent of greats like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone. In March 2009, Gardot released Live from SoHo exclusively on iTunes. The live EP features six tracks that were recorded in New York City at the Apple Store in SoHo.



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