Christmas with Aaron Neville and His Quintet featuring Charles Neville
The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University (1 University Parkway University Park, IL 60484)
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- $57.00
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- $28.50*
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The last date listed for Christmas with Aaron Neville and His Quintet featuring Charles Neville was Saturday December 6, 2008 / 8:00pm.
1 Goldstar Member Review
Angela Harrell
This was a really nice event. I am not a jazz fan, but this event has defintely changed my opinion of the music. The lighting was good the sound was good and the performers were awesome. I was really pleased.Written on Dec 08 2008
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Quotes & Highlights
- “Neville succeeds in crafting a fun, Creole-spiced yet traditional Christmas sound, which manages to capture all of the joy, passion, spirituality, and nostalgia which goes along with the holiday season." --All Music Guide
Description
The celebrated jazz musician Aaron Neville comes to The Center as a part of his 3rd annual Christmas tour with The Neville Quintet in an exclusive Chicago-area engagement. Aaron combines his smooth vocals and piano playing with the tight sounds of his quintet, featuring his brother Charles Neville on the jazz saxophone, to present a night of soulful music and entertainment focusing on timeless holiday standards from his albums “Christmas Prayer” and “Soulful Christmas” alongside hits from throughout his career.
The third youngest of the famous four Neville brothers—Art, Charles, Aaron and Cyril—Aaron was born into one of New Orleans' most celebrated musical families. Aaron was the first Neville to burn his way up the national charts. In 1966, his "Tell It Like It Is" hit number-one. On the strength of the smash, Neville toured nationally and established his status and a singular style marked by a rare and haunting beauty.
"That style," he says, "is rooted in the doo wop of the fifties— the Moonglows, the Flamingos, the Clovers and a close friend, Pookie Hudson and the Spaniels. But I was also deep into the gospel groups, the Pilgrim Travelers, the Brooklyn All-Stars and The Blind Boys of Alabama. And then there were those yodeling cowboys. I loved them."
In the seventies, Aaron, together with his brothers and their beloved Uncle Jolly, created The Wild Tchoupitoulas, a dazzling suite of Mardi Gras Indian songs that holds a high place in American music. Later the Neville Brothers, with Aaron as one of the lead vocalists, were signed to Capitol, and then to A&M where, in the eighties, they recorded a series of memorable albums, including the smash hit “Yellow Moon.” Aaron’s solo career was re-launched in the nineties, when he was nominated for 16 Grammies in categories as diverse as country and western, pop, R&B and gospel.
Aaron’s older brother Charles was a big influence on his musical development. "Brother Charles," he describes, "was the family jazzman. He blew sax and schooled me in the ways of improvisation.” Charles, the second oldest Neville brother, has the most diverse musical background. His experience on saxophone has included rhythm & blues, funk, jazz, be-bop, popular and even American Indian music and he has played with such rhythm & blues greats as Johnny Ace, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Big Maybelle, James Brown, B.B. King, Bobby Bland and Ray Charles.
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