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Jo Gore at The Blue Note Grill

Courtesy of Etix | Posted on January 9, 2020

Where

The Blue Note Grill
4125 Durham Chapel Hill Boulevard
Durham, NC
Map
919-401-1979

When

Sun, February 16, 2020
1:00 am

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Musicians

Ray Charles
piano and vocals
James Brown
vocals
SOUL
saxophone, soprano
Music
 

About

<b>Josephine Gore</B> grew up singing in Spring Hill Baptist Church alongside her father who was the church pianist and deacon. The daddy-daughter duo performed extensively at churches and revivals throughout southeastern North Carolina. Church audiences were enthralled with the four-year-old's ability to memorize an entire catalog of hymns and spirituals. She was the little girl with the big voice.<br><br>

As a teenager, she would plunder through her grandfather's record collection, playing albums by Mahalia Jackson, Ray Charles, James Brown and Nina Simone. She's been hooked on jazz, blues, and soul ever since.<br><br>...

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