Bobby McFerrin with The Sojourners (Vancouver International Jazz Festival)

Date/Time
Date(s) - June 22, 2014
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Location
Orpheum Theatre

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“There are essentially two categories of singers in the world: McFerrin and everybody else.”— Chicago Tribune

10-time Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin blurs the lines between popular music and high art, inspiring a whole new generation of a cappella singers and the beatbox movement. His latest album, spirityouall, is a bluesy, feel-good recording, and an unexpected move from the music-industry rebel who singlehandedly redefined the role of the human voice with his a cappella hit “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” his collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea and the Vienna Philharmonic, his improvising choir Voicestra, and his legendary solo vocal performances. Spirityouall embraces Bobby’s folk, rock, and blues influences without abandoning his never-ending exploration of the human voice. With Gil Goldstein piano, electric piano, accordion, arranger, David Mansfield, violin, mandolin, National Resonator Guitar, lap steel, Armand Hirsch acoustic/electric guitar, Jeff Carney acoustic bass, Louis Cato drums, guitar, bass guitar, vocals, Madison McFerrin vocals.

http://www.coastaljazz.ca/artist/bobby_mcferrin

http://www.coastaljazz.ca/artist/sojourners

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