The Brandee Younger Trio, brought to you by USAIHC & Smithville, with Rashaan Carter on bass, Allan Medford on drums and the award-winning Brandee Younger on electric harp will be performing the hottest pop/jazz concert brought to Bloomington and it will make you move!
Brandee Younger is revolutionizing the harps’ role in modern music. In 2022, she made history by becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy® Award for Best Instrumental Composition. That same year, she was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award and later, the winner of the 2024 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Album for her latest album Brand New Life. Ever-expanding as an artist, she has worked with cultural icons including Common, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, Pharoah Sanders and Christian McBride. Her original composition “Hortense” was featured in the Netflix Concert-Documentary, Beyoncé: Homecoming and in 2019, Brandee was selected to perform her original music as a featured performer for Quincy Jones and Steve McQueens’ “Soundtrack of America”. Brandee is often noted for standing on the shoulders of the very women who ushered in the harp as a clear and distinct voice in jazz & popular styles.
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7:30pm - 10:00pm