Vocalist extraordinaire Eden Atwood brings her stellar quartet to Baur’s Listening Lounge December 11th, 7:00 p.m. Joining Atwood are pianist David Morgenroth, percussionist Dru Heller, & bassist Erik Applegate. Holding distinction of youngest artist ever to have been signed to Concord Records, Atwood has since performed all over the world and masterfully draws from Jazz, Bossa Nova, and Blues. Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts’ small band will open the show.
This world-class concert is brought to Baur’s by Music Appreciation Society (MAS). The show will be recorded live for a future MAS-produced release. Baur’s is located at 1512 Curtis Street in downtown Denver. Patrons may enjoy dinner in Baur’s classic vintage dining room before the show.
Ticket specials for this event include Black Friday: 4-person table for $60 (rather than $120) and Colorado Gives Day: 2 general admission tickets with a $50 donation to Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation (or 2 premium tickets with a $100 donation). For ticket information: http://www.BaursMagic.com. For dinner reservations: 303-615-4000.
About the Performer:
Eden Atwood has performed internationally, sharing bills with Gene Harris, Joshua Redman and Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band. Discovered by pianist Marian McPartland in 1993, Atwood became the youngest artist ever signed to Concord Records. She has been featured on NPR’s Piano Jazz with McPartland who appears on three tracks of Eden’s CD ‘There Again.’
In 2001, Eden signed with Groove Note Records and released ‘Waves, The Bossa Nova Session,’ a recording of Bossa Nova standards and Brazilian flavored standards from the Great American Songbook. In 2003, Eden released ‘This Is Always, The Ballad Session,’ featuring the soulful Tom Harrell on trumpet and flugelhorn. More recently, she recorded three CDs for SSJ Records Japan, ‘Turn Me Loose,’ ‘Like Someone In Love’ and ‘Angel Eyes.’ ‘Turn Me Loose’ won a Silver Award from Swing Journal Japan for Best Vocal Album of 2010 and ‘Angel Eyes’ won that magazine’s Gold Award for Best Vocal Album, 2012.
Eden Atwood’s latest release, “I’m Glad There Is You – The Best of the Concord Years” (2016) is a 14 song compilation of her younger years. “The music of this era speaks to me more than any other. It’s my history, my heritage and the legacy my mother and father bestowed upon me. (Eden’s father, Hub Atwood, was a writer and arranger for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Harry James, Stan Kenton and Nat King Cole. Her mother, Helen “Gus” Guthrie, the daughter of Pulitzer Prizer winning author, A.B. Guthrie, Jr., made a name for herself in book publishing.)
In addition to a dynamic music profession, Eden is a clinical therapist working with at risk and emotionally traumatized teens while maintaining her private music studio. She is currently at work on her 14th full length recording, tentatively titled, ‘The Human Condition’ featuring original compositions as well as standards that speak to her experiences as an advocate and activist for the oppressed and marginalized populations she is grateful to work with and to call community. She resides in Missoula, Montana.
“Smooth, saucy, seductive, or soaring, cool, coy, plaintive or just plain down and dirty, she can do it all.” – Edwin Dobb, Harper’s Magazine
“In the vanguard of the best is Eden Atwood, a pretty, willowy woman with a lovely, refreshing voice, perfect intonation, ineffable swing, and a talent for writing and composing.” – Leslie Gourse, author of Louis’ Kids
“One of the most undersung heroes of modern jazz singing.” – Jazz Times
Katherine Buckley, Music Appreciation Society, 858-213-7188