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Ticket PriceFree
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Duration1hr
- Saturday, April 3, 2021 7:00PM — Online
Live with Jason Wells and Lisa Harrigan
Join us on Saturday, April 3 at 7:00pm for an evening of vocals, bass, and piano! DMSO bassist Jason Wells and vocalist Lisa Harrigan will perform a livestreamed concert exploring the music of Jeri Southern's album, Blue Note, Chicago March 1956.
Jeri Southern started her studies in the classical world and eventually found her way to pop and jazz music. It's rumored that she suffered from serious stage fright, so there aren't many recordings of her playing, but she was well respected among musicians and audiences who had an opportunity to see her perform, including Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra. While Jeri's singing and touring career only lasted for about a decade, she continued to play and teach piano privately for the rest of her life, much preferring that lifestyle to the limelight of show business.
Lisa discovered Jeri's album, Jeri Southern Blue Note, Chicago, March 1956, when she was first learning how to play piano and sing and was struck by her virtuosic piano playing and her unique vocal style. Together, Lisa and Jason will explore these songs through their own arrangements featuring bass, piano, and vocals.
Jason Wells Double Bass
Jason Wells first picked up the double bass at age of 10, then started studying privately at 12. He graduated high school from Interlochen Arts Academy with a focus in music, then went on to DePaul University where he studied double bass performance with Robert Kassinger of the Chicago Symphony. After college, Jason decided to take a break from music for a number of years after suffering from a shoulder injury, but returned to music in 2016. He is now a full-time member of the Des Moines Symphony and subs with many other groups such as the Sioux City Symphony, Duluth Superior Symphony and the South Dakota Symphony. Jason spends a lot of his time teaching and does everything from private bass instruction to group workshops at various middle and high schools in the Twin Cities area where he lives. He also enjoys playing different genres such as jazz and bluegrass and is a former member of the progressive bluegrass band Barbaro.
Jason has been a member of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Lisa Harrigan Vocalist
Lisa Harrigan is a singer, teacher and bassist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Harrigan’s eclectic, cross-disciplinary style has led her to stages such as The Chicago Theater, New Orlean’s Prime Example and Minneapolis’ First Avenue. Beginning with a foundation firmly rooted in the classical discipline, she holds a BA from The Chicago College of Performing Arts in Jazz & Contemporary Vocal Music Studies.
