Monday, August 30th, 2010
DIZZY'S COCA-COLA ROOM
"AN EVENING WITH BOBBI HUMPHREY" - 7:30P.M. & 9:30 P.M.
LINCOLN CENTER 66&BROADWAY;NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
A VERY SPECIAL LINCOLN CENTER APPEARANCE FOR ME AT DIZZY'S COCA-COLA ROOM. SO PROUD TO PLAY HERE, AS IT WAS THE GREAT DIZZY GILLESPIE WHO FIRST ENCOURAGED ME TO MOVE TO NYC IN 1971, AFTER HE SERVED AS A JUDGE AT MY UNIVERSITY, SMU, IN DALLAS. HE VOTED FOR ME AS BEST SOLOIST IN A JAZZ CONTEST, AND FELT I WOULD DO WELL IN A CITY SUCH AS NEW YORK AS A PROFESSIONAL. I MOVED, AND A FEW MONTHS LATER, I BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE SIGNED TO BLUE NOTE RECORDS! I DEDICATE THIS SHOW TO HIS MEMORY AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY! IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ROOM, BUT INTIMATE. CALL 212 258 9595 FOR RES.