at The Village Gate Nina Simone

With the first release of “You've Got To Learn”, the celebrations for Nina Simone's 90th birthday will continue on July 21st. The never-before-released live recordings were made at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1966.

Tracy Mothershed, a vocal jazz stylist whose talent is reminiscent of the past but moves towards the future; blending international music & musicians to create art. Her vision is to reach audiences where they live, through their hearts. "Mothershed" as musicians affectionately call her; has been a disciple of jazz from early childhood… continuing a musical tradition of her accomplished family, she began her musical career at an early age winning awards and scholarships. "She was singing before she was speaking" quoted by her mother. She became the first vocal jazz graduate from Hampton Institute University.