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Latest News
Check Out Patti's New Single!
June 21, 2008
Patti's new single, The Grace of God, is now available for your listening pleasure.
Please visit www.goingsoulo.com to listen to the song and for download purchase.
Songs of Soul and Inspiration Event
June 21, 2008
Patti will be performing at the Songs of Soul and Inspiration event tonight along with Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, Jamia, Chaka Khan, Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick, CeCe Winans, and Ann Nesby appearing with Paris Bennett.
This event, sponsored by AARP, will take place at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. Please visit the AARP web site for more information.
Patti Wins Grammy!
February 10, 2008
Patti's Avant Gershwin has won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.
Read Patti's reaction to winning in
AOL Blackvoices.
Concert Announcement
February 5, 2008
LA Phil Presents
George Benson
with Patti Austin, Special Guest
"An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole"
Friday, February 15 @ 8pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
An unforgettable, one-of-a-kind acoustic evening with the seductive guitar master as he performs some of Nat's timeless classics and his own favorite hits.
Click here for more information
NAACP Image Award Nomination
January 16, 2008
Patti has been nominated for a NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Artist.
The 39th NAACP Image Awards will take place on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Grammy Nominations
December 7, 2007
Patti has received two Grammy nominations for her album, Avant Gershwin. One nomination is for "Best Jazz Vocal Album" and the other is for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist" for the album track "Overture/Gershwin Medley." This marks the second consecutive album Patti has had nominated for a Grammy.
Performing with Wichita Symphony
May 21, 2007
Patti will perform a 12-song, 40 minute tribute to the jazz great Ella Fitzgerald with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 26, 2007, during the Koch Industries Twilight Pops Concert.
Gershwin Master Classes
May 3, 2007
As praise continues to pour in for Patti Austin's new album Avant Gershwin, the legendary vocalist will hold free Gershwin master classes at Borders Stores nationwide in affiliation with the GRAMMY® In The Schools program. Austin will select vocal students from high schools, performing arts schools, colleges, and conservatories to participate in master classes where she will offer vocal coaching using Gershwin's brilliant compositions while other students and the public are invited to watch. Following the class, Austin will hold a Q&A session for everyone in attendance where she will answer questions about life as a professional musician and perform selections from her "lustrous" (Jazz Times) new album Avant Gershwin. The May Master Classes are as follows:
May 10th, 7:00pm
Borders Charlotte
6801 Northlake Mall Drive
Charlotte, NC
May 18th, 7:00pm
Borders E. Wichita
1715 Rock Rd & 13th St.
Wichita, KS
New Album Out
March 6, 2007
Patti's new album, Avant Gershwin, has been released today.
June 21, 2008
Patti's new single, The Grace of God, is now available for your listening pleasure.
Please visit www.goingsoulo.com to listen to the song and for download purchase.
Songs of Soul and Inspiration Event
June 21, 2008
Patti will be performing at the Songs of Soul and Inspiration event tonight along with Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, Jamia, Chaka Khan, Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick, CeCe Winans, and Ann Nesby appearing with Paris Bennett.
This event, sponsored by AARP, will take place at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. Please visit the AARP web site for more information.
Patti Wins Grammy!February 10, 2008
Patti's Avant Gershwin has won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.
Read Patti's reaction to winning in
AOL Blackvoices.
Concert Announcement
February 5, 2008
LA Phil Presents
George Benson
with Patti Austin, Special Guest
"An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole"
Friday, February 15 @ 8pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
An unforgettable, one-of-a-kind acoustic evening with the seductive guitar master as he performs some of Nat's timeless classics and his own favorite hits.
Click here for more information
NAACP Image Award Nomination
January 16, 2008
Patti has been nominated for a NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Artist.
The 39th NAACP Image Awards will take place on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Grammy Nominations
December 7, 2007
Patti has received two Grammy nominations for her album, Avant Gershwin. One nomination is for "Best Jazz Vocal Album" and the other is for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist" for the album track "Overture/Gershwin Medley." This marks the second consecutive album Patti has had nominated for a Grammy.
Performing with Wichita Symphony
May 21, 2007
Patti will perform a 12-song, 40 minute tribute to the jazz great Ella Fitzgerald with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 26, 2007, during the Koch Industries Twilight Pops Concert.
Gershwin Master Classes
May 3, 2007
As praise continues to pour in for Patti Austin's new album Avant Gershwin, the legendary vocalist will hold free Gershwin master classes at Borders Stores nationwide in affiliation with the GRAMMY® In The Schools program. Austin will select vocal students from high schools, performing arts schools, colleges, and conservatories to participate in master classes where she will offer vocal coaching using Gershwin's brilliant compositions while other students and the public are invited to watch. Following the class, Austin will hold a Q&A session for everyone in attendance where she will answer questions about life as a professional musician and perform selections from her "lustrous" (Jazz Times) new album Avant Gershwin. The May Master Classes are as follows:
May 10th, 7:00pm
Borders Charlotte
6801 Northlake Mall Drive
Charlotte, NC
May 18th, 7:00pm
Borders E. Wichita
1715 Rock Rd & 13th St.
Wichita, KS
New Album Out
March 6, 2007
Patti's new album, Avant Gershwin, has been released today.
Upcoming Shows
2008
June 21 AARP Songs of Soul andInspiration - Atlanta, GA
with Yolanda Adams,
Shirley Caesar, Jamia,
Chaka Khan, Queen
Latifah, Dionne Warwick,
CeCe Winans, and Ann
Nesby appearing with
Paris Bennett
June 24 Jazz Aspen Snowmass -
Aspen, CO
with Count Basie Orchestra
Jul 14 Montreux Jazz Festival -
Montreux, Switzerland
Quincy Jones Tribute
Jul 15 Stuttgart Festival -
Stuttgart, Germany
Jul 19 Pasadena Jazz Festival -
San Dimas, CA
Jul 22 National Coalition Against
Domestic Violence -
Washington, DC
Jul 30 River to River Festival -
New York, NY
Aug 9 Williams Bay, WI
with Big Phat Band
Sep 27 Capital Jazz Fest Cruise
- Oct 2
Oct 4 Benefit for Domestic Violence
Apple Valley, CA
Oct 11 Sheryl Lee Ralph presents
the 18th Annual
Divas Simply Singing -
Los Angeles, CA
Nov 6 Anguilla Jazz Festival -
Anguilla (Carribean)
Nov 14 Chicago, IL
with Jon Faddis
College Big Band
Nov 15 Memphis Symphony -
Memphis, TN
Nov 22 Brooklyn Center for the
Performing Arts -
Brooklyn, NY
with Duke Ellington
Orchestra
2009
Jan 16 Indianapolis Symphony -Indianapolis, IN
Jan 17 Indianapolis Symphony -
Indianapolis, IN
Jan 18 Indianapolis Symphony -
Indianapolis, IN
Feb 13 Disney Hall
Los Angeles, CA
with Big Phat Band
Feb 20 Miami, FL
with Count Basie Orchestra
Mar 12 Baltimore Symphony -
Baltimore, MD
Mar 13 Baltimore Symphony -
Baltimore, MD
Mar 14 Baltimore Symphony -
Baltimore, MD
Mar 15 Baltimore Symphony -
Baltimore, MD