Barbara Morrison to Perform at Hollywood's Catalina Jazz Club, 4/18

Grammy-nominated jazz singer Barbara Morrison will perform at the Catalina Bar & Grill on April 18. The show begins at 8:30 p.m.

"The L.A. Treasures Project" performed with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category for the recently-announced 57th Grammy Awards. It was her third Grammy nomination. Morrison's previous Grammy nominations were in 1982 for vocals on "You're Driving Me Crazy" with Johnny Otis' The Spirit of Black Territory Band and in 1999 for producing a jazz album for Al McKibbon.

Morrison's latest CD, released in June, 2014, "I Love You, Yes I Do," featuring saxophonist Houston Person reached No. 4 on the JazzWeek.com national chart in July. It spent three straight weeks in the top 10 and eight in the top 20 and includes "And I Love Him" written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, "For the Love of You" written by the Isley Brothers and Christopher Jasper and "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" written by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart. They are examples of her powerful and soulful ability to adapt to a wide range of songs.

Pianist Stu Elster, Richard Simon on bass, Lee Spath on drums and saxophonist Xavier Medina will accompany Morrison. Elster, Simon and Spath performed with Morrison in recording "I Love You, Yes I Do."

Morrison performs a wide-range of songs including those originally done by Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Al Green and Smokey Robinson. In 2014, Morrison performed before sell-out crowds at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Detroit Jazz Festival and the Sunset at Newport Series at the Newport Beach, Calif., Marriott. She has been featured in over 20 recordings and performed with a cavalcade of stars including Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Etta James, Otis, Wilson, the Count Basie Orchestra and Tony Bennett. She has toured nationally and internationally.

Tickets for Morrison's performance at the Catalina Bar & Grill-regarded by many as the premier jazz club in metro Los Angeles-are $25. Reservations can be made by calling 323-466-2211 or emailing reservations@catalinajazzclub.com. The Catalina Bar & Grill is located at 6725 W. Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Calif.

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