The Broad Stage continues their second year of blackbox @ the edye performances with Brenna Whitaker on Friday, November 1 at 8:00pm.
Raised in Kansas City, Brenna Whitaker fell in love with singers from an era long-ago. "Ruth Brown, Peggy Lee, Cab Calloway, Etta James - those are my people," says the LA-based vocalist. "I don't know how I ended up knowing so many of their songs and standards. It's almost like they found their way to me, like I'm from another time." Her "larger-than-life stage presence and haunting vocals" landed Brenna a recording contract with Verve/Universal Records, and the legendary David Foster produced her debut, self-titled album (2015). Brenna is featured on the 2015 album We Love Disney, and was a featured singer on Andrea Bocelli's tour. She is hard at work on new music, and touring the world with The Brenna Whitaker Little Big Band. Tickets are now on sale at www.thebroadstage.org or by calling 310.434.3200. Jazz & Blues at The Broad Stage made possible by a generous gift from Richard & Lisa Kendall. blackbox @ the edye at The Broad Stage made possible by a generous gift from Ann Petersen & Leslie Pam.After landing her first professional theater gig at age 11, studying with Broadway veterans in New York at 17, and spending her early twenties leading jazz bands in Missouri, Brenna headed to Los Angeles with her family.
Early on, she built a series of residencies around Hollywood attracting fans like Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, John Mayer, and Michael Bublé. With her Little Big Band, Brenna performs each holiday season for tech mogul and philanthropist Larry Ellison, in Lanai, HI at the Four Seasons resort. She performs monthly at Herb Alpert's Vibrato Jazz Grill in Bel Air, CA, and is often invited to entertain at exclusive private events hosted by Gene Simmons, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, and the late Hugh Hefner to name a few. About blackbox @ the edye at The Broad Stage | Curated and hosted by The Reverend Shawn AmosVideos