Magnificent Sunday Matinee at the Attucks
by USNCAPT on 10/9/13Attucks Theatre - NorfolkThe historic and beautifully restored Attucks Theatre was the perfect venue for blending Rene Marie's compelling jazz and blues vocals with the hot sounds of the Roy Muth big band. Rene and the band worked through a crowd-pleasing selection of jazz standards evoking the heydey of the big band era and the artistry of Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, and Billie Holiday. Rene Marie is an extraordinarily talented singer, a 21st century heiress to that august company of blues singer. The Roy Muth band, composed of world-class classical and jazz musicians from the Hampton Roads area, backed her up wonderfully--the blending was so sublime, one wouldn't know the band and Rene rarely appear together!