At the end of the 1940s, four women appeared on the scene whose unique distinct styles of delivery and mastery of improvisation not only changed the direction of jazz, but changed the direction of popular music as well. In honor of Black History Month, Tammy McCann celebrates Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, and Billie Holiday.

Named the Chicago Tribune’s 2020 Person of the Year in Jazz, Tammy McCann is an internationally recognized jazz vocalist and is currently Artist in Residence for the Music Institute of Chicago. Her powerful, sultry, and emotionally charged voice paints pictures and tells stories by merging classical vocal technique and gospel esthetic with jazz to create a sound that is completely her own.

McCann has performed with such luminaries as Ramsey Lewis and NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman, John Clayton, Branford Marsalis, Joe Locke, Charles McPherson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Carmen Bradford, and has also toured as a ‘Raelette’ with the great Ray Charles. McCann has thrilled audiences in festivals and clubs world-wide from Bangkok, Thailand to the Harrods Atticus in Greece. As well as the nation’s premier concert and jazz venues, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, The Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, and Chicago’s Jazz Showcase. Tammy McCann is a Mabel Mercer Foundation Supported Artist.

Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time.