Vocalists Pamela Hart, Tatiana “LadyMay” Mayfield and the Nat Adderley, Jr. Quartet perform a tribute concert to Miss Nancy Wilson. Nancy Wilson was an award-winning singer whose beguiling expressiveness in jazz, R&B, gospel, soul and pop made her a crossover recording star for five decades and who also had a prolific career as an actress, activist and commercial spokeswoman. Ms. Wilson considered herself above all “a song stylist,” she once told The Washington Post. “That’s my essence,” she said, “to weave words, to be dramatic.”

Nat Adderley Jr. is best known for his work with Luther Vandross. Nat wrote (and arranged) Luther’s first top 20 pop hit, ‘Stop to Love,’ and some other important Luther songs, including ‘Wait for Love’ and the Grammy-nominated ‘Give me the Reason’. Nat also arranged many of Luther’s most popular records, including ‘Superstar,’ ‘Here and Now,’ ‘If Only for One Night,’ ‘Creepin,’ ‘If This World Were Mine,’ ‘So Amazing,’ ‘There’s Nothing Better Than Love,’ ‘Never Too Much,’ and ‘Love Won’t Let Me Wait’. Additionally, Nat produced tracks on the last seven Vandross studio albums. These include ‘My Favorite Things,’ ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,’ ‘Going Out of My Head,’ ‘Knocks Me Off My Fee,’ and ‘The Closer I Get To You,’ a duet with Beyoncé Knowles. Nat was Luther’s musical director from 1981 until his death. Many other artists have had major successes with help from Nat Adderley, Jr. Nat wrote ‘The Wave’ for Kirk Whalum, arranged Natalie Cole’s 1987 hit recording of ‘When I Fall In Love,’ produced ‘Just Another Lonely Night’ for Johnny Gill, arranged most of Aretha Franklin’s album Jump To It, produced Gloria Lynne’s album No Detour Ahead, and did the string arrangement for Doc Powell’s Grammy-nominated version of ‘What’s Going On.’ Also, Nat produced tracks for the Temptations’ CD ‘Awesome’ (2001), and Ruben Studdard’s ‘Love Is’ (2009).

Pamela Hart was born in Los Angeles, California, and moved to Austin, Texas in 1982. Highly regarded as Austin, Texas’ finest jazz vocalist and noted by Austin Women’s Magazine as ‘Austin’s First Lady of Jazz,’ audiences rave about Pamela’s excellent pitch, clarity and soothing vocal quality. Her sultry rendition of classic jazz standards and contemporary music wins immediate acceptance by any audience. In addition to singing, Pamela is the co-founder of the Women in Jazz Association Inc. and for over 20 years strives to keep jazz vocals alive!  She has significant performance credits by notable artists and shared the stage with Miss Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Patrice Rushen, Kirk Whalum, Rachelle Ferrell Norman Brown, Richard Elliot, and many others. Pamela is a beautiful woman who steals the heart of any music aficionado. Be prepared to shout ‘encore!’

Refreshing and beautiful are how many have described the voice and persona of Tatiana ‘LadyMay’ Mayfield, a jazz vocalist, musician, and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. ‘LadyMay’ (as she has been named) has been singing and playing jazz music since the tender age of thirteen. An international performer, she has opened for several well-known artists such as Will Downing, Kirk Whalum, and more. On her CD A Portrait Of LadyMay Harvey Siders, former writer of Jazz Times Magazine, describes her intonation as ‘flawless’ and her scatting ‘as natural as breathing.’ She has performed in various venues and festivals throughout the U.S., received rave reviews from listeners, and numerous awards. She has recorded three albums, From All Directions (2009), A Portrait Of LadyMay (2012) and The Next Chapter (2018). The first album From All Directions was recorded while she was still attending the University of North Texas, where she received her degree in Jazz Studies. Jazz journalist Scott Yanow described her voice on her debut album From All Directions (2009) as ‘attractive’ with ‘excellent elocution’ and a ‘joyful spirit.’ On A Portrait Of LadyMay Harvey Siders, former writer of JazzTimes Magazine, describes her intonation as ‘flawless’ and her scatting ‘as natural as breathing.’ In addition to her vocal skills, she plays piano, trombone, composes, and teaches voice.

Tickets are $30, $40 and $45 plus fees, available at the One World Theatre Box Office, 7701 Bee Caves Road, Austin, TX, by phone 888-616-0522 or online at www.oneworldtheatre.org.  For more information:  www.womeninjazz.org or call 512-258-6947.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.