OPEN POST: Manor Music Monday With The Fantastic Nnenna Freelon!
Greetings music sluts, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday! Today, DJ Li'l Scratch is bringing you an unsung modern jazz diva who's not as celebrated as she really ought to be. But then isn't that most of us? Are you unsung and uncelebrated? Maybe it's time you did something about it. Speak up, flaunt your feathers, point out your attributes. If no one else is, then you'd better, amirite? But anywayI'mgettingofftrack, tonight at the Manor's "Yes, Yes! Now Make a Circle!" bar and lounge, DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing this diva who's not only a jazz chanteuse, but an actress, composer, playwright and published author. Feeling lazy? Don't hang around her. Oh, and do you think you have to move to New York when you're young in order to chase fame and become a jazz great? Yeah, she blew past that old saw, too. Question: Is her first name pronounced "Nina" or Nena?" Enquiring minds want to know. But reall...