Tiffany Austin: The Love Epoch
At times soaring and meditative, this quartet project celebrates the love and legacy of spiritual jazz pioneers like Pharaoh Sanders, John Coltrane & Sun Ra through classic and original works.
About Tiffany Austin:
Tiffany Austin is a vocalist, composer, educator and Berkeley Law Juris Doctor who whose musical influences include Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith and John Coltrane. She has performed with luminaries such as Pharoah Sanders, Roy Ayers, and John Handy, and has toured both domestically and internationally in New York, Asia, the UK and Australasia.
Nothing But Soul”, Austin's debut album from 2015, garnered attention from NPR’s “Fresh Air” program and Downbeat magazine for its bold recasting of Hoagy Carmichael standards. Her 2018 sophomore album, “Unbroken”, was hailed by All About Jazz as a "fully formed masterpiece", received a 4 star Downbeat review, and reached #16 on jazz radio charts.
Austin cofounded the Wyldflowr Arts venue in Oakland, and serves as Artistic Director of both the Diaspora Sessions and Albany Juneteenth festivals. She is Musical Director of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival Choir, and teaches at universities, schools and series throughout the Bay Area. Most recently, Austin was featured on the cover of East Bay Magazine, and was narrator and a feature performer in the KCSM Radio documentary film
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