Name: Judith Owen & her Gentleman Callers
Start: 2024-10-16T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-16T22:00:00-07:00
Location: The Sound Room

Judith Owen & her Gentleman Callers

The Sound Room is aptly named. The focus is on the sound or the music. Unlike clubs where the performance may be peripheral to the experience, at the Sound Room the performance is the experience.  We are an all-ages listening room. We exist to present great music and promote jazz as an art form.The Sound Room is the home of Bay Area Jazz & Arts, a  501(c)3 non-profit organization focused on promoting the Arts.

Bay Area Jazz & Arts at The Sound Room

Celebrating the unapologetic and often unsung badass ladies of 1940’s and 50’s jazz and blues

The Sound Room

Delicious, delightful, bodacious, brave, insightful, seductive, and fun - just some of the many adjectives one might use to describe Judith Owen and her Gentlemen Callers.Celebrating the unapologetic and often unsung badass ladies of 1940’s and 50’s jazz and blues, Owen, shares the stories, and embodies the spirit, accomplishment, and delicious joy of these risqué trailblazers, for the rest of 2023 thru 2024, with a hi-octane live show, accompanied by her New Orleans Allstar band- ‘The Gentlemen Callers’.Described by Rolling Stone as “an exercise in style”, and “one of the most joyous releases of the year”, by the London Times, Owen and her band bring you retro with a fresh feel, and a live show that will leave you entertained, educated, uplifted, and inspired. The project is rooted in her childhood fascination with the jazz music of some of the ballsiest women of the Jazz and Blues world, including unsung trailblazers – Nellie Lutcher and Julia Lee – whom she discovered hidden on the shelves of her father’s record collection.Captivated and enchanted by these “unapologetic” chanteuses of the 40’s/50’s (along with Pearl Bailey, Dinah Washington, Blossom Dearie, Peggy Lee, Julie London), Owen made it her mission to dig deep and find out more from both a musical and historical perspective. Accompanied by her New Orleans All-Star Band, Owen’s live shows are an ‘exercise in confidence’ as she “lights up the room with her red hair and her charisma.”“In a snap of her fingers, she takes her .. audience with her, and dictates the tempo to her musicians with a naturalness that is almost divine.” [Toute la Culture]NY showbiz critic Roger Friedman exclaimed ‘If you love real music, you can’t miss this show’.DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!!!

Judith Owen & her Gentleman Callers

More events from Bay Area Jazz & Arts at The Sound Room

Discover more events from Bay Area Jazz & Arts at The Sound Room, from Music to other experiences you might love.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all events in Oakland and filter by date, category, and more to find the perfect fit.

Judith Owen & her Gentleman Callers

More events from Bay Area Jazz & Arts at The Sound Room

Discover more events from Bay Area Jazz & Arts at The Sound Room, from Music to other experiences you might love.

You might also like...

Browse more events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all events in Oakland and filter by date, category, and more to find the perfect fit.