Natalie Douglas – “Tributes: ’70s Soul”

Natalie Douglas Returns to Birdland with Tributes: 70s SoulOne Night Only Monday, February 9 at 7pmNew York, NY Award-winning vocalist Natalie Douglas returns to the Birdland Jazz Club stage on Monday, February 9 at 7pm with a one-night-only performance of her acclaimed Tributes series, Tributes: 70s Soul. The concert coincides with Black History Month and promises an electrifying exploration of one of Americas most influential musical decades.A fourteen-time MAC Award winner, two-time Backstage Bistro Award recipient, and Nightlife Award honoree, Douglas reunites with her longtime friend and music director Brian Nash (Silence! The Musical; Audra McDonald; Jennifer Holliday) and band to debut this vibrant new program. The evening celebrates soul musicone of Americas great indigenous art formsblending jazz, gospel, rock, and R&B into a powerful and emotionally rich Black American musical expression.Through iconic songs by Roberta Flack, MarvinGaye, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Donna Summer, The Commodores, and a few unforgettable one-hit wonders, Douglas and her musicians journey through the sights, sounds, and social shifts of the 1970sfrom bell bottoms and disco to cultural upheaval and transformation. Can you dig it?Hailed internationally, Douglas has earned multiple five-star reviews in London. In The Times (UK), Clive Davis wrote: For pure energy, playfulness and heart-on-sleeve emotion, she is in a league of her own.Natalie Douglas has performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad and has produced more than 80 concerts at her longtime musical home, Birdland Jazz Club.