Meshell Ndegeocello
February 13
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Gates Concert Hall
Audience: Alumni, Current Student, Faculty, Neighbor or Friend, Prospective Student, Staff
Meshell Ndegeocello has survived the best and worst of what a career in music has to offer. She eschewed genre for originality, celebrity for longevity, and musical trends for musical truths. Fans have come to expect the unexpected and follow her on sojourns into soul, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, rock, all bound by the search for love, justice, respect, and resolution. Those sonic investigations have defied and redefined the expectations for women, for queer artists, and for black music for over 35 years and she remains one of few women who write the music, sing the songs, and lead the band.
A bass player above all else, Meshell brings her warm, fat, and melodic groove to everything she does. Her last two albums The Omnichord Real Book and No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin each earned the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Jazz Album and she has played alongside The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Alanis Morrisette, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Chaka Khan and many others.
Meshell is always grateful for the opportunity to share the stage and believes music is a fellowship. She looks to spread that gospel with every creation and collaboration.
