Piedmont
Piano Company is pleased to present
Clif Payne
"Love Notations" Concert
Featuring the love songs of Stevie Wonder
with John R. Burr, piano (…and a very special guest!)
Sunday, February 12 at 4PM
at Piedmont Piano Company's new store located at
18th & San Pablo, Oakland (1728 San Pablo Ave.)
$15 - please call 510-547-8188 to reserve tickets with your credit card
THE ESSENTIAL PAYNE . . . What do The Great American Music Hall and Yoshi’s San Francisco have in common? They are among the many venues that have featured the vocal magic of Clif Payne. A performance at LA’s Jazz Bakery garnered this review from Los Angeles Times jazz columnist Don Heckman: "Clif Payne is a lush tenor bursting with soaring gospel melismas in his individual passages."
“SAANG, PAYNE!". . . is what folks used to shout out back-in-the-day when the teenaged Clif was introduced during performances. Harlem-born and superbly versatile, Payne’s music spans the gambit from Jazz to Pop and R&B to Gospel having opened for or shared the stage with Clairdee, Bobby McFerrin, Dionne Warwick, Tony Bennett, Lenny Williams, Rueben Blades and Dianne Reeves. He’s also appeared on albums by saxophonist Dave Koz, jazz fusionists Hiroshima and Chicago lead vocalist Bill Champlain.
AN EXTRAORDINARY PAYNE . . . Here in the Bay Area, he's been called “the Payne that feels so good!” In concert, Payne crosses a broad musical spectrum of great melodies and insightful lyrics. An extraordinary improviser and stylist, Clif Payne one of the finest and most creative singers on the contemporary jazz scene. Altogether energetic, captivating, conversational and soothing. Occasionally; he’ll break the set down to feature himself on only voice and acoustic guitar. Whatever the instrumentation or the occasion, Clif Payne is a voice, talent and persona who will memorably touch your heart.
Oh, and by the way . . . HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!