Cover Art - Carmen Lundy - Modern Ancestors

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Lundy established herself in the early 1980s as a talented multi-instrumentalist, restlessly inventive composer and husky-voiced singer ready to pick up the mantle from the likes of Carmen McRae and Sarah Vaughan. She never became a household name on that level, but she remains one of the most respected jazz voices of her generation. At Jazz Standard this weekend, she is celebrating the release of “Modern Ancestors”, a fine new album of 10 original compositions. At these shows her band includes Andrew Renfroe on guitar, Matthew Whitaker on piano, Kenny Davis on bass, Kassa Overall on drums and Mayra Casales on percussion.