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City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Santa Cruz, CA	Kuumbwa Jazz Center	Sat	Jun 22 / 13	Find Tickets
Schenectady, NY	A Place For Jazz	Fri	Nov 01 / 13	Find Tickets
New York, NY	The Allen Room at Lincoln Center	Fri	Nov 08 / 13	Find Tickets
New York, NY	The Allen Room at Lincoln Center	Sat	Nov 09 / 13	Find Tickets

Catherine Russell Biography

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Catherine Russell (born 1956) is a contemporary jazz and blues vocalist. Her father, the late Luis Russell, was Louis Armstrong's long-time musical director, and her mother, Carline Ray, holds degrees from both Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music and performed with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm during World War II. She also worked with David Bowie as backing vocal and playing percussion, keyboards and guitar in Heathen Tour, ''Reality'' album and in A Reality Tour from 2002 to 2004. Russell's cover of the 1920's song Crazy Blues was used in Episode 10, Season 1 of the HBO drama Boardwalk Empire.

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