Alicia Keys *
13 July 2008 | Nile | 16:30 - 17:45 |
Line-up:
Alicia Keys (vocals, piano); Onree Gill (musical director, keys); Amanda Brown, Whitney Keaton, Jermaine Paul (backing vocals); Dave Watson (flute, sax); Freddie Hendrix (trumpet); Jeff Gitelman (guitar); Steve Mostyn (bass); Paul John (drums); Pablo Batista; Edward Powell.
About Alicia Keys *
On her latest album As I Am, Alicia Keys sings about love in all
its forms. The singer has the rare talent of remaining positive and
seeing solutions for all problems. With her extraordinary powerful
voice, Keys remains a remarkable talent who seems to have come from
nowhere and overwhelmed everyone with her intense interpretations
at the piano. This sensational musical prodigy is capable of
combining the genuine soul of bygone days with today's soul,
R&B and hip-hop. Keys, the daughter of an Italian mother and
Jamaican father, was born and raised in New York where she studied
at the Professional Performance Arts School. She studied classical
music (Mozart, Beethoven) and jazz (Oscar Peterson) and learned
about the essence of black soul (Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway). As I
Am was her third studio album. She debuted in 2001 with the
multi-award winning Songs in Minor (2001), followed two years later
by The Diary of Alicia Keys. In 2005 she released the live album
Alicia Keys - Unplugged.