Cassandre McKinley

Soon!!!!

Thank you to new and old friends, family and fans for the amazing support and generosity you selflessly shared this past year… your love and care does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.
2024 will be a big year for me and my tribe! So much to look forward to…. most important, time with my East Coast girl Lexi Angellis as she roots herself firmly in life. I will finally see some lifelong dreams come true, more deeply embrace the inner peace I’ve come to feel, continue teaching music in a college I love with the most lovely young human beings, and embark on more musical journeys with my colleagues and beloved musical family!
May you all receive light and love in the new year! Happy 2024! ⚡️💫🥂🍾

https://rockportmusic.org/cassandre-mckinley/

Kicking off 2024! JAN 21st at SHALIN LUI’s Upstairs on Main! With Dave Mattacks, drums- Robert Nieske, bass and Tim Ray, piano.

Tickets on sale now!
https://rockportmusic.org/cassandre-mckinley/

Full heart ❤️ Thank you for the gift of friends (new and old) and spectacular music!

Buy tickets here! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/extraordinary-concert-at-chianti-cassandre-mckinley-her-fabulous-trio-tickets-767010146997

An itsy-bitsy reminder to get your tickets to this special performance which is my LAST LIVE APPEARANCE of 2023!! 🍾🥂

EXTRAORDINARY CONCERT AT CHIANTI! CASSANDRE MCKINLEY & HER FABULOUS TRIO!! Get Ready For An Unforgettable Night Of Music As The Sensational Cassandre McKinley and Her Fabulous Trio Take The Stage At Chianti!

Concert Announcement Sunday, DECEMBER 17th. Amped to be performing for you all at Chianti Restaurant and Lounge, Beverly with a world-class band who also happen to be the coolest people on the planet! ! Presented by Dave Mattacks and Barbara Alex.
Tickets selling fast!

EXTRAORDINARY CONCERT AT CHIANTI! CASSANDRE MCKINLEY & HER FABULOUS TRIO!! Get Ready For An Unforgettable Night Of Music As The Sensational Cassandre McKinley and Her Fabulous Trio Take The Stage At Chianti!

What a lovely morning with my kids still recuperating from the holiday yesterday after hosting dinner at home surrounded by loads of family! Happy Black (kitty) Friday! 🐈‍⬛🖤

Our final Jazz at the Arts show of 2023 featuring the amazing Cassandre McKinley is officially SOLD OUT!

We can't wait to see everyone on Thursday night 💃🎶

Our Season Finale - A Cold River Radio Christmas!🚨Featuring Some of our Most Loved Performers👉Sunday, December 10th - 6pm Tickets Online Now.🎄The Majestic Theatre - Conway, NH

🎙️Tickets 🎫 & More Info: https://api.ripl.com/s/ho3xgr 🎥 Live Stream Available! www.coldriverradio.com

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Looking forward to heading back to my "Livingroom" away from home to bring you all some new music along with my pals Tim Ray, Dave Mattacks and Bob Nieske. Thursday, NOV 16 at the Marblehead Arts Association.
Buy tickets here: https://marbleheadarts.org/jazz-at-the-arts-cassandre-mckinley/

The dressing room vibes were on point and the show was WAY more fun than a girl should be allowed to have! Thank you Arctic Playhouse for a FAB night! I think we “summoned” some good times! Thanks for having me! 🔮🍫👻🎃🐈‍⬛

TICKETS ON SALE!
https://www.ticketweb.com/.../myanna-featuring.../13564628
This one is going to be FIRE!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 The incomparable MYANNA, myself and the Ken Clark Organ Trio will light it up!
Reservations are highly recommended! One show only!

Thank you Seacoast Jazz Society and The Press Room and all of YOU for 2 incredible SOLD OUT shows! My heart is FULL to the brim with gratitude! 🙏🏼💕
Special thanks To Dave Mattacks, Tim Ray and Jesse Williams for masterful music making! 😘
See you next at Scullers Jazz with Myanna on November 3rd! Reservations recommended!

https://www.ticketweb.com/event/myanna-featuring-cassandre-mckinley-and-scullers-jazz-club-tickets/13564628

www.seacoastjazz.org

Yes, Fall. 🍁🍂🎃🍎

SAVE THE DATE!! November 3rd, 2023 at SCULLER JAZZ with the extraordinary MYANNA & The Ken Clark Organ Trio.
Advance tickets are recommended!
Tickets:
www.scullerjazz.com
(866)777-8932
Dinner/Show Packages available

Reserve Your Seats Now!
Two Brunch Shows: 10 am and 12:30 pm
https://www.seacoastjazzz.org/mckinley

In this “Jazz All-Stars Series,” the Seacoast Jazz Society is thrilled to bring back the remarkably dynamic vocalist, Cassandre McKinley, to The Press Room after many years. She is joined by three amazingly talented musicians, each a “star” in their own right. Dave Mattacks, Tim Ray and Jesse Williams.

www.seacoastjazz.org

"There’s a music style called 'jazzsoul' (we made it up) and our anointed queen is Boston native Cassandre McKinley."
— The Boston Globe

Reserve Your Seats Now!
Two Brunch Shows: 10 am and 12:30 pm
https://www.seacoastjazz.org/mckinley

In this “Jazz All-Stars Series,” the Seacoast Jazz Society is thrilled to bring back the remarkably dynamic vocalist, Cassandre McKinley, to The Press Room after many years. She is joined by three amazingly talented musicians, each a “star” in their own right.

Cassandre and Band will be performing a genre-bending mix of music, influenced heavily by jazz that is infused with the essence of soul, country, blues and R&B.

www.seacoastjazz.org/mckinley

About the Musicians:
Cassandre McKinley, vocals
"There’s a music style called 'jazzsoul' (we made it up) and our anointed queen is Boston native Cassandre McKinley."
— The Boston Globe

Boston native, Cassandre McKinley, is a singer, recording artist, composer, producer, vocal coach, and associate professor of voice at Berklee College of Music. As an artist and singer, she explores genres ranging from Jazz to Soul, to Blues, R&B, Pop and Country—unifying them into a singular sound and unique vocal style. By age 19, after attending Boston Conservatory, she was signed with an agent, doing acting, singing, dancing, print modeling, and voice-overs. She recorded five solo albums. Her most recent, “Dragonfly”, 2018, features the robust and sublime vocal interpretations for which she is known. “Til Tomorrow: Remembering Marvin Gaye”, 2006, received critical acclaim, hailed by JazzTimes as “a rich, sensual salute” to Marvin Gaye’s music. Among artists she has collaborated with are Peter Eldridge, Duke Levine, Dave Mattacks, Clay Osborne, Bernard Purdie, Doug Bell, and Herb Pomeroy. She was a featured artist on legendary guitarist J. Geils’ “Jazz & Blues Review”, which entertained sold-out audiences throughout New England with a trip through America’s jazz and blues music roots. She has been a guest artist with the Boston Pops, performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and played the role of “Rosalie” in the 1991 New York production of West Side Story. She has been featured in JazzTimes, Jazziz, DownBeat, the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Today Cassandre continues to perform frequently as a solo and featured artist, in addition to teaching and coaching.

Tim Ray, piano
Tim Ray has been an active and in-demand jazz artist since 1978. His wide-ranging skills as a soloist and accompanist have afforded him the opportunity to perform with legendary performers from all walks of music. Many know him as the music director and pianist for Tony Bennett, with whom he played from 2016 until Bennett’s retirement in 2021. Before that, he performed on the road with singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett, touring for more than 15 years. He’s appeared on over 100 recordings and performed in concert with an extensive list of pop-music icons, notably Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Jane Siberry, and Soul Asylum. He regularly performs with leading figures in the jazz world, among them Terri Lyne Carrington, Gary Burton, Esperanza Spalding, Kurt Elling, George Garzone, Dave Douglas, Lewis Nash, and Brian Blade. His classical credits include solo performances and concerts with the Boston Pops, Gunther Schuller, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Tim has released seven albums under his own name, including his just released 2023 CD, “Fire & Rain”, featuring John Lockwood on bass and Mark Walker on drums. His 2020 CD, “Excursions & Adventures”, feature Terri Lyne Carrington and John Patitucci. Tim has toured all over the world, including performances at Carnegie Hall, the White House, the Kennedy Center, and the 1992 Presidential Inauguration. He continues to be in high demand as a musical director, composer, arranger, private instructor, and clinician.

Jesse Williams, bass
Jesse Williams prides himself on his musical depth AND breadth! He has performed almost 10,000 shows worldwide, from clubs in New York City to Lincoln Center to the Montreal Jazz Festival, and more. Currently, he is bassist with the multi-Grammy-nominated, North Mississippi Allstars. Formerly he toured and recorded with Al Kooper, Duke Robillard, and Johnny A, among others. He has appeared on numerous award-winning records, including two Grammy-nominated recordings, Duke Robillard’s “Guitar Grooverama” and Joe Louise Walker’s “Between a Rock and The Blues”. He has also recorded on nine W.C. Handy/Blues Music Award-nominated albums. Throughout his career, Jesse has backed up a long list of artists: Bucky Pizzarelli, Maria Muldaur, Johnnie Johnson, Ruth Brown, Jay McShann, Jimmy McGriff, John Hammond, Percy Sledge, Jay Geils, Susan Tedeschi, Charles Neville, Elan Trottman, John Sebastian, Henry Butler, Jimmy Vivino, the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Julien Kasper, and more. In addition to recording and performing, Jesse has been teaching since 1991 at Berklee College of Music and Phillips and Milton Academies.

Dave Mattacks, drums
Dave Mattacks recorded five CDs with Paul McCartney and recorded and/or toured with many other top musicians including: Elton John, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Everything But The Girl, Sandy Denny, Chris Rea, XTC, Jethro Tull, Joan Armatrading, Brian Eno, Nick Drake, “Procul Harum’s” Gary Brooker, Peter Green, John Gorka, John Martyn, The Proclaimers, Cat Stevens, and Loudon Wainwright. His illustrious career started in the UK with big bands before joining the influential folk-rock group “Fairport Convention”, freelancing extensively throughout his 13-year tenure while with the band. In 2000, Dave left the UK and moved to Boston, where he continues to enjoy a full career in music spanning live and studio work, both as a musician and producer. Among his credits since moving to the United States are recording and/or concerts with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Richard Thompson, Juliana Hatfield, John Jennings, Teddy Thompson, Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez, Steeleye Span, Susan Tedeschi, Martin Sexton, Dennis Brennan and Rosanne Cash. As well as his performance, recording and studio-production schedule over the last few years, Dave has given several Master Classes at London’s Royal Academy of Music, taught at the Berklee College of Music, and has been the ‘house drummer’ at the Marblehead Arts Festival for the last seven years. He was the featured artist/interviewee on the front cover of the March/April 2011 popular “DrumHead” magazine and has been reviewed in many other prestigious jazz publications as well.

(Next Up in the Seacoast Jazz Society’s “All-Stars Series”: Bill Pierce and Friends, Sunday, October 29, 6-9 pm.)

Performing on Sept 14th at with my nearest and dearest - Dave Mattacks , Tim Ray and Robert Nieske. We kick off Fall live at the Sahara Club in Methuen, MA! (Doors open at 6:30, show runs 7:30-10:30, $20 cash fee at door, food and drink available to purchase, free parking across the street.)

Fresh
Hair:
Salon:

Making music this Thursday with a few of my favorite people! Eddie Sheer and the ever-so-fierce 7-11