Robert Glasper
His 2024 live album, “Keys to the City: Volume One” won’t give listeners a preview of his six shows at the Dakota because it was recorded during his annual “Robtober” run at the Blue Note in New York City where he was joined by Norah Jones, Black Thought and Meshell Ndegeocello covering material by the Roots, OutKast and Chick Corea. The album does give insights, though, into keyboardist Glasper’s expansive mind and open-minded musicality. He is returning to the Dakota with his acoustic trio.
ROBERT GLASPER OG ACOUSTIC PIANO TRIO
MAY 27-28 • 6:30 & 9PM
MAY 29 • 7 & 9:30PM
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Lisa Fischer
She is quite simply one of one. There is no other vocalist quite like Fischer. She had a R&B hit with “How Can I Ease the Pain” in 1991 and went on to become a star backup vocalist for the Rolling Stones, Luther Vandross, Tina Turner and others. In the past dozen years, Fischer has reinvented herself as an unclassifiable vocal stylist who reimagines classics by the Stones, Zeppelin, Vandross, Sting and others. Working with the simpatico combo known as Grand Baton, Fischer brings an organic, ethereal and magical blend of pop, R&B, classical, rock, jazz, blues, folk and global styles into a riveting tapestry of emotionalism and artistry.
LISA FISCHER & GRAND BATON
MAY 30 • 6:30 & 9PM
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Carrying on the rich traditions of other New Orleans piano groovers like Dr. John and Professor Longhair, Jon Cleary will be back in the area in July to play Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires fest but first swings by for another set at the Dakota.
JON CLEARY – SOLO
MAY 31 • 7PM
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Postmodern Jukebox alum Stella Cole is touring behind her third jazz album, the formal and heavily orchestrated “It’s Magic”.
STELLA COLE
JUN 1 • 7 & 9PM
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Spanish jazz/funk bassist Vincen Garcia will demonstrate why his T-shirts shout “never ending groove”.
VINCEN GARCÍA
JUN 2 • 7 & 9PM
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Livingston Taylor, younger brother of “Sweet Baby James,” is a longtime faculty member of the Berklee College of Music and author of the textbook “Stage Performance”.