{"id":36612,"date":"2025-03-20T10:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=36612"},"modified":"2025-03-20T10:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:08:45","slug":"on-stage-chavous-salutes-women-at-jameys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=36612","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Chavous salutes women at Jamey’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/div>\n
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Lisa Chavous<\/p><\/div>\n

There are a lot of \u201cFirst Friday\u201d events, a variety of \u201cSecond Saturday\u201d events and even a few \u201cThird Thursday\u201d events around the area each month.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For years, Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) has had a jazz-based show every Thursday called \u201cJazz at Jamey\u2019s.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cStarting January 1, we switched from \u2018Jazz Jams\u2019 to a monthly series with four or five themed shows each Thursday,\u201d said Jamie Reilly, owner and manager of Jamey\u2019s House of Music.<\/div>\n
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This month\u2019s \u201cThird Thursday\u201d falls on March 20 and that means it\u2019s Lisa Chavous\u2019 turn.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI have my own show one night a month \u2013 every Thursday,\u201d said Chavous, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from her home in Delaware County.<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis month is Women\u2019s History Month so this will be a special show.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Women\u2019s History Month is a celebration of women\u2019s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987.<\/div>\n
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\u201cA couple months ago, I thought about it after a jazz performance \u2013 that I\u2019d do a special show as a tribute to Women\u2019s History Month,\u201d said Chavous.<\/div>\n
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Chavous is one of the most respected jazz, rock and blues singers in the Philadelphia music scene.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve been playing a lot in the tri-state area,\u201d said Chavous. \u201cMy music covers a lot of genres including Motown, jazz, blues, funk, hip-hop, soul \u2013 mostly soul.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m calling my show this week \u2018Ladies Rock the Blues.\u2019<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt will be a tribute to great women artists including Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Koko Taylor, Ruth Brown, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Tina Turner.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ll also be doing covers of other great blues artists such as Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley. And I\u2019ve puy together a groip of women to play this music.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The line-up of acts that Chavous has assembled for this week\u2019s show includes Val Ray, Lynn Riley, Sister Blue and Deb Callahan.<\/div>\n
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\u201cLynn Riley is a great sax player,\u201d said Chavous. \u201cShe\u2019s a really good jazz player from the Tri-State area. I\u2019ve hired her many times. Val Ray is a singer and production manager from this area.<\/div>\n
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\u201cNanette Blue, who is also known as Sister Blue, is from Montgomery County. She\u2019s a singer, guitar player and drummer but she\u2019ll just be singing and playing guitar at the show.<\/div>\n
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\u201cDeb Callahan has one of the best blues bands in the Tri-State area. This will be the first time I\u2019ve played together with her. We\u2019ve crossed paths a lot but never talked. We\u2019ll be playing some of her originals.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Callahan has been playing the blues at area venues for more than two decades.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m from the Boston area and I\u2019ve been in Philly for over 20 years,\u201d said\u00a0Callahan. \u201cI moved here to go to grad school at Penn.\u201d<\/div>\n
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After graduation from the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s School of Social Work,\u00a0Callahan\u00a0stayed in the area and still works as a social worker in the city.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cI got a master\u2019s degree in social work,\u201d said\u00a0Callahan. \u201cI do youth counseling. My music is definitely influenced by my work as a social worker.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Callahan\u2019s debut LP was \u201cIf Blues Had Wings\u201d and she followed with \u201cThe Blue Pearl\u201d in 2005, \u201cGrace and Grit\u201d in 2008 and \u201cTell It Like It Is\u2019 in 2010. Her most recent album, which was released in 2023, is \u201cBackbone.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Chavous will be backed by her powerhouse band.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI have my regular rhythm section \u2013 Charles Beasley on bass and Tony Day on drums and percussion,\u201d said Chavous. \u201cI\u2019ll also have Richard Budesa on Hammond (a Hammond B3 organ).<\/div>\n
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Chavous\u00a0is a Delaware County girl all the way.<\/div>\n
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She grew up in Sharon Hill and graduated from Darby Township High School. She studied for a career in nursing at a hospital in Delaware County. Now,\u00a0Chavous\u00a0is a resident of Lansdowne and could easily walk to Friday\u2019s gig if she so desires.<\/div>\n
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Chavous\u00a0is making a return visit to Jamey\u2019s House of Music \u2013 the venue where she had a CD release party for her most recent album, \u201cBreaking Down the Walls.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe CD is dedicated to my late husband Michael Hayes,\u201d said\u00a0Chavous, during a phone interview from her Delco home. \u201cHe died of cancer in 2014.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Chavous\u00a0has been singing her whole life.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI started performing and singing in church when I was really young,\u201d said\u00a0Chavous. \u201cThe, my mom and dad managed me. Eventually, I got calls from agents. So, I started putting bands together \u2013 Lisa\u00a0Chavous\u00a0and Friends.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMy first band was a jazz band. We played a lot of jazz clubs including the Blue Note in New York. I was on the jazz side for a while. We were really blessed with being able to book shows at country clubs in Delco.<\/div>\n
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Chavous\u00a0is frequently compared to Tina Turner, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Ruth Brown, and Irma Thomas, who along with Billie Holiday and Mahalia Jackson are among her primary musical influences.<\/div>\n
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Chavous\u00a0has performed with jazz greats Byard Lancaster, Odean Pope, Trudy Pitts, Pat Martino, Jimmy McGriff and Bootsie Barnes, and is regularly backed by former members of Patti LaBelle\u2019s band, as well as by Don Evans, former guitarist for Billy Joel.<\/div>\n
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Chavous is getting closer to releasing a new album.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve been back in the studio finishing my fifth CD,\u201d said Chavous.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI have some great music we\u2019ve written over the last few years. We\u2019ve been recording it at Morningstar Studio (Glenn Barratt\u2019s highly acclaimed studio in East Norriton.<\/div>\n
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Video link for Lisa\u00a0Chavous\u00a0\u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/3N0iG_x7u44<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The show at Jamey\u2019s on Thursday will start at 8 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.<\/div>\n
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Ken Clark<\/p><\/div>\n

Fans of the distinctive sound of the Hammond B3 are being offered a double treat at Jamey\u2019s this week.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In addition to Richard Budesa\u2019s performance in Chavous\u2019 band on Thursday, there will be a lot of Hammond B3 music emanating from the stage on March 23 when Jamey\u2019s presents Firecracker.<\/div>\n
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Firecracker is a new project based in Boston that features Ken Clark on the Hammond B3 organ and Jared Sims on the baritone sax.<\/div>\n
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The music celebrates the vintage funky organ sound popularized by greats such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Groove Holmes, Lou Donaldson, and Wes Montgomery.<\/div>\n
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While the band pays homage to the great artists’ styles before them, they also play originals and arrangements that show off their unique individual voices.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve played with the sax player for 10 years in different bands,\u201d said Clark, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from his home in Boston.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis is the first time we\u2019ve worked as our own band. I also have my own group \u2013 Ken Clark Organ Trio \u2013 and we\u2019ve released six CDs. I\u2019ve also toured with Michelle Wilson and done session work with One Dime Band.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Ken Clark Organ Trio have been performing around New England and the eastern U.S. for the past 15 years. Guitarist Mike Mele, drummer Steve Chaggaris and Clark play shuffle boogaloo, build dynamic climaxes and sprinkle in jazz solos.<\/div>\n
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Clark is a Boston native who also has called Manchester, New Hampshire home.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI spent two years studying at Berklee (College of Music) in Boston,\u201d said Clark. \u201cThen, I spent another two years studying with Charles Banacos (the late distinguished music educationalist Charles Banacos.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Clark\u2019s most recognizable gig came with a New York band \u2013 the Blues Project.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI used to play with Melvin Sparks, Bernard Purdie and David \u201cFathead\u201d Newman,\u201d said Clark. \u201cThen, I joined the Blues Project. I replaced Al Kooper in the Blues Project.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Jared Sims is a musician and recording artist specializing in saxophone, woodwinds, jazz and funk music.<\/div>\n
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Sims, who has played music on four continents, has multiple solo albums and guest appearances on more than 60 albums.<\/div>\n
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He performs regularly under his own name and with several other groups. Jared has more than 30 different albums crossing several genres and his studio work has been featured American and Japanese television as well as several video games.<\/div>\n
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He performs regularly in Pittsburgh, New York City, Boston, and beyond and is currently the Director of Jazz at West Virginia University<\/div>\n
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Video link for Ken Clark — https:\/\/youtu.be\/gYX40dlRrq4<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Video link from Jared Sims — https:\/\/youtu.be\/sZqzTnPIvi4<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The show at Jamey\u2019s on Saturday will start at 8 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.<\/div>\n
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Pay-per-view tickets are $15.<\/div>\n
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On Friday night, Jamey\u2019s will host the Jeremy Edge Project.<\/div>\n
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Edge toured and recorded with the band Candlelight Red who performed 200 shows per year in all 48 contiguous states between 2010 and 2013.<\/div>\n
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Now, fronting his own band as lead guitarist and vocalist, the group has released a double album entitled \u201cSaints and Souls Vol 1 and 2,\u201d marking their second and third full–<\/i>length releases on vinyl since 2020.<\/div>\n
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The show at Jamey\u2019s on Friday will start at 8 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.<\/div>\n
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Pay-per-view tickets are $15<\/div>\n
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The Sunday Blues Brunch & Jam with the Philly Blues Kings is one of the longest running blues jams in the region, as well as the #1 original Sunday Blues Brunch and Jam.<\/div>\n
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This event features many of the top regional and national players every week and welcomes amateurs and weekend warriors to join on stage to celebrate the beautiful heritage of the blues.<\/div>\n
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The featured artist with PBK this Sunday will be Clarence Spady.<\/div>\n
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The open mic jam runs from 1-3 p.m. with the host band laying down a set from noon-1 p.m. to get things rolling and then supporting guest jammers as needed.<\/div>\n
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The host band Philly Blues Kings features Bluesman Dave Reiter on guitar, keys and vocals, Bill Marconi on drums and vocals, Rob Hamilton on harp and vocals, Frank McKitty on sax and Jamey Reilly on bass.<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Candlelight\u00a0Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313, candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) is presenting the first full weekend of its latest production, <\/i>\u201cBright Star.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/i>Bright Star\u201d<\/i>\u00a0is a\u00a0musical\u00a0written and composed by\u00a0Steve Martin\u00a0and\u00a0Edie Brickell. It is set in the\u00a0Blue Ridge Mountains\u00a0of\u00a0North Carolina\u00a0in 1945\u201346 with flashbacks to 1923. The musical is inspired by their\u00a0Grammy-winning collaboration on the 2013\u00a0bluegrass\u00a0album \u201c<\/i>Love Has Come for You\u201d<\/i>\u00a0and, in turn, the folk tale of the \u201c<\/i>Iron Mountain Baby.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n
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\u201cBright Star\u201d is billed as \u201can uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tightly in its grasp\u00a0\u2013 <\/i>as <\/i>refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings (8 p.m.), Sunday afternoons (3 p.m.) and Wednesdays (11 a.m.)<\/div>\n
Tickets, which include dinner and show, are $73<\/i>.50 for adults and $35 for children (ages 4-12).<\/div>\n
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\u201cBright Star\u201d will run through April 19.<\/div>\n
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One night each month, the Candlelight presents its monthly edition of \u201cCandlelight Comedy Club.\u201d This month, it will be March 20.<\/div>\n
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This month\u2019s messengers of comedy will be Joey Callahan and Helene Angley.<\/div>\n
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Showtime on March 20 is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40.<\/div>\n
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On <\/i>March 20, Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is presenting Lauren Calve.<\/div>\n
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The show on March 22 will be Rust: Neil Young Tribute and the headliners on March 23 will be Alice Howe & Freebo.<\/i><\/div>\n
Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) will present Denise King\u2019s<\/div>\n
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\u201cLegendary Ladies of Song\u201d on March 20, Brandywine Ballet on March 21 and 22 and \u201cThe Beat Goes On with\u00a0 Lisa McClowry as Cher\u201d on March 23.<\/div>\n
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Elkton Music Hall (107 North Street, Elkton, Maryland, www.elktonmusichall.com<\/a>) will host Low Cut Connie on March 20, Start Making Sense on March 21, PRS Eightlock on March 22 and Lifesigns on March 24.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times There are a lot of \u201cFirst Friday\u201d events, a variety of \u201cSecond Saturday\u201d events and even a few \u201cThird Thursday\u201d events around the area each month. For years, Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,www.jameyshouseofmusic.com) has had a jazz-based show every Thursday called \u201cJazz at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5166],"tags":[3912,10393],"class_list":["post-36612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-featured","tag-lisa-chavous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36613,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36612\/revisions\/36613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}