Songs at Shake Ridge ~ Vol. 4

Join us for a special evening under the stars as Fillmore Jazz Festival headliner, Kim Nalley performs for Songs at Shake Ridge, Vol. 4! Limited meal items from Table Nectar will be available at the concert if you didn't preorder. Wine will be available for purchase separately. And we just found out Emily Zisman, singer/songwriter from SF, will open the night with a set from 7-7:40. Gates will open at 6:30pm, Kim Nalley from 8 - 9:30pm.

About Kim Nalley

Listen to her music here

Awarded "Most Influential African American in the Bay Area" in 2005 and "Best Jazz Group" in 2013, vocalist Dr. Kim Nalley is already being called "legendary." Nalley was discovered by Michael Tilson Thomas, singing to packed audiences live with no amplification and invited her to sing with the San Francisco Symphony. Subsequently she became a Rounder Records recording artist and went on a worldwide tour gracing concert halls from Moscow to Lincoln Center and festivals from Umbria Jazz to Monterey Jazz garnering effusive international press, awards and ranking high on the Jazz charts and Gavin Report for her many albums. Nalley had a solid background in classical music before switching to Jazz for the freedom it provided.  

A true Renaissance woman, she has been a featured writer for JazzWest and SF Chronicle's City Brights, shortlisted for a Grammy nomination, a produced playwright, an avid Lindy Hop & Blues dancer, and the former jazz club owner of Jazz at Pearl’s. Nalley earned her Ph.D. in history at UC Berkeley and is a published scholar.  She was shortlisted by Downbeat Critics Poll in 2017 as a "Rising Star" (Deserving Wider Recognition). Nalley's many philanthropic endeavors include founding the Kim Nalley Black Youth Jazz Scholarship, fundraising for Richmond-Ermet Aids Foundation, BLM, Next Village, SF-Marin Food Bank, and Department of Economic and Covid relief sponsored in part by Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts as part of their 2020 Artists Respond grant program.

Visit kimnalley.com/biography to read more about her impressive career.

There is a lovely half mile walk from parking to concert.  Shuttle will be available if needed.  Please bring a lawn chair or picnic blanket for meadow seating.  *Wine will be available for purchase by the glass or bottle. No outside food or drink please.