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Fourth generation Chicagoan and critically lauded vocalist Kimberly Gordon is sought after by the elite jazz listener. Kimberly's grandfather was a dancer at the historic Chêz Pareé nightclub and her Nana was a camera girl there, a position aquired by childhood friend and mobster Sam Giancana. These stories and personal ties to Chicago nightclub history laid the foundation for Kimberly's love of early 20th century music. With a deep understanding of the American Songbook it has led her on a path that celebrates composers, lyricists, and jazz masters alike.

In New York City, Kimberly was the first woman to hold a Saturday night residency at the now historic Smalls Jazz Club in Manhattan. Kimberly's years in N.Y.C allowed her to perform with jazz greats such as Roy Hargrove, Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and John Hicks, just to name a handful. 

Kimberly's sound reflects the old school style of delivering standards, deeply rooted in the ways of the masters, always true to the melody as written; this separates her from the rest.

When she is not touring Europe or hiding from a pandemic you can find Kimberly at Winter’s Jazz Club in Chicago, weaving her way through the American songbook with long time pianist/organist Chris Foreman. 

Look for Kimberly in Greece soon as she will be relocating there in 2024

From Hawai’i to Paris Kimberly is the singer's singer, the musician's singer, and the jazz lover's singer....

Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio

Green Mill Lounge:

https://youtu.be/GWjtCNDGO6U

Kimberly Gordon, Paris, Sunset Sunside, February, 2018:

Squeeze Me:

https://youtu.be/QaZn44wixgU

Kimberly Gordon Big Band/Big Band Boom!:

Do Nothin til You Hear From Me, http://bit.ly/14gDx3m

Kimberly Gordon Duo:

That's All

https://youtu.be/WSimtx2502Q

Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio, "Sunday", Sirens Records:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sunday-feat.-chris-foreman/id458443950

Kimberly Gordon Trio, "Melancholy Serenade",Sirens Records 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/melancholy-serenade/id65599728

Live on WDCB Radio “Churchill” CD tour 2017:

https://youtu.be/wmlbhisUwNY

More Than You Know,

https://youtu.be/fOcki66P-JE

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Hi I'm Kaitlyn, I am an artist living in Paris. I moved here three & a half years ago with my partner & have been studying art & French in Montmartre, where I currently reside. I have a background in Arts & Human Services from Cornish College of the Arts in my hometown of Seattle, Washington & have continued to study different mediums since arriving in France. Before our move, I was a Social Worker focusing on poverty alleviation in the Greater Seattle Area, and lead art therapy classes in my free time with a local non-profit, supporting women & children exploited by sex trafficking. You oftentimes see the intertwining between my two passions through my artwork- a world where philanthropy and the arts collide into one beautiful, blend of both disaster & healing. I've had multiple exhibitions in Paris & Barcelona since relocating to Europe, and am beginning a new chapter in sculpting this spring in Florence.

Website: katehanson.eu

Instagram: katehanson.art

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Jason Stoneking is a poet, diarist, and performing artist from the United States, who now lives in Paris. He has published several collections of poetry and nonfiction, and has also written for songs and film. Recently, his art practice has concentrated on the creation of unique handwritten texts. For his Bespoke Books series, he writes an entire unique book by hand, in a single draft, either for an individual reader, or in documentation of a residency. In his video series Found Stages, he improvises spontaneous poems in spaces that feel suitable, if not intended, for performance. For his newest series, Portrait Sittings, he invites subjects to pose for him as they would for a painter, while he composes their portrait in handwritten words. 

"Found Stage #13" on instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4Yfxhh1BX/

"Portrait of my Mother" on instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdDQFu-Medy/

Performance of a "Bespoke Book" on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQnCSibU-8

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Leslie McAllister is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Pennsylvania in the United States, but now based in Paris. Her works explore a diverse array of process and media. Among her recent endeavors are a street art project, Lost Art, for which she harvests discarded objects from the street, paints on them, and returns them to where they were found along with her contact information; and a series of abstract plein air paintings which sculpturally incorporate natural materials found onsite. She also creates sound and performance pieces as her alter ego Lesteria, for which she conceives projected video environments. 

Lost Art

https://www.lesliemcallister.com/Lost_Art.html

Plein Air Abstracts

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd5dwwyjv0e/

Lesteria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qXk7Mzp9NI

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I grew up in North Carolina and first moved to Paris in 2008, where I’ve lived for the better part of fourteen years as a writer, musician in the indie-pop band Slim and The Beast, and prolific worker of part-time jobs. Currently, I’m a literary tour guide and lecturer for Context Travel, an adjunct creative writing teacher at the Sorbonne, and a host of the Paris Writers’ Salon with the author John Baxter. I hold an MA in social theory from University College London and an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. My debut novel, Slim and The Beast (2015), was a coming-of-age story about male intimacy, the pursuit of passion, and growing up in North Carolina. I recently finished a historical fiction about history, memory, and the Nazi Occupation of Poland; publication is forthcoming. I am building my own literary community on Substack, where I write weekly essays and fiction. 

Links

• Debut Novel : Slim and The Beast
• Online Lectures on Modern European History & Intellectual History
• Tall Tales, Essays, and Fragments from Paris: if not, Paris @ Substack
• Website: https://www.samuellopezbarrantes.com/

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