Previous Reviews
WPFW 89.3 - Washington DC's premiere jazz music station - [Listen to 1 minute excerpt from 5 minutes coverage.] Robin Holden: “The music of a very talented young artist, Elliott Small ... Twins Jazz [Club] ... going to be a nice performance ... great young artist, Elliott Small ... before that Bobby Blue Bland ...”
WPFW 89.3 Interview Excerpts on the music: [Listen to 8 minute excerpts from 27 minute interview.] Will Scruggs: “The thing that impressed me ... he had so much character in his voice and it wasn't like anybody that I had heard before.” WPFW's Yolanda Turner: “Yes, it sounds really nice. Really nice.”
WPFW's Carol Tyson: [Listen to 1 minute excerpts from 7 minutes air time.] “I can't even call it perspiration. Nothing but sweat falling off of every brow up there in the B. B. King Blues Room. Closing out things in the B. B. King Blues Room, Elliott Small with the Will Scruggs Quartet. I Left My Baby. We've all been there. Before that T. Bone Walker, Good Boy, before that ..."
WPFW's Robin Holden and Carol Tyson: [Listen to 1 minute excerpts from 4 minutes air time.] “We're hanging out in the Frank Sinatra Room right now and Elliott Small coming to the stage ...”
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Previous Performances
September 30, 2006, 3:00pm to 7:00pm, Producer and Vocalist, "1st Annual Concert on the Lawn" Free Admission, at Shepherd Park Christian Church, 7900 Eastern Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20012. Jazz and Gospel Music.
September 1, 2006, 6:00pm to 8:30pm, Click for Downloadable Invitation, Producer and Vocalist, Event for Linda Cropp for Mayor of Washington DC, Takoma Station, 6941 4th Street, NW, Washington DC 20012. Jazz Music by Elliott Small and exceptional young Washington DC artists trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, DC Youth Orchestra, Howard University, University of the District of Columbia, University of Maryland: Eric Wheeler – Bass, Quincy Phillips – Drums, Sam Prather – Keyboard, Brian Settles – Tenor Sax
August 27, 2006, 6:30pm to 11pm Click Here for Downloadable Photos., Producer and Vocalist, "Next Generation Artists Showcase" sponsored by friends of Linda Cropp, Candidate for Mayor of Washington, DC, Free Admission, campaign contributions accepted, Takoma Station, 6941 4th Street, NW, Washington DC 20012: featuring jazz, rhythm and blues, positive social consciousness rap and hip hop by the famous Hueman Prophets, Green Tea, and Curt Cunningham and jazz by Elliott Small. Also, mayoral candidates debate will be shown on wide screen TV from 7pm to 8pm.
Saturday, July 8, 2006 at 9 p.m., Co-Producer and Vocalist, Harvardwood Summer Jazz Medley, Twins Jazz, 1344 U Street, NW. Twins Jazz, one of the hottest venues for live music in Washington, DC, has opened its stage for Harvardwood to fete its alumni jazz, R&B, and funk artists. Rising star R&B artist Johanna, a D.C. area native, headlines the celebration, which features rock/funk/blues band Ten Feet Tall, led by Josh Himmelsbach, and vocalists Elliott Small, Kakki Reynolds Lewis, and Sue Chung. You can see more information on the event headliner Johanna and on Ten Feet Tall Band at http://www.johannalive.com and http://www.tenfeettallband.com. Including me, there were 6 Harvard Alumni performers and a total of 14 performers including the two bands. Harvardwood was started in 1999 in Los Angeles near Hollywood. The members are alumni in all parts of the entertainment industry -- producers, musicians, directors, filmakers, etc. The Washington, DC chapter was started in early 2006.
Friday, January 6 and Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 9 p.m., Producer and Vocalist, Elliott Small Jazz Vocals, Twins Jazz, 1344 U Street, NW. Twins Jazz, with Nasar Abadey on drums, Chris Wheeler on bass and Janelle Gill on Piano.
Friday Nov. 4 and Saturday Nov. 5, 2005, at 9 p.m., Vocalist, Elliott Small with the Will Scruggs Jazz Quartet, Twins Jazz, 1344 U Street, NW. Twins Jazz, with Will Scruggs on Sax, Andrew Adair on Piano.
Thursday, August 4, 2005, at 9 p.m., Vocalist, Elliott Small with the Will Scruggs Jazz Quartet, Twins Jazz, 1344 U Street, NW. Twins Jazz, with Will Scruggs on Sax, Harry Appleman on Piano.
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