VOL. 126 | NO. 224 | Wednesday, November 16, 2011
By Andy Meek
Updated 3:15PMJoyce Cobb is a versatile singer and entertainer on the local music scene who knows how to deliver a memorable show.
Sid Selvidge, producer of the Beale Street Caravan radio show, once told The Daily News about the time he had Cobb on the show, which is broadcast around the world. The appearance was actually recorded from a performance she?d done several years earlier.
?A station in Colorado (told us), ?Our phones just lit up ? where can we get this woman??? Selvidge recalled the station asking.
Anyone who?s so inclined and who?s in Downtown Memphis Wednesday, Nov. 16, can get her as part of a free concert that starts at 12:05 p.m. Cobb is performing at Calvary Episcopal Church at that time as part of the Calvary & the Arts concert-and-lunch series.
The Daily News Publishing Co. Inc. is a supporter of the annual free concert series, presented in memory of Dottie Jones. Calvary & the Arts was created decades ago by Jones and her husband, John Paul ?Jack? Jones, who experienced a similar concept in New York during a visit and decided to bring it to Downtown Memphis. Dottie Jones is the late mother of Daily News Publishing Co. President Peter Schutt.
Joyce Cobb?s soul will get� ?your fingers snapping and your feet tapping.?
?Calvary & The Arts series advertisement
The advertisement for Cobb?s show says her soul will ?get your fingers snapping and your feet tapping,? and she?ll do that with a performance that lasts around 45 to 50 minutes.
It will be followed by a light lunch for $5.
Cobb?s versatility includes an ease with anything from a trio to a quartet or even a larger band. She can ooze the soulful sound of Billie Holliday, Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin and the Memphis sound of Elvis and B.B. King, along with much more.
Her show comes as this year?s Calvary concert series is drawing to a close. Following her concert is the Memphis Boychoir Nov. 30, then a Christmas pops concert Dec. 7.
The annual Calvary & the Arts series is a mix of sacred as well as popular, classical and jazz music.
Visit www.calvarymemphis.org/calvarythearts for the season?s full lineup of artists.
The Daily News Publishing Co. Inc. is a supporter of the Calvary & the Arts Concert Series.
Source: http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2011/nov/16/cobb-brings-unique-sound-to-calvary-series/
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