West Hartford native & award-winning jazz vocalist Allegra Levy releases “Songs for You and Me” and announces hometown show for June 4th
Allegra Levy
June 4, 2023 at 11 am
Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, Connecticut.
Award-winning jazz singer/songwriter and West Hartford, Connecticut native Allegra Levy will celebrate the release of her first album for children and families, Songs for You and Me, with a special hometown show for young and old alike at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 4 at the Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, Connecticut.
“I’m thrilled to be performing at the Mandell JCC,” says Allegra Levy. “My very first performance, at the age of eight, was in The Boyfriend, on the Mandell JCC stage! I have such wonderful memories of singing at the JCC in other musicals like Fiddler on the Roof and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I can’t wait to share the music of Songs for You and Me with local families in a setting I hold so dear.”
Allegra Levy’s show will feature a 10-piece band with players from both NYC and Connecticut, including Allegra’s fellow jazz moms, Connecticut-based trumpeter/vocalist Leala Cyr and New York-based vocalist Neha Jiwrajka, as well as bass player Tim Norton who is originally from West Hartford, and Allegra’s brother, baritone sax player and critically acclaimed jazz biographer Aidan Levy. Allegra is planning a festive program of jazz-infused, family-friendly music that aims to get everyone from babies to boomers dancing and singing together. Highlights will include the unbeatably catchy food song, “Noodles!,” “Los Animales,” which was recently named a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, “It’s So Hard to Be You,” a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, and “Hello Song,” a joyful, multilingual greeting among friends, conceived as a kind of modern-day “It’s a Small World.” Allegra promises treats and fun giveaways for everyone!
Named a Top 10 Rising Star among jazz vocalists in DownBeat’s 2021 Critics’ Poll, Allegra Levy is that rare jazz songbird who pens her own tunes. Songs for You and Me offers families a jewel-box collection of sparkling songs that fit right in with the music that Allegra loved while growing up in West Hartford: Raffi, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald, and more. “This album was written for everyone,” Allegra notes, “because the little kid in us still just wants to sing along.”
Allegra Levy:
A 2007 Hall High School graduate, Allegra Levy was a regular vocal soloist in Hall High’s famed “Pops ‘n Jazz” concerts. She went on to earn a degree in jazz vocal performance from New England Conservatory of Music and to establish a highly lauded international career.
Now based in New York, Allegra Levy has been dubbed a “double-barreled talent” and “unquestionably one to watch” by JazzTimes magazine. Allegra is known not only for her richly sweet yet swinging alto voice, but also for writing catchy, emotive songs grounded in tradition, with a nod to the progressive. She has appeared at most of the top clubs in New York City, including The Jazz Standard, Birdland Theater, Zinc Bar, The Bitter End, Cornelia Street Café, and The Blue Note. From 2014 to 2015, Allegra also served as artist in residence at the world-famous Blue Bar in the Hong Kong Four Seasons Hotel.
Allegra Levy has earned accolades from The New York Times, DownBeat, JazzTimes, The New Yorker, and more. In addition to being featured in the 2021 DownBeat Critics’ Poll as a Top 10 Rising Star Jazz Vocalist, Allegra won the 2020 John Lennon Songwriting Contest’s “Stuck at Home” edition for “Wash My Hands” (a children’s song to encourage healthy habits during the Covid pandemic), as well as first place in the 2019 Great American Song Contest’s Adult Contemporary Music Category for her original pop tune, “Waste My Time.” Allegra is proud of her work with the Women in Jazz Organization, for which she serves on the leadership team. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, JP, their daughter, Stella Plum, and their dog, Luna.
Songs for You and Me is available on all streaming services, Amazon, and www.allegralevy.com.
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