ROCHELLE THOMPSON, Jazz Legend: Official Website and E-kit

"Minton's Blow-Out Jazz Marathon!"--
Going for the Guinness World Record of Jam Sessions!
Friday, July 4, 2008, 12:00 noon to Sunday, July 6, 2008, 12:00 noon.
During daytime hours each day, there'll be a picnic on West 118th Street, West of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Avenue (7th Avenue). A Complimentary Breakfast will be served from 5:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. on Sunday. I'm performing Friday, July 4, 2008, at 11:00 p.m. and After. "Minton's Playhouse" is located at 210 West 118th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues. Call the Club for further information at: (212) 864-8346.

Friday, July 27, 2007
Medgar Evers College Jazzy Jazz Festival, 1650 Bedford Avenue (Between Crown and Montgomery Streets). Two Shows: 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Rochelle performs with her Trio: "JAZZ! As Soon As Possible!"
Call: (917) 535-9781.

Sunday, September 16, 2007:
NAACP Jazz Brunch, 2:00 p.n. - 6:00 p.m. "Thomasina's", 205 - 35 Linden Avenue, Queens, New York, Rochelle Thompson and "Beautiful Jazz," call: (718) 525-5273 for further information.

Friday, May 11, 2007,
"Celebrating the Life, the Music and Times of Torrie McCartney," Jazz 966, 966 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, Two Shows: 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Sam Pinn, Director. Call (718) 498-2150. Cover: $10.00. Bob Cunningham, Musical Director and Bassist, John Miller, Pianist, Earl "Sir Earl" Grice, Jr., Drums.

Saturday, May 23, 2007, 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
"Artist Talk: Jazz: To Mary Lou William With Love!" The Screening of "Soul on Soul: The Story of Mary Lou Williams" by Documentary Filmmaker Carol Bash, Harlem Branch Library, 9 West 124th Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Fifth Avenue. Ms. Thompson talks about Mary Lou Williams and her other Pittsburgh jazz influences.

April 2006 - Renaming of a Street in Brooklyn for Jazz Legend Betty "Bebop" Carter - Posting of date soon.

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What They Are Saying About Ms Thompson's Daughter

"When I came to New York from Pittsburgh, I was known as "Little Betty." That further crystallized doing "Love Notes To Betty! The Betty Carter Tribute" for 4 years in New York City. This year has been amazing, I worked on Barack Obama Campaign to be President, NOW, Join me during the JazzMobile 2008 Vocal Competition, come out, cheer me on to win First Prize!"

Round 1 Friday, May 30, 2008 - 6:30 P.M. "SWEET RHYTHM" (212) 255-3626 88 Seventh Avenue South, West Village, New York	Round 2 Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 6:30 P.M. "ALHAMBRA BALLROOM" (866) 628-5052 2116 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, Harlem, U S A

F I N A L S Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 6:30 P.M. "RIVER ROOM" (212) 255-9607 Riverside Drive @ 145th Street, Harlem, U S A	Admission is FREE - Call For Reservations J A Z Z MOBILE Jazzy Vocal Competition: For further information Call: (866) 628-505 www.jazzmobile.org

"The place is called 22 West*. It is a restaurant/club located on 135th Street in Harlem. Jazz singer Rochelle Thompson says, "It's the legendary place where Malcolm X used to dine in Harlem when he was alive! And, Malcolm also loved jazz."

Thompson's magnetic personality generates joy and happiness, which becomes so contagious that it draws the listener into her sphere. And when she is singing, her proud ancestral jazz culture emerges, expressing her self-love of Harlem and Black folks." Amsterdam News, NY

* (22 West a Harlem landmark has closed it's doors as of 2003)

During any of her performances Rochelle delivers uniquely felt, yet true to era style renditions of a number of legendary jazz artists such as Ella Fitzgerald (with unique scatting) or, Dinah Washington's, "This Bitter Earth," with mellow deep feelings and rumbling tones that seems to vibrate from within the listener.

A story teller at heart, Rochelle performs with exquisiteness expressions from the American Song Book. Obviously, one can see and hear that she really knows the language of song.

Whether it's Rochelle's arrangement of the standard "That's All," or an elegant sculpture of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child," it is as if the spirits of these legendary ancestors are actually right there inside of her.

"God has blessed our people with such a gift that we must recognize and express our African folklore."

"People like Zora Neale Hurston, Josephine Baker, and Al Jarreau are my spiritual teachers - they led me to my very own musical signature."