The Soulful Sounds of Nicolas Bearde Live at CV Arts Center

Get a jumpstart on Valentine’s celebrations with vocalist Nicolas Bearde and his quartet, Saturday, February 4, 7:30pm at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts.  With a rich and silky baritone, fans often compare him to Nat King Cole and Lou Rawls. In his show, Jazz for Lovers, Bearde delivers romantic interpretations of contemporary jazz, blues, classics, and his elegant originals.  He is one of today’s premier male jazz recording artists, soon to release his seventh album. Glen Pearson (piano), Edwin Livingston (bass),  Lorca Hart (drums), and  Charles McNeal (sax)  will join Nicolas on stage.

Multi-talented, Nicolas is a songwriter, educator, voice-over artist, and actor. Nicolas regularly sells out at SFJazz Center, Yoshi’s Jazz Club, Blue Note Napa, Smoke and Birdland in NY, Jazz Café in London, and Hermann’s in Victoria, Canada. He has performed on 4 continents and has been a highly sought-out solo artist and front-man at International Jazz festivals including Monterey Jazz, North Sea, Montreaux, Stuttgart and Burghausen, San Jose Jazz and the Vancouver Folk Festival. He has appeared in numerous stage plays and several feature films including Final Analysis with Richard Gere and True Crime with Clint Eastwood as well as popular TV shows, Nash Bridges and Monk.

All About Jazz says, : “When Nicolas Bearde’s soulful and affecting baritone sits atop impeccably tailored arrangements of sterling standards, the results are absolutely stunning!” Tickets are available at www.cvartsfoundation.org or call510-889-8961.