High Energy Jazz, Spirituals at New Horizon

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"Having the show mixed up keeps it moving. Some of the songs will be sang a cappella and some will have the fiver-piece band behind them," [Levi Barcourt] said. "I like using all aspects of sound. That changes the spectrum a lot. That's what I wanted to bring to the spectrum: unpredictability."

"That brought a curiosity to me and I said there's something more there than what I've been doing for the last three or four years. It was like something gave ale an ipjection," Barcourt continued. "There was a thirst and a quest to find out what that was and it brought an incredible connection to music. No one had to ask me to practice music ever again."

"As I was formulating the show, I pondered over who Would fit this role or that role," Barcourt said. "I also had to see who was available and as I called them all I felt like Jesus choosing his disciples. When he asked them, everyone came aboard for this prefect."

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High Energy Jazz, Spirituals at New Horizon

If music by Jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane or Charlie Parker mates you tap your toes and pop your fingers, then "The Jazz Revue Mixed with Gospel and Negro Spirituals featuring Levi Barcourt," a concert being presented by New Horizon Theater, I...

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