Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville: My True Story

by C. Michael Bailey
February 6, 2013

My True Story is New Orleans royalty Aaron Neville's first recording in three years and his first for Blue Note Records. Most recently, Neville has been covering familiar territory with I Know I've Been Changed (EMI Gospel, 2010), Bring It On Home... The Soul Classics (Burgundy, 2006), Christmas Prayer (EMI Gospel, 2005) and Nature Boy: The Standards Album (Verve, 2003). He continues this trend with his sincere and heartfelt homage to doo-wop, My True Story. Like Ray Charles and Van ...

Aaron Neville: My True Story

by Chris May
January 14, 2013

Singer Aaron Neville cut his teeth on doo-wop--a prominent sound of black urban American from the late 1940s through the start of the 1960s--as a teenager in New Orleans. Fashions change, and Neville went on to make his name in funk and soul. In 1985, he made a brief doo-wop touchdown with the EP Orchid In The Storm, since rereleased on Hyena Records. On My True Story, Neville's Blue Note debut, co-produced by label president Don Was and Rolling Stones ...

Aaron Neville & Branford Marsalis Added To NOJO 10 Anniversary At Carnegie Hall

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
September 25, 2012

THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA, FEATURING IRVIN MAYFIELD AND SPECIAL GUESTS AARON NEVILLE, BRANFORD MARSALIS, DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER AND OTHERS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS, ONE NIGHT AT CARNEGIE HALL OCTOBER 8, 8:00 PM This Carnegie Hall debut is part of THE NOJO 10 concert series celebrating the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s 10th anniversary with 10 signature Jazz events from September through December, 2012 NEW YORK, NY: New Orleans, the colorful Crescent City, is the birthplace of jazz, and 10 years ago ...
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Aaron Neville - I Know I've Been Changed (2010)

Source: Something Else!
March 7, 2011

By Nick DeRiso With a voice that's axiomatically compared with winged messengers from God, Aaron Neville's gospel records ought to form the cornerstone of his resume, right? Instead, the New Orleans singing legend's two previous attempts felt too forced, like being dragged into church. Not this one. Neville, paired with producer Joe Henry (Elvis Costello; Rodney Crowell; Allen Toussaint, who adds a calling-card back-pew soul at the piano), offers 13 new recordings of timeless hymns on I Know I've Been ...
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Monmouth University's Performing Arts Series to Present Aaron Neville

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2006

Who: Monmouth University's Performing Arts Series

What: Aaron Neville at POLLAK THEATRE - JUST ANNOUNCED

Where: Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898

When: Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006, 8:00 p.m.

Tickets: Tickets are on sale!

Cost: Contact Box Office for individual and group rates, or buy online at http://www.monmouth.edu/arts. Box Office: 732-263-6889

West Long Branch, NJ - Monmouth University's Performing Arts Series is proud to present one of the most treasured voices in music of ...
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Take 6 & Aaron Neville Record Louis Armstrong Classic--Proceeds to Benefit New Orleans Charity

Source: All About Jazz
March 16, 2006

Ten-time Grammy winning sextet Take 6 have partnered with legendary song stylist Aaron Neville to record the 1946 Louis Armstrong classic, “Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans."

For 60 days beginning March 7, the song will only be available through the online digital download site, iTunes, and the artists' share of the proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit Neville's favorite charity, New Orleans area Habitat for Humanity. Following its run on iTunes, the ...
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