Sat 11/8 @ 7PM
Cleveland vocalist Carol Leslie, imported from Scotland, is a regular at the BOP Stop, bringing her large repertoire of jazz, R&B and pop tunes, both contemporary and classics from the Great American Songbook. Her diverse influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Cleo Laine, Sarah Vaughan, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross and Frank Sinatra, and even Lady Gaga. Her most recent CD, Live at the BOP STOP, showcases her strengths: live renditions of tunes such as Billie Holiday’s “Fine and Mellow,” Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” the Beatles’ “We Can Work It Out” and the sultry bossa nova hit from 1964, “The Girl from Ipanema.”
She’s back at the old stomping grounds this Saturday with a show that will features tunes by Fitzgerald, Vaughan, Judy Collins, Nancy Wilson, the Beatles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, David Bowie and more.
She’ll be joined by her loyal sidekick, Ed Ridley Jr., on keyboards and her usual drummer Ricky Exton, as well as Jim Cirillo on saxophone, and a newcomer to her backing band: 20-year-old bassist Julia McLennon, a product of the noted Tri-C jazz Academy and a current student at Kent State, who filled in at the last minute for Leslie’s last BOP STOP show.
She’s also promising “guest vocalists to add pizzazz.” Get your tickets now here. You can also listen online at the BOP STOP’s YouTube channel.