Presented by:

Tai Allen
with Ian Forde & Emanuel Ruffler

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The Blues and Jazz are foundational to modern music, The Color of Blues
honors the roots; examines the classics & forgotten b-sides; and, celebrates today’s music.
A Blues and Jazz show that is NOT above making your dance — feet or chair.
Not above making your sway or stare at solo, with your ears..

Contact: [email protected] . 718.508.2680

IDEA: The Color of Blues brings together friends who love great music and believe in the legacy of jazz and blues. Our singers & musicians are not content with mimicking earlier eras. The three committed to being inspired by the past while adding their own secret sauces. 

The Color of Blues is a concert that weaves through ages using songs as highlights and observations of our story in America. Our story as a Diaspora:

Lead singing
Background singing
Playing instruments
Rocking as a band
Rocking the crowd
Beautiful solos
Giving context
Showing clips
Asking questions and
inviting the audience to share their experiences
And… Maybe their voices and vibes!

The Color Of Blues will execute a 60, 90 or 120 minute show, with a passion & energy. It is a band with singers, ready to deliver hot jazz to gospel to soul to electric blues to nu jazz. 

PERSONNEL 

Vocals:

Tai Allen, Ian Forde with guests from Tennessee and South!

Band:

Piano, Bass, Sax, Drums, Keys/Organ, Trumpet
MD: Emanuel Ruffler and Ian Forde

Awareness:

– Four to six weeks of IG, FB, Twitter and LinkedIn boosted content

– Local press and calendaring

– Limited hand-to-hand flyering: approximated 1000 postcards

– Partnering and working with local talent, to bolster the program and tell a story only the immense talent of Nashville can speak to

TAI ALLEN is an ideal example of an artist who possesses the ability, ingenuity and the passion that drives him to succeed. 

Bio.

Tai Allen loves basketball. Sterling Brown. Oscar Brown. Roy Ayers. King Tubby. Kevin McHale. Aretha Franklin. Things Fall Apart (both the book and Roots’ LP). Kids. Renaldo. Jeter. 2001 Yankees. 2001 Nets. 2012 Giants. Chef Curry.

Gelato not ice cream. Jerk Chicken, made on a drum. Oscar Wilde. Brad Pitt. Octavia Butler. Rakim. Jigga not Shawn Carter. Roti… Veggie and Chicken. Poetry. (Sometimes) Parenting. Blogs on technology or sports or politics. Sitting in the sun, somewhere near a body of water.

Tai Allen adores Brooklyn, Yonkers and Black/Brown communities. The jazz singing poet has a penchant for fighting oppression and curating experiences that highlight the beauty and wonders of the communities he loves. 

Music.
Past Shows.
  • BAMcafe (Brooklyn)
  • Apollo Theater Music Cafe (NYC)
  • Hayti Center (Durham)
  • American Jazz Museum (KC)
  • First Saturday at Brooklyn Museum
  • Jazz Cafe (Detroit)
  • The Betsy (Miami)
  • Indie Soul Fest (Springfield)
  • Downtown Brooklyn Festival
  • American Poetry Museum (DC)
  • The Nash (Phoenix)

More Videos.
A gift from us to you…

We are a band with opinions. And, so we craft a monthly playlist of great music. Tunes that inspire and move us. And, these tunes are directly borne from the jazz, blues and soul traditions.

Of course we think tracks 2, 5 and 9 are the best!

– Apple Music – https://bit.ly/alljazzapple
– Spotify – https://bit.ly/alljazzspotify
– YouTube – https://bit.ly/alljazzyoutube
– SoundCloud – https://bit.ly/alljazzsoundcloud