The Black Creatures ~ Eclipse feat. Glenn North ~ Royalettes Vinyl Club

1221 Union Avenue,Kansas City MO 64101

23 July, 2022

Description

Showtime 9p | $10 Admission | 21+ Only The Black Creatures lead the show and bring in very special guests, award-winning KC poet Glenn North backed up by the Eclipse Trio. DJ Scotty Wu fills out the show for an amazing night of mind-altering consciousness-raising. THE BLACK CREATURES Representing the strange land of Kansas City, Missouri, Jade Green and Xavier began working together around the end of 2013 with no more than the intention to collaborate on just a few songs. They couldn’t stop and eventually dubbed the project The Black Creatures. They both write and perform vocals, with Xavier at the helm of production and composition. The Black Creatures make a point to blur the lines of genre while maintaining a recognizable cohesion; often times blending contemporary styles of pop, hip-hop, dance, R&B, EDM and soul with cinematic and storytelling sci-fi/fantasy elements and themes. With the complex approach The Black Creatures take to their work, fans young and old have consistently regarded their performances as surprisingly gripping and intensely enchanting. Jade Green pulls no punches! They have a vocal background in opera and a penchant for theatrics, and both are the foundation of their ever evolving approach to writing and performing in The Black Creatures. While the instrumentals may set the tone for the show, Jade’s voice captivates the audience from beginning to end. Xavier lays the groundwork… Originally a violinist, Xavier unfurled into a producer and vocalist, maintaining the same air of intrigue and mystery throughout his compositions and performances in The Black Creatures. ECLIPSE featuring GLENN NORTH Mixing elements of jazz, funk, rhythm, and blues, and gospel, Eclipse takes listeners on a contemporary R&B auditory journey unlike any other. Kansas City jazz greats share their smooth, contemporary, and innovative sound. The Kansas City-based Eclipse Trio is known for taking standards and well-known rhythm and blues and giving them new and inventive treatments. The performance features Everett Freeman on vocals and piano, DeAndré Manning on bass, and Michael Warren on drums. Eclipse members have a combined 75 years in the music business, performing for audiences and teaching the art of music-making and music history to young artists across the globe. Each Eclipse member has a catalog of recorded music as leaders and sidemen for national and international artists. Glenn North is an award-winning poet, activist, educator, and arts executive based in Kansas City. He is executive director at the Bruce A. Watkins Cultural Center and previously served at the American Jazz Museum and Black Archives of Kansas City/Mid-America. North earned his master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with his thesis, “Pro-Black Prosody." He also conducts workshops on ekphrastic poetry, how to use poetry to address social justice issues and self-empowerment for disenfranchised students through reflective poetry.