Sherry Alves & Bryn Roberts
The following description comes from the event organizer.
Sherry Alves, Vocals
Bryn Roberts, Piano
Join the Sherry Alves for dinner and music on August 18. Alves is known for her curation of unique of musical experience that draw from classic and contemporary American music
Sherry’s performances are an exploration of the great songwriters and storytellers of the past and present. Her clear tone and improvisatory vocal approach create fresh and nuanced musical experiences. Her debut album You Can Have Him was released in 2011 on Teal Creek Records. She is also the featured vocalist on Brazilian composer and pianist, Cassio Vianna’s 2013 record Letters to Grace: A Song Cycle.
Sherry performs regularly in the Portland area, and has shared the bandstand with Mel Brown, George Colligan, Christopher Woitach, Keller Coker, Dan Balmer, and many more. Sherry’s performances blend a variety of jazz and contemporary styles, and she is in a rare category of vocalists who regularly sing in Portuguese. As a founding member of the American Metropole Orchestra, she arranged for and performed with the likes of Allen Toussaint, Lizz Wright, Martha Reeves, Jose James, Kurt Elling, Dave Frishberg, and Lynn Anderson. At the University of Northern Colorado, she shared the stage with the New York Voices and Aubrey Logan as a member of the Downbeat Award-winning vocal ensemble Vocal Lab, under the direction of Kerry Marsh. In 2018, she was a backup singer for Sara Bareilles at the Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C.