Montour Alum to Perform Pittsburgh-Inspired Jazz at Upcoming Benefit
Jazz vocalist Lisa Ferraro will perform next month at the August Wilson Center.
For five years, Kennedy Township native Lisa Ferraro sang jazz on Friday nights at the James Street Pub on Pittsburgh's Northside. "(James Street Pub) had jazz and blues six nights a week. And if you aren't cutting as a performer, they won't be as flexible," Ferraro said of the crowds that would gather at the bar, a staple in Pittsburgh's jazz scene. "The thing about Pittsburgh is people aren't afraid to be honest with you," Ferraro said. Ferraro, who has etched a name for herself as a jazz vocalist, left the Pittsburgh region in 2009 to pursue her music career on the West Coast. "The more I travel, the more I appreciate Pittsburgh," she said. "The way it's been able to reinvent itself when so many other cities haven't is really a …
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