JJ Thames @ Rhino Jazz

Jennifer Jenesis Thames: Vocals
Yann Cuyeu: Guitar
Cedric Legoff: Keyboard
Antoine Escalier: Bass
Fabrice Bessouat: Drums
A tenacity that commands respect, for a destiny that is like a fairy tale. The astonishing career of Jennifer Jenesis Thames indeed gives the measure of her strong personality, or how a young black American from the working-class neighborhoods of Detroit will end up registering her first album "Tell you what I know" at the top-ten of the US Billboard. in 2014. In the city headquarters of General Motors ravaged by the crisis in the automotive industry, but also the cradle of Motown - a sign! - the singer trained at the age of 9 in classical and jazz before moving to the Mississippi where his father will become a pastor. She made her debut there with some legends of the blues before leaving to try her luck in New York. A galley that will make her homeless before she is spotted singing in the subway. The real scenes will then follow when J.J Thames becomes a backing vocalist for big groups such as Fishbone, Israel Vibrations or Bad Brains. His winning return to the South will materialize thanks to the bluesman Gladys Champion who signs his first successful opus. Listening to her, we obviously think of figures such as Phyllis Hyman, Etta James or Tina Turner, soul divas of whom she also offers a few covers with the rage of those who give everything with sincere generosity.