Emme Kemp's guest appearances

Emme Kemp

Musicwoman Live!

Rainbow Soul 

Thomas Paine

Liz Wolfe

Carrie Fisher

Mary Wilson

Jeannie Cheatham

Michael Green

Vivian Reed

Valerie Romanoff

Jesse Jones

Catherine Austin Fitts

Ruben Studdard

James Hall

Dread Scott

Kat Riggins

Kenny Lattimore

OwlTail

Emmelyne Kemp was born in Chicago. She is a pianist, vocalist, bandleader, Broadway composer, actress, lecturer, and an American music researcher. She is a protégé of Eubie Blake. She is best known as a Broadway composer and actor for Bubbling Brown Sugar. Eubie Blake chose her to record his music on his EBM label. She performed her original songs on THE GUIDING LIGHT and CAPTAIN KANGAROO, appeared on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT and OH BOY, BABIES! on NBC. In Woody Allen's film, SWEET AND LOWDOWN, Emme is shown in jam session scenes with Sean Penn. She has appeared in Dick Hyman's Jazz in July series at the 92nd Street Y, the Schomberg Center's Women in Jazz Festival, and received an Audelco Pioneer Award for her theatre contributions.This former piano prodigy, three-year military woman and international artist was commissioned through the Chicago Defender to create her Echoes Out of Time theatre piece, received a National Endowment for the Arts award as well as awards from IWJ and the NAB&amp;P Women.An American music researcher, Ms. Kemp studied at Northwestern University, Berklee College of Music and New York University. She played at Carnegie Hall with the NYU Jazz Ensemble under Jimmy Giuffre and has appeared on numerous college campuses and at festivals. Emme's lectures and writings form a significant overview of popular culture."...one of the most accomplished female multitalented artists in the business." - BALTIMORE SUNhttp://wijsf.orgEmme Kemp

Emmelyne Kemp was born in Chicago. She is a pianist, vocalist, bandleader, Broadway composer, actress, lecturer, and an American music researcher. She is a protégé of Eubie Blake. She is best known as a Broadway composer and actor for Bubbling Brown Sugar.  Eubie Blake chose her to record his music on his EBM label. She performed her original songs on THE GUIDING LIGHT and CAPTAIN KANGAROO, appeared on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT and OH BOY, BABIES! on NBC. In Woody Allen's film, SWEET AND LOWDOWN, Emme is shown in jam session scenes with Sean Penn. She has appeared in Dick Hyman's Jazz in July series at the 92nd Street Y, the Schomberg Center's Women in Jazz Festival, and received an Audelco Pioneer Award for her theatre contributions. This former piano prodigy, three-year military woman and international artist was commissioned through the Chicago Defender to create her Echoes Out of Time theatre piece, received a National Endowment for the Arts award as well as awards from IWJ and the NAB&amp;P Women. An American music researcher, Ms. Kemp studied at Northwestern University, Berklee College of Music and New York University. She played at Carnegie Hall with the NYU Jazz Ensemble under Jimmy Giuffre and has appeared on numerous college campuses and at festivals. Emme's lectures and writings form a significant overview of popular culture. "...one of the most accomplished female multitalented artists in the business." - BALTIMORE SUN <a href="http://wijsf.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wijsf.org</a> Emme Kemp

Emme Kemp Composer

Deardra Shuler's guest is the legendary Emme Kemp. Kemp was a child prodigy who grew up with the gospel and blues of Chicago.  The protege of Eubie Blake, she recorded with the ragtime piano man.  She performed a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall. Played at Josephine Baker's Welcome Back Party after Ms Baker's 1972 appearance at Carnegie Hall, the Waldorf, venues in Japan and her beloved Harlem. And in Monte Carlo before Princess Grace.  Most recently she delighted listeners at the Jackie Robinson Recreation Center in Manhattan for Black History month. When Ms Kemp lived in California she coached under the eminent pianist Egon Petri. Her Jazz anthology is classic to modern.Emme appeared in Woody Allen's movie "Sweet &amp; Lowdown, starring Sean Penn," on college campuses, gave her overview on popular culture through her lectures, poetry and writings, paid tribute to the music of Harold Arlen, Gershwin and Ellington on her album "Try a Little Tenderness," composed the original song Bubbling Brown Sugar for Broadway and has played piano for and acted in the productions, Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope, Bubbling Brown Sugar and Lorraine Hansberry's musical "Raisin.  Her deep spirituality has given Ms Kemp a compassion that is the lifespring of her music.  (Group photo by Janet Solesky); Film clip credit: Angela Viscido, Eclectrix, Inc.  https://vimeo.com/395278798

Deardra Shuler's guest is the legendary Emme Kemp. Kemp was a child prodigy who grew up with the gospel and blues of Chicago.  The protege of Eubie Blake, she recorded with the ragtime piano man.  She performed a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall. Played at Josephine Baker's Welcome Back Party after Ms Baker's 1972 appearance at Carnegie Hall, the Waldorf, venues in Japan and her beloved Harlem. And in Monte Carlo before Princess Grace.  Most recently she delighted listeners at the Jackie Robinson Recreation Center in Manhattan for Black History month. When Ms Kemp lived in California she coached under the eminent pianist Egon Petri. Her Jazz anthology is classic to modern. Emme appeared in Woody Allen's movie "Sweet &amp; Lowdown, starring Sean Penn," on college campuses, gave her overview on popular culture through her lectures, poetry and writings, paid tribute to the music of Harold Arlen, Gershwin and Ellington on her album "Try a Little Tenderness," composed the original song Bubbling Brown Sugar for Broadway and has played piano for and acted in the productions, Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope, Bubbling Brown Sugar and Lorraine Hansberry's musical "Raisin.  Her deep spirituality has given Ms Kemp a compassion that is the lifespring of her music.   (Group photo by Janet Solesky); Film clip credit: Angela Viscido, Eclectrix, Inc.  <a href="https://vimeo.com/395278798" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/395278798</a>

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