Parks & Recreation

Soul in the City Jazz Experience: Yvette Norwood-Tiger

Yvette Norwood-Tiger | Jazz 
Black and white closeup of Yvette Norwood-Tiger singing into a microphone

Yvette Norwood-Tiger, an award-wining international jazz vocalist and the founder/director of Palm Beach International Jazz Festival is a Detroit, Michigan native whose vocal styling and texture are often compared to that of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. In addition to jazz standards, her repertoire includes the Great American Songbook, bebop, and Latin jazz.

Yvette performs internationally at historic jazz venues and has performed at sold out/standing room only concerts at Royal Albert Hall in London, England; Cape Town, South Africa; Berlin, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Havana, Cuba, as well as various venues in New Jersey, New York (Birdland), Florida and Michigan (Cliff Bells). Yvette is an award recipient of the 2022 Cultural Council for Palm Beach County - Artist Innovation Fellowship. Close your eyes while listening to her music and let the sultry sounds of Yvette Norwood-Tiger take you to a place where jazz was the most celebrated American music genre.

Tickets are general admission only. There is no reserved seating at this event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This event is brought to you by the City of West Palm Beach and the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority. For more information on this Jazz Experience, please visit www.DowntownWPB.com/Jazz.

 

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