Denise Perrier was a jazz vocalist beloved throughout the US, Europe, Russia and in her last years a great favorite in Cuba. Tonight you’ll hear many of the Bay Area’s greatest Jazz musicians celebrate her life.

Born in Louisiana and raised in the Bay Area, she was known for more than her beautiful voice, you felt the emotion of her songs. One of her Cuban musicians put it best – “Yes, she has a beautiful voice but it is more than that. It is her alma that you feel: her soul!” Denise was in the studio just months before her death at 82. A rare disease affected her vocal cords, her lungs, her heart, there was an oxygen tank in the studio. But she was determined to record a last CD and was excited, to record with some old friends like George Cables, Tammy Hall and Marcus Shelby and with some new ones like Howard Wiley.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

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