Name: Gabrielle Cavassa ( 2 SHOWS )
Start: 2025-10-18T18:30:00-05:00
Location: Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
:: 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮 ::
6:30 & 8:30 Show
Gabrielle Cavassa is a singer. “Her voice gets under your skin,” writes Stereophile, “It is idiosyncratic, but it is trustworthy in its clarity and almost physical in its intimacy… her intuitive interpretations and riveting voice make you sit very still in your chair.”
Cavassa won the International Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal competition in 2021 after the independent release of her eponymous debut record in 2020. She was ushered into the spotlight through her collaboration with renowned saxophonist Joshua Redman on his 2023 record ‘where are we’. In a five-star album review by Downbeat, Cavassa is hailed as “a young singer with a deep, rich, and fragile voice…a star in the making.”
Born in Escondido California of Italian descent, Cavassa began obsessively listening to records from a young age. Largely self-taught, she developed a unique approach to singing that would characterize her later success. Cavassa received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Francisco State University, but says that her “real education” came from playing San Francisco jazz clubs throughout her college years. In 2017, Cavassa moved to New Orleans, which shaped and deepened her relationship to storytelling and the blues. She created her first studio record in New Orleans alongside producer and drummer Jamison Ross. In 2023, following the release of ‘where are we’, Cavassa began touring with the Joshua Redman Group, a collection of several of today’s most exciting young players that has performed extensively across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Downbeat writes that Cavassa’s work with Redman “evokes another, historic saxophone-vocal pairing, that of Lester Young and Billie Holiday.” Like Holiday, who she cites as her greatest teacher, Cavassa’s expression contains a vulnerability that reaches at the crux of our humanity. Her performance and songwriting are steeped in sensuality, melancholy, humor, and soul.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟲/𝟭. 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻-𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝟲/𝟭𝟬.