Jean Carn and Norman Connors
Keystone Korner
Baltimore, MD
September 10, 2022
By Maja Rios
The Concert celebrated 50th year anniversary of beloved Jazz club, Keystone Korner originally located in San Francisco, California in 1972, where these artists performed back then. New Starship Orchestra included members Duke Jones, trumpet, Ed Bacchus, Tenor Sax, Gregg Rich, piano, Jean Carn vocals,
Norman Connors, vocals, producer, arranger. My favorite song of the night was the opening instrumental, World is a Ghetto, a more funky and jazzy version ,than the original by War.The band was tight and soulful.
A walk down memory lane, for songs of 70s and 80s sung by Jean and Norman, followed on songs such as Valentine Love, You Are My Starship,
Closer Than Close, Creator Has a Matter Plan, sung by Norman, and others. Jean proved herself a great entertainer/ storyteller throughout much of the set, even though her vocal ” chops” were not quite what they were, she still sounded very soulful.
I absolutely enjoyed this lineup, and as Todd Barkan, owner and host of this great establishment says,” Take care of the music, and the music will take care of you!”
