- >> ((homepage)) >> [/atlanta-events|events]
- >> music
- >> live music
- >> Mindi Abair at City Winery
Mindi Abair at City Winery
CL RECOMMENDS
CRITIC’S PICK:
Mon. Sept. 22
Mindi Abair, City Winery — Jazz saxist Abair moved into blues and soul territory when she had the Boneshakers as her backing band for a few years, but has returned to a slicker, more R&B style on her new album, Based on a True Story. Singers Kenny Lattimore and Delisha Thomas helped with the vocals on the release, yet they aren’t touring with her, Abair opting for a band that strips the backing down to a tough four-piece. Her sound falls between the smoother side of Grover Washington and a more edgy King Curtis style. When the group digs into a deep funk groove like on the current release’s “The Rundown,” she can really burn. — Hal Horowitz
From the venue:
During her remarkable 24-year recording career, saxophonist/vocalist Mindi Abair has garnered 2 GRAMMY nominations, recorded with some of the biggest names in music, and built a substantial following among jazz and blues audiences with her soaring melodies and powerhouse style. In 2014, Mindi received her first GRAMMY nomination in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category for Summer Horns with Dave Koz, Richard Elliot and Gerald Albright, followed by a 2015 GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for her solo LP Wild Heart featuring the late Gregg Allman, Joe Perry, Trombone Shorty, Booker T. Jones, Keb’ Mo’, and Max Weinberg.
You might know her as the featured saxophonist on American Idol, sitting in with Paul Shaffer on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, or from moonlighting on tour with Duran Duran or Aerosmith. As a solo artist, she has consistently topped the Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Blues charts. In 2018, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers won 8 Independent Blues Awards including Artist of the Year, and an Independent Music Award for Best Blues Song Fan Award for “Pretty Good For A Girl” featuring Joe Bonamassa. They won the 2019 LA Critics Award for Best Holiday Album for All I Got For Christmas Is The Blues. And in 2019, 2020 and 2021 Mindi was nominated by the Blues Music Awards as the Best Instrumentalist: Horn.
Mindi Abair at City Winery | 09/22/2025 8:00 PM