Monnette Sudler & "Ladies Night Out" brings down house

Last Saturday night, Monette Sudler and her band “Ladies Night Out” played a rousing jazz concert to a full house at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration (UUCR) on Stenton Avenue in North West Philadelphia.
The concert was part of Philadelphia’s Official Jazz Appreciation Month in April.

“Ladies Night Out” includes Lynn Riley on saxophone and flute, Noriko Kamo or Organ and Luciana Padmore on drums. “Ladies Night Out” played mostly original compositions -- including one called “Transitions” and another called “Thankful.”

It was a big weekend at Restoration with guest minister, African American UU historian and author Mark Morrison-Reed was also at the church for a reading, workshop and as a guest minister. He also gave the sermon at the morning service at the Unitarian Society of Germantown on Lincoln Drive in Philadelphia. To read my Huff Post piece that mentions Mark’s most recent book The Selma Awakening, How the Civil Rights Movement Tested and Changed Unitarian Universalism, (2014, Skinner House Books), click here.

UUCR’s monthly jazz vespers will continue on Sunday afternoon May 17th at 4:30 pm 6900 Stenton Avenue (at Gorgas Lane) Philadelphia, PA 19150 with Gaille Hunter on vocals and pianist Andy Trackman. For more information -- www.uurestoration.us

For more pictures of “Ladies Night Out,” click here.