Barbara King and The Spirit of Jazz Holiday Special

Comparisons to Sarah Vaughan follow Barbara King, a jazz and inspirational singer from Brooklyn who now makes her home in Sarasota. In New York she sang at Birdland, the Iridium, Jazz Standard and Minton's, worked with Rufus Reid, Patti LaBelle and Kirk Franklin, and co-owned the Hell's Kitchen club The Sound Bite, where she was musical director. Her debut, Perfect Timing, includes four originals and a band featuring trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater, pianist Arturo O'Farrill, drummer Carl Allen and the late flutist Dave Valentin. Her Spirit of Jazz show returns to Fogartyville in a holiday edition.