Ann Rabson has been playing and singing the blues professionally since 1962. Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women--along with Gaye Adegbalola and Andra Faye--she also performs solo and with various other bands. The year 2000 marked Ann's fourth nomination for a W.C. Handy Award as Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year (she was also nominated in 1998, 1995 and 1989).

Ann has toured Belgium, Holland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil with Saffire, and Canada both with Saffire and with Jackson Delta. She has made two solo European tours; in 1998 she toured Europe with piano legend Erwin Helfer and played a week-long solo engagement at the Jazz Club of Hong Kong.

Performance Dates: June 11, 2000