Hello Jazz Weekend!

Amber was beyond excited to embark on her first international jazz tour in July 2018 with Skip Wilkins.  She was featured in various international news articles and TV interviews while performing in the Czech Republic.  See one here and read its translation below.“

Americans Were the Stars of Jazz Weekend

The Slovácko region hosted the first European performance of the talented Amber Emerson. Fans of jazz in our region waited again for [the annual] Jazz Weekend, again hosted in the Slovácko region in this the nineteenth year. Once again the highlight of the weekend was the MainStage concert, thanks to which the courtyard of the Jesuit College in Uherské Hradiště was filled with fans of this musical genre and specific lifestyle. Long a regular here and again for the umpteenth time, American musician Skip Wilkins was featured. Accompanying him were drummer Tomáš Hobzek and double bassist Tomáš Baroš. Skip Wilkins brought the talented singer Amber Emerson with him from the United States. “She is my most talented student, who graduated from Moravian College in the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,” Skip Wilkins revealed concerning the nineteen-year-old [sic] singer. In addition to this group, the Freeland group was also featured during the MainStage concert, as well as František Uhlíř Team with another foreign guest, Lee Andrew Davison.Slovácko is a region crossing borders with the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria, where there are similar cultures and especially wine. Uherské Hradiště is the main regional city of this region, located in the southeast of the Czech Republic, close to the Slovak border." Published July 24, 2018 in the newspaper “Dobrý Den”, concerning the performance on July 20th. 

(Sometimes you only have a minute to take a band picture, so phone calls are welcome! Gig life!)