EVERETT — They sing, they dance, they tell jokes and they celebrate the 1960s, a time when the popular music coming out of Detroit (Motor Town or Motown) was tops on the charts.
The Ernest Pumphrey Revue performs Friday at the Historic Everett Theatre, where music of that era has a welcoming home.
Ernest Pumphrey Sr. is the producer and choreographer of the revue. Seattle native Ernest Pumphrey Jr. is best known for his vocals, but he’s also a drummer, bassist, pianist and trumpet player.
Josephine Howell hails from Chicago but she’s performed across the country and abroad. Makini Magee, well known at Seattle’s Jazz Alley, has worked with Wynton Marsalis and many other jazz greats. Seattle native okanomode is a performance artist, composer, poet and dancer.
Tiffany Wilson, raised in the musical landscape of Memphis, Tennessee, has a soprano voice that projects vintage R&B.
Keyboardist Mark Cardenas has played on albums by Prince, Janet Jackson and others. He is a teacher.
The group’s theatrical show is fine for all ages.
If you go
Ernest Pumphrey’s 1960s and Motown Revue is at 8 p.m. Sept. 25, Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. Tickets are $30 to $45. Call 425-258-6766.
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