The intimate banquet remodeled into an impromptu jam session on the Glen Centre's jazzy membership.
Celeb deejay and Go the Mic guru DJ Cassidy posted up at Herb Alpert’s jazzy Vibrato Grill on Monday evening in Los Angeles for a birthday bash that featured Cassidy passing the microphone in individual to some R&B legends.
The impromptu session noticed Thelma Houston sing “Don’t Depart Me This Manner,” Shalamar’s Howard Hewett end up “Night time To Keep in mind, Shanice ship her traditional “I Love Your Smile,” Meli’sa Morgan on “Fools Paradise” and Chante Moore with “Now That Love’s Taken Over.”
El Debarge then stunned Cassidy on the piano with a rendition Stevie Marvel’s “Glad Birthday” adopted by a efficiency of the smash “Rhythm Of The Night time” accompanied by a band led by musical director Adam Blackstone. Debarge closed the night with Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “Ain’t Nothing Like The Actual Factor” after he invited all of the musicians within the room to hitch him within the highlight.
These making the rounds and sipping on cocktails by D’ussé included New Version stars Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell and Johnny Gill, Anthony Andersen, Russell Simmons, Elijah Kelly, membership promoter Allison Melnick, Mark Birnbaum, Legendary Damon, DJ M.O.S., Goldfinger and Steve Rifkind, amongst others.
This 12 months’s celebration adopted a 2021 bash for Cassidy’s birthday on the Beverly Hills Lodge’s Polo Lounge and each captured the spirit of his viral sensation Go the Mic. The pandemic experiment turned TV collection has featured music superstars performing a few of their greatest hits earlier than passing the mic to their friends to do the identical. Greater than 200 have appeared to date together with Chaka Khan, Nile Rodgers, Patti Labelle, Run DMC, LL Cool J, Salt N Pepa, TLC, Boyz II Males, Missy Elliot, Wyclef Jean, Nelly, Ja Rule, Ashanti and Shaggy to call just some.
