Carr performs Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon

GRANTHAM — Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon (JOSA) will feature vocalist Amanda Carr,  Boston-based jazz artist, on March 25, to the Center at Eastman in Grantham.

Carr began her musical career as a teen-age vocalist and pianist in the rock and pop genre, performing in Boston night clubs, and later turned to jazz and big band, offering fresh interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Carr has been a guest vocalist with Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops, and with such name big bands as The Artie Shaw Orchestra, Harry James Band and the Glenn Miller Orchestra, as well as a headline artist at EuroJazz Festival in Italy, along with James Moody and George Mraz.

JOSA shows are held at the Center at Eastman in Grantham, from 4 to 7 p.m., with doors opening at 3 p.m. A bistro menu and full beverage selection is offered during all performances by Bistro Nouveau. For a full schedule of JOSA events, visit www.josajazz.com.

 Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for seniors (62 and over) and students (17 and under). Reservations are recommended. Call the Wightsteeple Box Office at (603) 763-8732 or (603)381-1662 (cell); email [email protected] or visit www.josajazz.com. For reservations after 2 p.m. on the day of the show, please call the venue at (603) 863.8000. 

 Carr created and headlined a successful cross-country tour show, “A Tribute to Peggy Lee,” which sold out 30 dates. She has also composed and performed music for two PBS documentaries, “The Story of Golf,” which received an Emmy Nomination, and “Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History.” Carr’s most ambitious project, a big band album called “Common Thread,” debuted on the top of multiple jazz best-seller charts and in the top 50 on Billboard. She was named Best Jazz Artist in 2010 by the Boston Music Awards and received the New England Music Awards’ Top Jazz Act prize in 2012.

“No matter in what genre Amanda is performing, she brings and excitement and energy to the stage and a vibrant connection to her audience,” notes The Boston Herald. “She is an entertainer of the first degree.”