Tonight I went to see Valerie Simpson at the Razz Room in SF. All I can say is - she is simply incredible! She said that her and Nick were previously scheduled to perform this date and due to circumstances, the owner of the club talked her into doing the date anyway. Valerie is an extraordinary talent and I'm glad to have to chance to see her up close. The show was a tribute to her late husband, Nick Ashford and at some points in the show it got a little emotional but then she took us to another level. Both of her daughters were there - one singing and the other flew in for the show. The surprise for me was, she has a new project out in which she did a couple of songs from that she said was finished and they put it on the shelf. . she went back to it and has a couple of duets, one with Nina Simone and one with Roberta Flack. I tell you she let us have it!! LOL. She also has a website http://valeriesimpson.net which is very nice. God Bless You Valerie!!