New releases

  • Hohnen Ford: Chet Baker Re:Imagined

    11th April 2025

    London based singer songwriter Hohnen Ford releases new single from genre-spanning project marking 70 years since the release of seminal jazz album Chet Baker Sings. I Get Along Without You Very Well 

    “Hohnen Ford conjures a timeless feel in her music, somehow capable of both expressing the universal while grappling with the personal… a potent new voice” CLASH

    Chet Baker Re:imagined is released on April 11th 2025. Pre order here

    CHET BAKER RE:IMAGINED LINE-UP:

    Dodie • Matt Maltese • Hohnen Ford • mxmtoon • Matilda Mann • grentperez • Ife OgunjobiD

    Benny Sings • Stacey Ryan • Delaney Bailey • Puma Blue • Sarah Kang • Joel Culpepper • Eloise • Poppy Daniels

    Decca Records presents the latest single from the upcoming Chet Baker Re:Imagined collection. Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the legendary album Chet Baker Sings, the project celebrates Baker’s enduring legacy with a selection of reinterpretations of his timeless music through the voices of a new generation of artists.

    Following the first wave of single releases from grentperez dodie and Matt Maltese the latest offering is North London based singer-songwriter and pianist Hohnen Ford’s reimagining of “I Get Along Without You Very Well”. Ford’s tender interpretation channels Baker’s own understated style, offering a fresh yet reverent take on the classic track.

    Listen to Hohnen Ford – I Get Along Without You Very Well HERE.

    Hohnen Ford: 

    “When I first discovered Chet Baker it was quite revolutionary to me. Partly because of how beautiful his tone is and how intimate his interpretations of those songs are. And also just how effortless and melodic his improvisation is. Both his singing and his trumpet playing had a huge impact on me. And because of how much of my life he has accompanied, I think his music will always have a real sense of home to me. 

    As soon as I was asked to be a part of this project, I immediately knew what song I wanted to do. I Get Along Without You Very Well is a song that has accompanied heartbreaks in my life. And actually when I went through my first breakup as a teenager, I listened to an unaccompanied version of him singing this song obsessively. Someone had singled out his vocal take and you could hear it unaccompanied. I listened to it over and over again, and cried.”


    Chet Baker Re:Imagined features a diverse group of artists from across the world, spanning genres including R&B, pop, soul and jazz. Contributors include UK talents such as dodie, Matt Maltese, Matilda Mann, Joel Culpepper, Ife Ogunjobi, Hohnen Ford, Eloise, Poppy Daniels and Puma Blue, and international stars including Benny Sings (Netherlands), Stacey Ryan (Canada), mxmtoon (USA), Sara Kang (South Korea), and grentperez (Australia/Philippines). These artists explore Baker’s iconic melodies with fresh interpretations, blending acoustic and electronic elements, heartfelt improvisation, and richly layered production.

    Chet Baker, a pioneer of the 1950s cool jazz movement, captivated audiences with his virtuosic trumpet playing and delicate vocal style. His seminal album Chet Baker Sings introduced a new dimension to jazz with its introspective and romantic ballads. Building on the success of the Blue Note Re:Imagined series, Chet Baker Re:Imagined connects a new generation of musicians with Baker’s artistry. The album invites listeners to explore the intersections of tradition and innovation, demonstrating Baker’s timeless relevance and the creative possibilities his music continues to inspire.

    Chet Baker Re:imagined is released on Decca Records on April 11th 2025.

    Hohnen Ford website click here

    Thank you to Joe Baxter from Baxter PR for sharing with us

     Chet Baker Re:imagined Tracklisting:

    1. Silver Lining – Joel Culpepper 
    2. That Old Feeling - Eloise 
    3. I’m Old Fashioned - Sarah Kang
    4. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Hohnen Ford
    5. There Will Never Be Another You - Matilda Mann
    6. Old Devil Moon - dodie
    7. It’s Always You - Puma Blue
    8. Speak Low - Ife Ogunjobi
    9. I’ve Never Been In Love Before – Poppy Daniels
    10. Time After Time - Benny Sings
    11. Like Someone In Love - Stacy Ryan
    12. My Funny Valentine - Matt Maltese
    13. I Fall In Love Too Easily - mxmtoon
    14. But Not For Me - grentperez
    15. While My Lady Sleeps - Delaney Bailey
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  • Claire Cope: Every Journey

    7th March 2025

    British composer/pianist Claire Cope vividly expands the scale and vision of her Ensemble C on the band's sweeping and dramatic second release. Out March 7, 2025, Every Journey celebrates International Woman’s Day with gorgeous compositions inspired by pioneering women and the courage to embark on life’s adventures.

    Pre save by clicking here

    “Claire’s music is beautiful; imaginative, uplifting, thoughtful and reflective. The beauty is the subtlety; of the journey of a melody, the gently shifting sands of texture and the control of form, energy and dynamic.”  – Andy Scott, award-winning saxophonist and composer

    An oft-repeated Chinese proverb states, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Looking back from a vantage point several steps along her own proverbial journey, British composer and pianist Claire Cope came to discover that no matter how daunting a venture may become, it’s always taking that first step that requires the most courage. That realization provided the inspiration behind Every Journey, the gorgeous second album by Cope’s Ensemble C.

    Every Journey will be released on March 7, 2025, to coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8. The occasion is significant given the fount of inspiration that Cope found in the stories of intrepid women pioneers who undertook their own daring journeys. The books of writer and explorer Jacki Hill-Murphy were key resources – specifically

    Adventuresses, a compendium of stories of 18th and 19th-century female explorers, and The Extraordinary Tale of Kate Marsden, about a Victorian nurse who trekked across pre-Revolutionary Russia to find a possible cure for leprosy. Musically, the groundbreaking compositions of Maria Schneider provided a luminous north star for Cope’s own writing.

    Arriving five years after Ensemble C’s acclaimed debut, Small World, Cope’s follow-up represents significant evolutions in both the composer’s life and her musical vision. Where Small World offered Cope’s introductory statement as a composer, a path she arrived at only gradually, Every Journey is a remarkably assured expansion of that mindset. Significantly, Ensemble C has bloomed from a septet to an 11-piece group, allowing for a wealth of new colors and possibilities, of which Cope takes bold and vibrant advantage. The intricate music she’s devised for the ensemble reflects her existence in both the jazz and contemporary classical music realms. Closer to home, Cope became a mother in the interval between albums, a development that can’t help but deepen one’s insight and empathy.

    “Discovering that I am a composer and becoming a mum were both turning points in my life,” Cope says. “Then I found myself reading these stories about these inspiring, real-life characters and the music took on a sense of adventure. All of this fused together in my mind and led to my wanting to write something that was about not having limits.”

    Cope seized on the idea of expanding her ensemble immediately after recording Small World. “As a composer I really wanted to push myself,” she explains. “Then when I started writing this music about adventures and journeys, the pieces naturally felt like they required a more substantial force. Also, an eleven-piece ensemble is a bit unusual – this idea of something that is not quite a big band but something towards it was really appealing to me.”

    With the Maria Schneider Orchestra as one pillar of inspiration, Cope also looked to the mercurial sound of the early Pat Metheny Group and, closer in scale to the newly imagined Ensemble C, Michael Brecker’s Grammy-winning 2004 Quindectet album Wide Angles. While Cope’s music was inspired by these composers, it is not confined to them: her musical voice is distinct and singular. The human voice is a vital element of her writing, courtesy the typically wordless vocals of Brigitte Beraha, who also contributes lyrics to the moving song “The Birch and the Larch,” which recounts a fable called “Leprosy in Love” that Hill-Murphy incorporates into her biography of Kate Marsden.

    The album opens with the atmospheric “Every Journey (Has a Beginning),” which sets the tone for the sonic expedition to come, culminating in a quicksilver solo by guitarist Ant Law. The set is bookended by the tender “Home,” highlighted by a captivating duo between Beraha’s  and Mike Soper on flugelhorn. The soaring groove of “Flight” pays homage to Bessie Coleman, the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn her pilot’s license in the US. “Isabel” is named for one of the subjects of Adventuresses, Isabel Godin des Odonais, the first known woman to traverse the length of the Amazon River, and features percussionist Jack McCarthy along with baritone saxophonist Rob Cope, trombonist Anoushka Nanguy, and trumpeter Freddie Gavita.

    The four-piece horn section could threaten to overwhelm the balance of the ensemble, but Cope employs it nimbly, often using flugelhorn in one of the trumpet chairs and tending toward the lush rather than the powerful – as in the stirring, Kenny Wheeler-inspired chorale “The Light of the Dark.” The horns can swell and ascend when needed, however, as they do to provoke the dramatic tenor extemporizations of Matt Carmichael on “Amboseli.” The through-composed piece is named for a national park in Kenya set against the backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, the contrast of immense heights and vast plains is breathtakingly captured in Cope’s piece. The simmering rhythm laid down by Cope’s left hand, bassist Gavin Barras and drummer Jon Ormston on “That Nabongo Feeling” paint a vigorous portrait of modern-day explorer Jessica Nabongo, who recently became the first documented Black woman to visit all of the planet’s 195 countries.

    Cope describes the album as being about “courage, overcoming anxiety and finding inner peace. Everyone can relate in some way to that moment of taking a step forward in life. For me, it was about feeling comfortable in my choices as a musician and deciding to identify as a composer. Once you get past that first step, you’re on your way to where you want to go.”

    Ensemble C – Every Journey

    clairecopemusic.com

    ensemblec.bandcamp.com

    Thank you to Ann Braithwaite for sharing the press release with us.

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  • Artemis: Arboreqsue

    28th February 2025

    Artemis Announce New Studio Album Via Blue Note: Multi-award-winning collective features pianist Renee Rosnes, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, saxophonist Nicole Glover, bassist Noriko Ueda and drummer Alison Miller 

    “New York group deliver rhythmic bite and sharply defined emotional contrasts.” Financial Times

    Arboreqsue is released on 28th February 2025 Pre Order here

    Fresh off their 2nd consecutive win for “Jazz Group of the Year” in the DownBeat Readers Poll, ARTEMIS returns with their third Blue Note album ARBORESQUE out Feb. 28 featuring a new quintet line-up of the band helmed by pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes with trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, bassist Noriko Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller. A paean to the sheer joy of collaboration and creativity, the album also explores a theme of natural and environmental beauty. 

    ARBORESQUE is a vibrant 8-song set that presents original compositions by each of the band members as well as Rosnes arrangements of pieces by Wayne Shorter (‘Footprints’), Burt Bacharach (‘What the World Needs Now Is Love’), and the unsung pianist Donald Brown whose inquisitive, noirish piece ‘The Smile of the Snake’ opens the album and is available to stream or download now. “The title refers to people whom you love and trust, but who end up disappointing you,” says Rosnes, who has been a fan and friend of Brown’s for decades.

    The genesis of ARTEMIS can be traced back to 2016 when Rosnesfirst assembled an all-star ensemble to celebrate International Women’s Day with liveperformances in Europe. Nine years later, as the band releases its third album,the collective continues to demonstrate its staying power and prove how the musictranscends any notion of patriarchy. But ARTEMIS’ purpose has also expanded, reaching beyondspecial projects, cultural initiatives, or the supergroup concept.

    “Our goal is to make honest music that touches people,” says Rosnes. “We inspire one another and feel passionate about playing together. All that positive energy comes through in the music and I believe the audiences feel it.”

    ARTEMIS exists as a deeply committed core unit who’ve played together more than any other incarnation of the group. “As a quintet, there’s a greater feeling of elasticity. We’ve become looser and tighter at the same time,” Rosnes says.  Jensen is “a stunningly original voice on trumpet and can pollinate a chord with the perfect note.” As Jensen’s ideal foil on the frontline, Glover is “a bold storyteller and plays with a innate sense of purpose and freedom.” Ueda is “a virtuoso of the bass whose lines are centered and buoyant.” Miller is “the band’s center of gravity as well as being a gifted orchestrator behind the drumkit.” Together with Rosnes and Ueda, the rhythm section puts power and finesse in perfect equilibrium.

    Follow ARTEMIS:

    Website • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram

    Follow Blue Note Records:

    Website • Facebook • Instagram • Threads • BlueSky • X • Spotify • Apple Music • YouTube

    Thank you to Joe Baxter at Baxter PR for sharing!

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  • Macha Gharibian: Phenomenal Women

    24th January 2025

    Classically trained pianist, vocalist, singer/songwriter, composer, arranger and producer Macha Gharibian first discovered her own musical universe through immersing herself in the New York jazz scene. With Armenian ancestry, a Parisian heart, and a New Yorker by adoption, her new record spotlights her voice as an ode to life and testament to feminine power.

    Borrowing its name from a poem by the great Maya Angelou, Gharibian’s fourth album ‘Phenomenal Women’ is set to release on January 24th on Rue Bleue Meredith Records.

    Pre Order here

    Captivated by a video of Angelou reciting her poem in London in 1987, Gharibian found herself urged to pay musical tribute to the poet, and to the strength of all women. “In all the battles we are fighting right now—against sexism, the violence women endure, and for equality—I want to tell them, “We are brilliant, we are the wealth, the intelligence, and the power, we are phenomenal.””

    Influenced by the school of ‘natural vocalists’ in Nina Simone, Jeanne Lee and Joni Mitchell, Gharibian’s luminescent energy leads her listener through the record’s delicately varied tonal palette of celebration, prayer, joy, and melancholy across the album’s ten original compositions and three imaginative covers.

    Drawing from the music of her childhood*—especially her father's voice (Dan Gharibian, co-founder of the group Bratsch), which she heard singing in Armenian, Russian, Greek, and Romani—*Gharibian blends her personal cultural heritage with contemporary styles, singing in five languages on Phenomenal Women, embracing the inflections of English, Armenian, French, Portuguese and Arabic with undeniable ease.

    Accompanied by her long-term collaborator Belgian drummer Dré Pallemaerts and bassist Kenny Ruby, Gharibian breaks away from the trio format she’s known for and shares her vocal duties for the first time with singers Lea Maria Fries, Linda Oláh and Isabel Sörling. Soaring gospel-tinged improvisations and three-part vocal harmony, ethereal synth timbres, propulsive piano-led grooves, and crystal clear modern production provide the musical backdrop for a body of work that offers hope and unity in a divided world.

    Macha Gharibian | Lead Vocals, Piano, Fender Rhodes Lea Maria Fries | Vocals
    Linda Oláh | Vocals Dré Pallemaerts | Drums Sylvain ‘Kenny’ Ruby | Electric Bass, Keyboards Isabel Sörling | Vocals (Track 3)

    All music and lyrics by Macha Gharibian, except ‘Nare Nare’, ‘Nobreza’, and ‘Ya Dirati’

    'Thank you to those who appreciate this music and come to the concerts, your presence and your support are immensely precious to me. To all the women who inspire me to find my own path and to all the women in the world who fight for peace, freedom and equality. My immense gratitude to Maya Angelou.'

    Recorded at Midilive Studio, Villetaneuse, France, from March 4 to 8, 2024 and at Seventeen Studio, Paris, on May 8, 2024

    Produced by Macha Gharibian

    Artistic Direction in the Studio Daniel Yvinec

    Sound Recording and Mixing by Olivier Lude
    Sound Assistant Timothée Gumy
    Editing by Timothée Gumy and Macha Gharibian
    Mastered by Frederik Dejongh at Jerboa Mastering
    Cover & Photography by Laurent Seroussi

    Graphic Design by Guillaume Saix
    Piano Steinway D fixed by Bastien Herbin, Pianos Quintessence

    Executive Production by Meredith Prod
    With the support of the Fondation BNP Paribas, Adami, CNM, SPPF

    © & P 2024 RUE BLEUE & MÉRÉDITH PROD

    Thank you to Liam DeTar from Jazzfuel for sharing with us

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  • Eugenie Jones: EUGENIE

    20th January 2025

    EUGENIE JONES UNVEILS SELF-TITLED ALBUM- A GROOVE-INFUSED JOURNEY INTO PASSION, BETRAYAL, & REVENGE ON JANUARY 20, 2025

    The Evolution of a Genre as Seen by One of the Few African American Singer/Songwriters in Jazz Today.

    Get ready for an exhilarating musical experience as Jazz Hero Award winning singer and songwriter Eugenie Jones releases her self-titled album, EUGENIE, set to drop on January 20, 2025.

    Pre order album here

    Credited for making jazz resonate with broader audiences, Jones blends emotive storytelling with universal themes reflecting shared human experiences that transcend geographic and cultural boundaries. Her diverse style and engaging performances invite audiences to connect with jazz in a surprisingly relatable way.

    Produced by Grammy-winning jazz heavyweight Lonnie Plaxico, this album weaves rich melodies, exquisite string arrangements, and a narrative tapestry exploring the depths of love, betrayal, and resilience. Louis Armstrong Jazz Award recipient Lonnie Plaxico, also known for his collaborations with Academy Award-winning Director Spike Lee and Dizzy Gillespie, said, "It was an honor to produce and perform with Eugenie Jones on her recording. She is laser- focused, full of expression, energy, and passion, with a voice that is original and soulful. The selection of songs and Eugenie's original music is an atmospheric experience."

    Since her 2013 debut Black Lace Blue Tears, singer and songwriter Eugenie Jones has established herself as a formidable force in the jazz landscape, captivating audiences with her evocative storytelling and soulful vocal artistry. With this sixth release and thirty-two published originals to her credit, EUGENIE further cements her reputation as a must-know artist, showcasing thirteen tracks that blend original compositions with fresh, "Eugenie-ized" interpretations of jazz standards and beloved soul classics.

    Critics are already buzzing about the album. C. Michael Bailey raves, "Eugenie Jones has released exceptional jazz-oriented recordings for the last decade. Her writing is beautifully grown up and real, and her voice is warm, humidly pliant with a deeply sensual center." NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman, who performed on with Jones on her chart-topping double-CD, Players, describes Jones saying, “This is an extraordinary singer, songwriter, and a source of a light we are fortunate to experience.”

    The album features a stellar lineup of sixteen musicians in New York and Seattle recording sessions. Jones collaborates with Plaxico in New York alongside the standout artistry of pianists Brandon McCune and Mamiko Watanabe; trumpeter Gil Defay; saxophonist Rico Jones; cellist Jessica Wang, violinist Yoojin Park, drummer Russell Carter, and percussion Kahlil Bell. Seattle's vibrant music scene contributes to the album's dynamic sound, with contributions from pianists Darrius Willrich and Peter Adams, saxophonist Alex Dugdale, guitarist Michael Powers, bassists Elliot Kuykendall and Chris Symer, drummer Ronnie Bishop and percussionist Ernesto Pediangco.

    Album highlights include the original smoke and satin string ballads "Starlight Starbright" and "Nothing Better," a sweltering, bluesy rendition of Peggy Lee's "I Love Being Here with You," the melodic self-declarative "Why I Sing," and a captivating take on Marvin Gaye's "Trouble Man." A refurbished rendition of Nina Simone's cult classic, "Sinnerman," and the life-inspiring original, "Hold Back the Night," join the array of song selections in showcasing the depth and breadth of Jones' exquisite vocal prowess and her ability to convey complex emotions authentically.

    Jazz enthusiasts and music lovers of all kinds are drawn to Jones' vocal style and heartfelt originals as storytelling that intimately parallels to their life experiences. Writer Charles Mudede unpacks this connection, saying, "Eugenie Jones makes audiences feel jazz. She is an emotive, engaging song stylist who entertains, dazzles, and decisively wins over audiences." Further cementing that connection, EUGENIE encapsulates Jones' artistic evolution, reflecting a decade of hard-won achievements. With multiple vocalist awards, a #7 ranking on Jazz Week's Top 50, and the International Jazz Association's prestigious Jazz Hero Award to her credit, Jones has proven to be more than a musician—she is a cultural force who has successfully intertwined jazz and community service.

    Eugenie Jones has served as Executive Producer of Seattle's Jackson Street Jazz Walk for seven years. She presents a stream of community concerts and educational pop-ups that honor music icons of the once vibrant African American Central District area, an all-but-forgotten historical community where high school jazz musicians Ray Charles, Ernestine Anderson, and Quincy Jones began their iconic journeys. Jones doubles the event's impact by using it to raise funds for non-profits that serve the needs of disadvantaged residents.

    When it comes to her music, Jones describes her artistic journey, saying, "Pursuing a music career is a Sisyphean act unlike any other I've taken on. But it brings unmatched joy and purpose to my life. So, with this release, here I stand, rolling that boulder up the hill again."

    Mark your calendars for January 20, 2025, when EUGENIE, Jones' most personal and ambitious project to date, will be available on all major streaming platforms. An invitation into her "Eugenie-ized" world of creativity, where every note embraces divergent audiences who share a common bond of loving music they can feel.

     Artist website click here

    Thank you to Walter Laughridge of Bright Ideas for sharing with us.

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  • Marianne Solivan: Break’s Over

    17th January 2025

    Vocalist Marianne Solivan to release  new recording "Break’s Over"

    Marianne Solivan – Voice, Buster Williams - Bass , Brandon McCune - Piano, Jay Sawyer – Drums. Release Date: January 17th, 2025, Imani Records.

    Order here

    Break's Over highlights Solivan's love for the great Jazz vocal tradition and her uniquely personal stamp on standards and original compositions. Featuring Master bassist Buster Williams, pianist Brandon McCune and drummer Jay Sawyer on eight tracks that evoke passion, loss, despair and light. Marianne's brave ability to show emotion in every syllable draws the listener in while never stepping in to an overly dramatic place. With such a masterful trio of musicians surrounding her and creating beautiful musical energy, nuance and feeling, this album is sure to grab your attention and hold it tight.

    Solivan has made a name for herself as a hard swinging, passionate, vocalist who has a commanding stage presence and is able to captivate audiences with her joyous exuberance and whit. Having performed and recorded with the likes of Christian McBride, Peter Bernstein, Jeremy Pelt, Bruce Barth, Gregory Hutchinson, Jonathan Blake, Xavier Davis, Michael Kanan, Steve Wilson, Gene Bertoncini and Lewis Nash, Solivan has been consistently raising the bar for singers of her generation.

    Jordan Richardson at Blinded by Sound concludes "The exquisiteness, expression and sentiment of her singing are supreme. She is well beyond the go-through-the-motions singers of the genre by an enormous margin." With years of steady gigging (5 or 6 a week) in Boston during her school days at Berklee College of Music and The New England Conservatory, Solivan has had a unique opportunity to learn on the bandstand. These early years allowed her to hone her skills as a strong band leader and amass a huge, broad repertoire that can challenge any song hound. Her dedication to learning this music led her to study with a varied group of musician/educators that taught the tradition as well as modern approaches to the music. These tools have shaped a vocalist with deep roots in the vocal tradition yet without any of the "retro" feel. Solivan's singing is a mixture of honest storytelling with a modern sense of self and determination. 

    In 2007 Solivan made the move to New York and began to sit in at many of the jam sessions the city has to offer. Smoke Supper Club was her first consistent "hang" and a venue that led to many of her later musical collaborations with Jeremy Pelt, Ugonna Okegwo, and others. Being a part of the scene has been a big part of the learning process and has been the catalyst for musical collaborations with Peter Bernstein, Steve Wilson and Lewis Nash. This visibility and consistency on the bandstand opened doors for gigs at the famed Smalls Jazz Club, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Birdland, The Blue Note, and many others. And have led her to become one of the first call singers on the scene. In 2012 Solivan brought together her years of experience and musical collaborations to the studio and recorded a series of duos, trios, and quartet pieces that became her first CD, Prisoner of Love, on HiPNOTIC Records. Solivan recalls "I chose to work with a number of musicians on the project to showcase the musical environments that I have been working in for the last 4 years in New York, mainly small group settings. Together we told stories of love; lost, stolen, broken, desperate, and lonely."

    The OTTOWA CITIZEN gets right to the heart of the beauty of the disc "On Prisoner of Love, vocalist Marianne Solivan surrounds herself with some A-list, hard-swinging company [and] sounds every bit in the same league as these seasoned accompanists. Solivan's expression of classic jazz feeling and values is so room-filling and personal, you really can't fault her disc one bit."

    In 2014 she went into the studio with her working band, including pianist Xavier Davis, bassist Matthew Parrish and drummer Gregory Hutchinson and recorded SPARK which is an energized, swinging, honest and straight forward in its storytelling and sure to help her reach a wider jazz audience. In 2015 after years of duo, trio and quartet work she has now jumped into the big band arena. This is exciting news not only because this powerhouse singer has shown to hold her own with heavies the likes of Peter Bernstein, Jeremy Pelt and Christian McBride but also because there is currently no other female vocalist led big band. Solivan's idea was to create a band that incorporated many of the elements in her quartet including high energy, swing and a unique repertoire. In addition, she wanted to work with some of the jazz communities’ best arrangers to work on expanding the her repertoire, which includes a number of her own originals as well as standards, with original arrangements of material that was created for this group. So far, the result has been a highly energized & swinging band that will take you from the traditional feel through to salsa and the modern jazz idiom. All anchored by Solivan's strong surefooted voice and confident leadership.

    Marianne is currently performing worldwide leading numerous ensembles and presenting her unique talents with an international audience. In addition to her full performing calendar Solivan teaches in many different situations including private lessons, group coaching’s and Jazz camps, summer workshops and most recently she became the Assistant Professor of Jazz Voice at Syracuse University in their Jazz & Commercial Music Department. 

    Marianne website click here

    Thank you to Chris DiGirolamo from Two For The Show Media for sharing.

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