Jazz Articles about Julie Hardy

Julie Hardy: The Wish

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 16, 2008

Julie Hardy è una giovane cantante americana che vive a Brooklyn e cerca di farsi strada nel mondo del jazz. La sua voce è impostata classicamente e il suo timbro è purissimo. In questo suo secondo album Julie si avvale della collaborazione del marito Randy Ingram al pianoforte, dell’ottimo chitarrista Ben Monder, dell’attento batterista Kendrick Scott e di altri meno noti musicisti newyorchesi. Il repertorio è diviso più o meno a metà fra standard e originali scritti dalla stessa Hardy, ...

Julie Hardy: The Wish

by Budd Kopman
November 10, 2007

With The Wish, composer and vocalist Julie Hardy has immediately established herself as an identifiable force of the next generation. By combining a very attractive voice with deep interpretations with a high degree of compositional and arranging skills, Hardy has created an album of grace and depth. She is a member of drummer Kendrick Scott's musical collective and record label World Culture Music, which gives the artist total control over the creative process. Mike Moreno, whose release ...

Julie Hardy at The Jazz Standard

by Budd Kopman
October 30, 2007

Julie Hardy at The Jazz StandardThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkOctober 16, 2007 This gig was partly a CD release party for vocalist/composer Julie Hardy's new release The Wish and partly a label party for drummer Kendrick Scott's artist collective label World Culture Music, on which it was released. Scott himself played drums (as he did on Hardy's record) as did guitarist Mike Moreno (instead of Ben Monder from the record), whose latest ...

Julie Hardy: The Wish

by Mark F. Turner
October 16, 2007

Julie Hardy proves that she is more than just your average jazz singer on The Wish. Hailing from New Hampshire with extensive studies in jazz and classical music, she continues to grow and hone her craft since her auspicious debut recording A Moment's Glance (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2005). The recording is significant for a number of reasons. First, she is now teamed with the fledgling label World Culture Music, which has released two very notable recordings ...

Julie Hardy: A Moment's Glance

by Michael P. Gladstone
August 15, 2005

Julie Hardy's first album, A Moment's Glance, is a good representation of the hard-working jazz vocalist as she pursues frequent appearances in lower Manhattan's jazz clubs with her working band.

Hardy is New Hampshire-educated and received a Masters in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory in 2001. A year leter, she was one of two nationwide vocalists selected for the Jazz Academy Snowmass in Aspen, Colorado. In 2003, Hardy placed in the Top Ten, from a field ...