Säje

Säje: I Can't Help It

by Scott Lichtman
May 22, 2024

It is rare to encounter, an all-female, professional jazz vocal ensemble. The quartet säje (pronounced like “beige") not only has established itself in this genre with a Grammy nomination, but they raise the bar for all vocal groups. The singers--Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Erin Bentlage and Johnaye Kendrick--are practically telepathic in synchronizing their phrasing. Any big band would be ecstatic to inject fluid horn hits the way these ladies do. In addition, they transform a potential limitation of female quartets--modest ...

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Kidd Karrim's "PASAJE" - Explodes WorldWide!

Source: Kidd Karrim
October 4, 2010

New York, NY (Top40 Latin Charts/ PASAJE C.U.B.A.)—Can you say “ nuevo-latin, jazz, funk and fusion in the same sentence. Apparently so! A multi-talented musician-performance artist-videographer-designer, KIDD KARRIM describes her new “PASAJE—From There To Here" 12 track super dynamic CD as: Tjader meets Jobim meets Tito. If you love the music of the young, nuevo latin movement in Cuba like Charango Habanera, Klimax, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Chucho Valdez, or Astrid Gilberto and Sade, or Motown's Marvin Gaye, you're at ...
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