Results for "Soprano"

Alison Lewis

Born: May 19

Alison was once described by Cabaret Scenes as, "a singer with a hauntingly beautiful voice who transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary with brilliant arrangements and vocal experimentation."  Her debut solo album, Seven, has received much national and international acclaim, as well reached the top 40 of both the CMJ and RMR charts.

A consummate singer/songwriter, her original song, "Seesaw" earned a Finalist position with the 2017 John Lennon Songwriting Contest, while her single "Tidepool" earned a finalist position in the 2017 Hollywood Music in Media Awards showcase. Both the single, "Tidepool," and her album, "Seven" won the May 2017 Akademia Music Awards for Best Americana Song and Best Jazz Album respectively.  Alison also lent her songwriting and vocal talents to a recently released album of originals co-written with Peter Yarrow and survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shootings.

Anita Faye

Anita Faye is an American singer/songwriter, stage performer, voice over artist, fashion accessories designer, and philanthropist. Her latest project is an uplifting worship song entitled "To God be the Glory" which was penned by Chantel Collier and Brandon Williams.  She is also currently performing in a stage production called "We Move in Color" which celebrates the history and resilience of African Americans.  

Practically born in the church, Anita began singing at a very early age and studied music throughout school and college.  She competed in and won several talent shows, and as she progressed in her singing and songwriting, she collaborated with other music creators.  Anita Faye has worked with GRAMMY® award-winning producers, including Gen Rubin and the late Betty Wright who penned "All of the Above" on Anita’s "Kingdom Journey" project. 

Sopio

Born: November 29

Sopio Murusidze is a New York-based vocalist, composer, and lyricist from the charming city Tbilisi, Georgia. She has been singing since she could speak and started training in classical piano from the age of five. Having a musically immersive childhood led Sopio to be influenced by jazz, classical, Georgian folk, R&B and soul. While attending Tbilisi State Conservatorium she had performed in the city’s major concert halls, jazz clubs and was featured in the most-watched daytime TV shows such as “Our Morning” on Georgian Broadcaster and “Afternoon” on GDS TV. In 2015 Sopio was awarded for participating in Young Musicians Contents at Movement Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia. Sopio moved to New York City to expand her musical horizon and earned her Bachelor's Degree at The New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music

Maria Schafer

Born: October 6

With a twinkle in her eye and a dazzling, velveteen voice well-informed by the Great American Songbook, singer Maria Schafer presents a contemporary jazz voice for the 21st century and has performed in some of the biggest jazz festivals and venues in North America, Europe, and Japan while firmly establishing a home base in Los Angeles. Two years spent touring full-time as the star female vocalist of the international Glenn Miller Orchestra have cultivated an alluring and honest stage presence while her albums "To Know Love" and "No Broken Hearts" garner weekly airplay on international and domestic jazz radio stations alike, including L.A.'s KKJZ 88.1

Stephane Spira

Born: February 27, 1966

French-born, New York-based saxophonist Stéphane Spira grew up with jazz the old-school way: in late-night jams and cutting sessions. A protégé of longtime Chet Baker pianist Michel Graillier, Spira's jazz career has taken him from 4 a.m. basement sessions in the underbelly of Paris, through acclaimed collaborations with trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo and pianist Giovanni Mirabassi, to the cutting edge of New York jazz. Trained as an engineer, Stéphane sharpened his chops off the books, after hours, immersing himself in a hard-edged milieu. Perhaps since he honed his chops in the depths of the jazz underground, Spira was spared the awkwardness of growing up in public: Spira's "remarkable maturity” (Radio France) has not gone unnoticed by the critics

Soprano

By Joe McPhee

Label: Roaratorio Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Response Ability Part I; Response Ability Part II; A Night on Rose Mountain; In Order To Hear.

Joe McPhee: Soprano

by Lyn Horton
August 18, 2007

Sometimes, the best way to grasp of the power of an instrument is to hear it in a solo context without other instruments impacting its singularity. It matters if the musician playing the instrument is so engaged in knowing and feeling the instrument's range that the resulting sound emanates seemingly without effort. The music has originated ...