Jazz Articles about Glawdys N’Dee

Glawdys N’Dee: Lyannaj

by Hrayr Attarian
October 15, 2012

The term “world music" takes a new meaning with singer Glawdys N'Dee's debut, Lyannaj, which means to connect or unite in solidarity--and unite, she does. The Guadeloupean-born, Parisian-educated and Chicago-based N'Dee brings together, in three languages--Creole, French and English--various musical styles of the African Diaspora, from Caribbean rhythms to jazz, and from gospel to the blues. From the opening title track, with N'Dee's bass and percussion-backed recitation reminiscent of Jayne Cortez, to the closer “Hommage Ala Femme ...