Jazz Articles about Jazzmeia Horn

Jazzmeia Horn Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
August 10, 2018

There is great anticipation surrounding Jazzmeia Horn. She has already been compared to Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan, and she received compliments from Jon Hendricks and Al Jarreau. Her singing and vocalese skills are of the highest level, and on top of that she does not shy away from addressing current social issues. On her recent album A Social Call she displays a wide array of influences, from role models such as Mary J. Blige and Sister Rosetta ...

Friehofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival 2018

by R.J. DeLuke
July 8, 2018

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY June 23-24, 2018 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival rolled into its the start of its fifth decade with a fresh format and plenty of fresh faces. The festival plays out each year during an amazing two days in the great Saratoga Performing Arts Center venue amid the natural beauty of Saratoga State Park and, though tainted by rain at various points, the ...

Jazzmeia Horn: A Social Call

by Angelo Leonardi
May 29, 2018

L'impatto di Jazzmeia Horn sulla scena vocale afro-americana ricorda quello recente di Cécile McLorin Salvant e di Gregory Porter. Già vincitrice nel 2013 e nel 2015 di due prestigiosi concorsi statunitensi, la 26enne cantante texana ha evidenziato in questo debutto le sue ricche doti: vibrante tensione emotiva dai chiari rimandi blues e soul, scura voce contralto capace di lucenti aperture di registo, esuberanza di fraseggio, buona maturità interpretativa. Jazzmeia non fa mistero dei suoi modelli che sono ...

The Jazzmeia Horn 5tet at Cooper Hewitt Museum

by Adrien H. Tillmann
August 21, 2017

Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2017

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2017

The complicated logistics and sizable costs associated with free jazz festivals have made them somewhat rarified these days. By its all-encompassing scope and scale, the Detroit Jazz Festival has served as a model for many decades now. But if you want something a bit earthier and intimate, there's really no equal for the atmosphere that envelops the Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival. Now in its seventh year, this budding diamond in the rough gets its energy from the community that serves ...

Jazzmeia Horn: A Social Call

by James Nadal
May 25, 2017

Coming from a gospel oriented family in Dallas, Texas, given a unique name and early tutelage by her piano playing grandmother, Jazzmeia Horn was destined to be a jazz singer. After relocating to New York City to pursue music studies, she went on to conquer the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition, topping that by winning the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2015. All of this preparation and recognition has culminated in her debut release A Social Call, ...