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New Music From Souter, Tampelleni & Tognola, Clarke & Zilber, And More
by Bob Osborne
A selection of new releases with some excellent vocal performances and a mix of conventional and experimental. In addition four more albums from the recent re-release of Ivo Perelman's Leo Records catalogue.Playlist Tessa Souter “A Song for You (Gnossienne No. 1)" from Shadows And Silence : The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Music) 00:00 Stefano Tampelleni and Paolo Tognola “Oru" from Miniature (Ramble Records) 04:50 Mike Clark & Mike Zilber “I Get Along Without You Very Well" from Standard ...
Continue ReadingTessa Souter: Making Connections Between Erik Satie, Jazz, and Personal Identity
by Victor L. Schermer
New York-based vocalist Tessa Souter is deservedly treasured among jazz fans, critics and musicians alike. Equally effective performing live and on her several fine recordings, she is a jazz singer who combines the sonority, vocal range and discipline of a classical mezzo soprano with subtle and sultry jazz inflections. Everything she sings is well thought out and in good taste. Often writing her own lyrics, she is adventurous in bringing out strong connections between the music, her own ...
Continue ReadingTessa Souter with the Jimmy Masters Trio at the Sandler Center for the Arts
by Mark Robbins
The Miller Jazz Series began six years ago under the leadership of bassist Jimmy Masters. Held in the 135-seat Miller room of the Sandler Center for the Arts in Virginia Beach, the series has sold out every performance since its inception. The first few years of the series consisted of a different monthly themes, such as The Art of the Beatles, After Bebop, The Music of Burt Bacharach, The Art of the Alto Saxophone, etc. In the last 2 years, ...
Continue ReadingTessa Souter Trio at Soapbox Gallery
by Victor L. Schermer
Tessa Souter Trio Soapbox Gallery Brooklyn, NY January 26, 2021 During the pandemic, live streaming on line is the closest thing we can get to a live concert or club date, Many of the streamed jazz shows are well done despite the unusual situation with masks, social distance, etc., but this one with Tessa Souter stood out in the crowd due largely to Souter's exceptional poise and finesse both personally and in ...
Continue ReadingTessa Souter: Picture in Black and White
by Victor L. Schermer
New York-based vocalist Tessa Souter is becoming treasured among jazz fans and musicians alike. Equally effective in clubs, in concert and on her several fine recordings, she combines the sonority, vocal range and discipline of a classical contralto with subtle and sultry jazz inflections. Everything she sings is well thought out and in good taste. She works with the best instrumentalists and has a consummate grasp of both swing and the modern jazz idiom, as well as folk and world ...
Continue ReadingTessa Souter at Pizza Express in London's Soho
by Martin McFie
Tessa Souter Pizza Express Soho London June 23, 2018 In a once seedy part of London, also home to the UK film industry, lies the heart of the capital's jazz scene. Iconic Ronnie Scott's is off Soho Square in Frith Street while on a corner of nearby Dean Street in a cellar beneath a Pizza Express is their live jazz club. For over 40 years it has presented the best of jazz ...
Continue ReadingTessa Souter Quartet: Half Moon Bay, California, December 2, 2012
by Bill Leikam
Tessa Souter QuartetBach Dynamite & Dancing SocietyDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CADecember 2, 2012 Traveling to the west coast from New York, Tessa Souter brought with her the wonderful tenor saxophonist and flautist Don Braden and they teamed up with friends Christian Tamburr on vibraphone, John Shiflett on bass, Akira Tana on drums. Having had a huge storm come through that morning, many wondered whether the turnout for Souter's performance would be light. ...
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