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Solo Sessions Volume 1 by Brenda Earle Stokes

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Album Title: Solo Sessions Volume 1
Label: Allsheneeds Records
Released: 2019

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About the Album

Brenda Earle Stokes is a rare jazz artist with a true command of both the piano and the voice. As a follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2014 studio album Right About Now, Stokes sought to challenge herself to dig deep and share the full scope of her talents in the most intimate setting possible. In her latest album Solo Sessions Volume 1, Brenda explores the rarely- recorded format of solo piano/voice, showcasing her mesmerizing fluidity as both singer and pianist. Recorded in a single four-hour session in her hometown of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Brenda explores a wide spectrum of material, including jazz standards, original compositions and seldom-heard compositions by George Shearing and Steve Swallow. She rounds out the recording with lush jazz arrangements of songs recorded by k.d. lang, Michael McDonald and Huey Lewis, showing the full range of her musical curiosities. "The Consequences of Falling" is Brenda's reimagination of k.d. lang's stunning classic.

Tracks

If You Never Come to Me; Standing; Weaver of Dreams; The Consequences of Falling; Ladies in Mercedes; I Can Let Go Now; Strange Meadowlark; The Power of Love; The Waltz; East of the Sun (West of the Moon).

Personnel

Brenda Earle Stokes

piano and vocals

Additional Personnel

Brenda Earle Stokes: piano, vocals.

Reviews

Solo Sessions Volume 1 by C. Michael Bailey

Date featured

October 18, 2019

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