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Audrey Martells

Caution to the wind is the perfect theme for this undeniable young artist named Audrey Martell. She has a child like imagination and an incredibly insightful outlook on life that she pours into her music. Within only a few years in the music business, Audrey has built a successful career as a songwriter for such gifted legends like George Benson and Randy Crawford.

After achieving so much success as a writer and recording artist, Audrey Martell quickly made her move to the performance side of her rocketing career. While perfecting her skills fronting her own band in NYC, she has caught the eye of so many. You could also see her performing with Brandy. Or shining in the vocals of Celine Dion's recording of "Happy". Jewel, Britney Spears, Anastasia, Mary J Blige, Joan OsBorne, Paulina Rubio and Mandy Moore are only a few of the many diverse divas Audrey has sung along side, recorded and toured with.

Diversity and guts encompass every aspect of the Audrey Martell experience. After scoring an unexpected place as a solo artist on the "More of Save the Last Dance" Soundtrack, it was a wake up call for her to step out to center stage for good. With caution to the wind Audrey Martell has written music so timely and heartfelt and free from limitations. She has a style so original that it cannot be denied. Don't sleep...she is a force to be reckoned with, and a voice that speaks to the true music lover in all of us.


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Read "Wonderful!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Organist Mike LeDonne's latest recording, Wonderful!, is a labor of love on several levels. Of course, there is love of the music and love of accomplishing something that had not been done before--teaming a gospel choir with jazz quartet. Above all else, there is love for LeDonne's wife, Margaret, and daughter Mary who is disabled but, as LeDonne says, is nonetheless “truly wonderful." LeDonne wrote the album's title song for Mary, wherein he compares her to “a ...

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Read "Wonderful!" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


In jazz's rich tapestry, where tradition meets innovations, there emerged a convergence exemplified by the present release Wonderful! with the virtuosic Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet + Gospel Choir, who embark on a transcendent journey into the heart of gospel- infused jazz. The project is informed by LeDonne's desire to offer a heartfelt tribute to his wife Margaret and daughter Mary to showcase the spirited and varied nature of the disability community. Participating in this harmonious affair are the long-time members ...

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Eliot King Smith Teams Up With Audrey Martells (Chic) To Bring To Life The Story Of Josephine Baker

Eliot King Smith Teams Up With Audrey Martells (Chic) To Bring To Life The Story Of Josephine Baker

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James

In the 1920s, faced with the grinding poverty and segregation of East St. Louis, Josephine Baker took her dancing and musical talents first to New York, and then, at 19, arrived in Paris to perform with the Folies Bergère. Entranced by her reception and treatment by French society, she rose to stardom almost immediately at the Folies. She starred in multiple films, and scored a big hit song that summed up her reverence for the freedom she experienced as a ...

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Wonderful!

Cellar Music Group
2024

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