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Nouveau Stride: Fourteen by Nouveau Stride
by C. Michael Bailey
Composing lyrics to established jazz standards--those jazz instrumental compositions that have become established in the canon, Thelonious Monk's “'Round Midnight" is the most famous example--is an artform all it own. Classic composers/interpreters include Eddie Jefferson, Babs Gonzales, King Pleasure (Clarence Beeks) and Jon Hendricks. There have been recent vocalese contributions made by a new generation that includes most recently Dorian Devins on The Procrastinator (Self Produced, 2013) Nouveau Stride is vocalist/lyricist Lorraine Feather and pianist Stephanie Trick. ...
Continue ReadingNouveau Stride (Lorraine Feather & Stephanie Trick) On The East Coast, March 27, 28
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Lyricist/vocalist (and two-time Grammy nominee) Lorraine Feather and piano phenom Stephanie Trick make up the duo Nouveau Stride. They will perform their newly-lyricized versions of hard-driving 20s/30s stride piano classics on March 27th at the Dana Library at Rutgers University (Newark, NJ) at 3pm; on March 28th, the two women will do their show at New York’s Metropolitans Room at 9pm. The multi-media show includes projected lyrics, a “piano-cam,” a Fats Waller soundie, and Lorraine’s award winning cartoon You’re Outa ...
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