Jazz Vocalist and Composer
JULIE HARDY
On Thursday, May 10th (sets at 8:30pm and 10:00pm) Brooklyn-based vocalist and composer, Julie Hardy returns to Cornelia Street Cafe as a part of the Gnu Vox Series. She will perform new pieces off her upcoming release The Wish which will be released this year by New York based label World Culture Music, www.worldculturemusic.com, featuring some of New York's finest young jazz talent.
The vocalist will be accompanied by a band of up and coming New York jazz artists--John Ellis, soprano & tenor saxophone; Randy Ingram on piano; Matt Clohesy on bassl and Kendrick Scott on drums.
About the Vocalist:
Jazz Times critic Christopher Loudon states that “Hardy lives, like [Kurt] Elling and [Bobby] McFerrin, in a musical world of her own, and it is a marvelously dynamic place."
With one step into the world of Julie Hardy, it is clear that she is not a typical jazz singer. The Wish, her forthcoming release on World Culture Music, shows us a highly trained composer, improviser and re-inventor of jazz standards, backed by a spectacular collection of some of New York's best young jazz talent. Through a diverse program of wordless originals and re-workings of timeless standards, Hardy has developed a sound that is truly unique and honest.
In 2005, Hardy released her debut recording A Moment's Glance (Fresh Sound New Talent) to a full house at the Jazz Standard in New York City. That year she was also selected to perform at the Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center. This past year Hardy was acknowledged for her talent as a composer by receiving the 2006 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award for her composition “No Turning Back".
“Julie Hardy is a distinctive and intriguing young vocalist with a beautiful voice and a promising future"
--Fred Hersch, pianist
Vocalist Julie Hardy John Ellis- soprano & tenor saxophone; Randy Ingram - piano; Matt Clohesy - bass; Kendrick Scott drums
DATE: Thursday, May 10, 2007
TIME: sets at 8:30PM and 10:00PM
VENUE: Cornelia Street is located at 29 Cornelia Street (off of 6th ave.)
WEBSITE: www.corneliastreetcafe.com
PHONE: 212-989-9319 for reservations
COST: $10 cover, one drink minimum.
DIRECTIONS: By Subway, A, C, E, B, D, F & V TRAINS to West 4th Street
For more information contact All About Jazz.
