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Maria Neckam

Singer and composer Maria Neckam’s unparalleled sound slips across genre lines and expectations with a youthful ease that’s rare to find. Since releasing her second album as a leader, Deeper (Sunnyside Records), in 2010, her pure, fresh vocals have been acclaimed by critics around the world. To top it off, her compositions are both complex and catchy; one moment intriguing the listener with precisely executed lyrics, the next moment dropping wildly into dissonance. Hailed as “a valiant trailblazer” by JazzTimes, she moves effortlessly from idiosyncratic jazz riffs to haunting pop hooks, blending borders with skill, well-honed technique and range. Born in a small town outside of Vienna, Austria, Maria has always been driven by music

Sonny Stitt, Eugene Chadbourne and More

by Jerome Wilson
July 5, 2023

This episode covers a broad range of jazz from Sonny Stitt in full live cry to Eugene Chadbourne playing Eric Dolphy. In between those poles are Don Byron, Dizzy Gillespie, Sara Caswell, and a lot more. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings ...

Nicky Schrire: Space And Time

by Dan Bilawsky
August 18, 2013

The art of singing goes well beyond the act of singing. To simply sing, one need only open the mouth and let the music come forth, but that's the act. The art involves pitch perfect delivery, clear and crisp diction, control, creativity, flexibility, and the ability to completely inhabit, own, and sell a song; in short, ...

Poetry of Earth

By Maria Neckam

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Released: 2012
Track listing: CD 1: 01. Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now; 02. Into My Heart an Air That Kills; 03. Going and Staying; 04. Music; 05. Jeg Taber Heletiden Tiden; 06. Når Natten Løser; 07. Hvorfor; 08. Some Day; 09. Sangen Om Elgen Og Birketræet. CD 2: 01. Sensommer Skygger; 02. Der Er Dage; 03. Det Lyder Ganske Stille; 04. On the Grasshopper and the Cricket; 05. Stæreflokke; 06. When I Was One-And Twenty; 07. Thorns and Roses; 08. Before Thorns and Roses; 09. En Livsvår.

Unison

By Maria Neckam

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: I Miss You; The Story; Obsessed; Where Do You Think You Will Be?; Unison; Unavailability; Your Kindness; One Day; Solitude; New Orleans; January 2011 (Dedicated To David Kashara); I Am Waiting For My Laundry In The Sun And I Have Lost You (Laundry Song); You And I; You Will Remember; Half Full.

Maria Neckam: Unison

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 12, 2012

La cantante austriaca Maria Neckam si muove ormai come una newyorkese affermata, dopo che il suo album Deeper del 2010 è stato bene accolto dalla critica e dal pubblico. La sua voce da soprano sa stare molto bene a cavallo fra un pop sofisticato e un jazz moderno che lancia bagliori di attenzione lavorando su arrangiamenti ...

Anne Mette Iversen: Poetry of Earth

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 18, 2012

Palleggiandosi fra brani in inglese e in danese, rispettivamente cantati da Maria Neckam e Christine Skou (in un paio di casi, “Music" e “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket," anche insieme), questo nuovo lavoro della bassista e compositrice (tutte sue le musiche, costruite attorno a poesie dei vari Housman, Keats, Ibsen, Thomas Hardy, Svende Grøn, Lene ...

Maria Neckam: Unison

by Hrayr Attarian
July 8, 2012

Vienna native and New York-based vocalist, composer and lyricist Maria Neckam is one of those rare artists whose work is accessible without being ordinary, and cerebral without being abstruse. Her third release as a leader, Unison, has both artistic originality and commercial appeal and may be the magnum opus of her short career so far.

Jazz Singer/Songwriters Part II: Maria Neckam and Tanya Balakyrska

by C. Michael Bailey
June 17, 2012

“Jazz Singer/Songwriters Part I: Louise Van Aarsen and Rebecka Larsdotter"“ featured two new artists standing in the middle of the adult contemporary jazz vocals map. Both discs have elements of mainstream acoustic and mainstream contemporary electric jazz and feature original compositions by the singers themselves. Where Maria Neckam and Tanya Malakyrska differ is in their concerted ...

Maria Neckam: Unison

by Dan Bilawsky
May 26, 2012

Sophisticated pop, art song and modern jazz don't often get along, but vocalist Maria Neckam is the tie that binds them. The Austrian-born, New York-based Neckam turned plenty of heads with Deeper (Sunnyside, 2010), which featured her entrancing soprano and showcased her strong songwriting skills; she returns with an equally engaging program on her sophomore outing ...