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Elena McEntire
Elena McEntire, vocalist, is celebrated for bridging dynamic folk and jazz performances with an extensive classical and chamber music background. Her vocal style has been praised for its "steady, unadorned delivery, perfect in conveying emotional power" (AllAboutJazz) and “magical effect on the mind’s ear” (Jazzdagama). She transcends traditional vocal boundaries, using her voice as an expressive instrument in any context. She has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Shapeshifter Lab, and The Kitano in New York, at Boston’s Regattabar, and in the San Francisco Bay Area at the California Jazz Conservatory, Keys Jazz Bistro, and Meyhouse Jazz. Elena appears with the Christian Artmann Quartet on several albums: Uneasy Dreams, Our Story, and Middle of Life (all on Sunnyside Records). Lauded for an “appealing dusky sound, smooth from the bottom to its powerful top” (Houston Chronicle), she has performed leading roles at opera houses and concert halls in the US and Europe
The Middle of Life
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Turnaround; Lament for Ukraine; Snow River; If I Must Go; Paisagem da Janela; the Middle of Life; Twenty Seven; July; Nine Years of Love; Last Words.
Christian Artmann: The Middle of Life
by Troy Dostert
As he continues to do his part in maintaining the relevance of the flute in contemporary jazz, Christian Artmann also provides plenty of food for thought in his wide-ranging, thoughtfully constructed compositions. There is a contemplative dimension to his vision, evident on Our Story (Sunnyside, 2018), which explored the interdependency of human relationships through the lens ...
Christian Artmann: Our Story
by Troy Dostert
There are a number of different stories woven into Our Story, flautist Christian Artmann's first offering since 2015. Quotations in the liner notes from Zen sages Thich Nhat Hanh and Yasutani Roshi point to Artmann's Buddhist faith, but the fifth cut of the record, “Amazing Grace," makes a bit of room for the Christian narrative as ...
Our Story
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: The Noctambulist; Earthling; Quixote; Our Story; Amazing Grace; Tropic of Capricorn; Resilience; Elena; Pan's Blues; Always Here.
