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Emma Smith's star is on the ascendant. With diverse and extensive experience performing everywhere from the 02 Arena to the leading jazz clubs of New York City, collaborating and recording with the likes of Michael Buble, Robbie Williams, Georgie Fame and Seal along the way, Emma Smith has created a formidable reputation as a powerful and expressive artist in UK jazz. Now with her first new solo album in 10 years, Emma Smith is set to make an indelible mark on the European and international musical landscape, by showcasing a body of work that perfectly demonstrates her prowess as a rising star with one of the very best voices in the business.
Introducing Vocalist Tyreek McDole
by Sanford Josephson
This article previously appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. In 2018, Tyreek McDole, a student at the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL, was playing classical percussion for a performance of the 1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, Into the Woods. “During rehearsal," he recalled, “one of the actors got sick. I had ...
The 12th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Announces Top Five Finalists
As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival and Year-Round Centennial Celebrations Honoring Sarah Vaughan Tickets are now on sale. Sunday, November 19 @ NJPAC, 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ. Reserve online at NJPAC.org or by calling 888.466.5722. As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival (November 3-19), the New Jersey Performing Arts Center ...
Meshuga Baby
By Emma Smith
Label: Wingsor Castle Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: I Don't Care; Where am I Going?; Sit On My Knee and Tell Me That You Love Me; There's No Business Like
Show Business; Makin' Whoopee; Think Pink; My Revelation; Ballad of a Wayward Woman; Monogamy
Blues; Hollis Brown; People; Seventh Son; But Not For Me.
Emma Smith: Meshuga Baby
by Bruce Lindsay
In early 2012, Emma Smith, already an established member of Britain's National Youth Jazz Orchestra but still only 21 years old, released her debut album. The record mixed standards with Smith's own compositions and established the London-based artist as a talented singer and songwriter. Another album would usually have been expected within a year or two, ...
Callum Au Big Band: Something's Coming
by Bruce Lindsay
Trombonist and arranger Callum Au has amassed a remarkable wealth of experience, playing or arranging for, among others, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, the Oxford University Big Band (he graduated from the university in 2011), Seth MacFarlane and Buddy Greco. He's a busy man--a list of his projects suggests that he's discovered the secret of the ...
The Huntress
By Emma Smith
Label: Frantic Jazz
Released: 2012
Track listing: The Huntress; Old Devil Moon; Stolen Child; Can't Slow Down; I'll Be Seeing You; She's Like The Swallow; Room Service; Don't Worry 'Bout Me; 56 Weeks; John's Law.
Emma Smith: The Huntress
by Bruce Lindsay
"Experienced" is seldom an appropriate adjective to apply to a 21 year-old performer, but it's perfectly apposite when applied to singer and composer Emma Smith. She began singing with a big band at the age of 14 and was, barely a year later, a mainstay of Britain's National Youth Jazz Orchestra. With the support of musicians ...
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