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HANKA G

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HANKA G is a New York-based jazz, soul, R&B, world music, and gospel singer & lyricist originally from Slovakia, growing up in the Mongolian desert. Considered one of the most talented jazz singers of the present times with her powerfully sensitive, gospel-filled voice, she is the rising star in the US and world jazz scene, fusing Slovak folk music with jazz, R&B, soul & gospel, and performing with her band all over the world. HANKA is a soulful singer who stretches the boundaries of jazz with her multi-cultural sensibilities masterfully fusing Slovak folk music with jazz, soul, and gospel music. She transcends any sort of limitations that the designation "jazz sings" might put on her. HANKA has been acknowledged by her mentor Cassandra Wilson as "The Best of the Next Generation".

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Universal Ancestry

Label: Culture Bridge Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: All The Man That I Need; Be Grateful; Through The Fire; As You Are; Dance Dance; Someday We'll All Be Free; Throw It Away; Them There Eyes; In Search Of My Heart; I Am Such A Pretty Girl; Bird Has Started Singing.

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Article: Album Review

Hanka G: Universal Ancestry

Read "Universal Ancestry" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


For a recording that combines, jazz, rock, gospel soul and r&b with Slovakian folk melodies, look no farther. Hanka G, who has artists as different as Abbey Lincoln and McCoy Tyner as her models, was raised in Mongolia, coming to the United States in 2018. This is her first stateside recording, and it is an innovative ...

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October 2022: Smile

Read "October 2022: Smile" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Tawanda Smile Resonance Records 2022 Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim, known professionally as Tawanda, tied for first place in the 9th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition held in June 2021. That is fresh talent. Tawanda won this award only a year after making her stage debut, a feat, surpassed only by ...

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Betty Carter, Horace Parlan, Shirley Scott & Quentin Baxter

Read "Betty Carter, Horace Parlan, Shirley Scott & Quentin Baxter" reviewed by Joe Dimino


Just like we did last week, we travel to South Carolina for our first song from the very esteemed drummer Quentin E. Baxter with a cut off his 2022 album Art Moves Jazz with “For Minors Only." From there, we hear a classic from another South Carolina stronghold in Lucky Thompson. We also profile the nostalgia ...

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Twin Flame

Label: S. E. SMITH, s.r.o.
Released: 2016
Track listing: 1. I Mean You 2. Left Alone 3. Twin Flames 4. I'll Be Around 5. You and I 6. Hire Wire - The Aerialist 7. Remembrance

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Essence

Label: Hevhetia
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1. My Dearest Promised Himself To Me 2. Macejko, Macejko 3. Saga of Beauty - River Flows 4. Oh My Dear 5. Red Apple 6. Green Grass 7. My Name is Anicka 8. River Flows 9. What a Shame, My Baby 10. I'd Like Such Boyfriend 11. Sleep Baby Sleep

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Reflections of My Soul

Label: Music Fund Slovakia
Released: 2007
Track listing: 1. One Day I'll Fly Away 2. Thinking Of Love 3. For All We Know 4. Street Life 5. Overjoyed 6. That's What Friends Are For 7. Early Morning 8. Dvakrat Sam 9. Nechaj sa niest mojimi rukami 10. My One and Only One


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