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Kristen Lee Sergeant

Kristen Lee Sergeant is jazz vocalist with effervescent energy, musical intensity and dramatic flair. Marrying the musicianship of a jazz artist with the craft of an actress, Sergeant is a performer of imagination and heart. Her 2016 debut, Inside Out, received critical acclaim, most notably the distinction of a Critic’s Pick mention in DownBeat Magazine. The anticipation is palpable for her sophomore record, Smolder, which will be released in February of 2019 (Plastic Sax Records.) Bob Blumenthal, Grammy® award winning author, writes: “A special singer can evoke a thermometer’s span of temperatures while sustaining a singular fire within

You Can Never Be Too Magical - Celebrating Esperanza Spalding

By MARY FOSTER CONKLIN

This week we feature new releases from vocalists Kat Edmonson, Tamuz Nissim, Maria Schafer and JD Walter with birthday shout outs to pianists Lil Armstrong, Marc Cary and Jutta Hipp, bassist Katie Thiroux, trumpeter Jeannie Tanner, and vocalist Ed Reed, among others. In the first hour, a celebration of Esperanza Spalding's latest Grammy win for Jazz ...

Smolder

By KRISTEN LEE SERGEANT

Label: Plastic Sax Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: True; Balm/Burn; Afterglow; I’m Beginning to See the Light; Midnight Sun; It’s All Right with Me; Show Me; Sconsolato; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (These Foolish Things); The Best is Yet to Come.

Autumn's Embrace and September Song

By MARY FOSTER CONKLIN

Happy Fall to all! This equinox broadcast includes new releases from guitarist Claudette King, vocalists Tish Oney, Kelley Johnson, Carolyn Fitzhugh and Chiara Izzi, pianist Sumitra and saxophonist Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School, with birthday shout outs to saxophonist Vi Redd (pictured), pianists Lovie Austin, Bobby Short, Kait Dunton, Helen Sung and Champian Fulton, guitarist Emily ...

Kristen Lee Sergeant: Smolder

By DAN BILAWSKY

Sometimes it takes an entire album, or even a few, to appreciate an artist's depth. But in the case of vocalist Kristen Lee Sergeant, you can get there in a song. Her morphing take on '80s new wave outfit Spandau Ballet's “True," revealing a theatrical streak and some pure and pliable pipes, does the job and ...

Twilight World - Celebrating Marian McPartland, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Joni 75

By MARY FOSTER CONKLIN

The penultimate week of Women's History Month broadcast includes new releases from guitarist Mimi Fox, trombonists Naomi Moon Siegel and Natalie Cressman, pianist Lara Downes, the group Five Play led by drummer Sherrie Maricle and vocalists Sivan Arbel and Patrice Jegou, as well as a first listen to the live recording of Joni Mitchell''s 75th year ...

A Conversation with Vocalist Kristen Lee Sergeant

By LORENS CHUNO

Join me on this episode for a chat with Kristen Lee Sergeant. Her new album, Smolder, showcases her skillful use of lyrics that commands the listener to not only hear her but also see her through the speaker. Smolder features Jeb Patton on piano, Cameron Brown on bass, Jay Sawyer on drums, Ted Nash on saxophone ...