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The DIVA Jazz Orchestra: Swings Broadway

Read "Swings Broadway" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 26, 2022

At the ripe old age of thirty (closer to a hundred in big-band years), the superlative New York-based, all-female DIVA Jazz Orchestra remains as frisky as a newborn colt, swinging up, down and around Broadway with abandon on its thirteenth album, a brisk and colorful tribute to the Great White Way that shines brightly from start ...

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Musician

Laura Dreyer

Born: March 18

Saxophonist, flutist, and composer Laura Dreyer is a vibrant, creative voice in the New York jazz scene. Her catchy original compositions combine lyrical melodies with Brazilian rhythms, jazz, and funk, resulting in an exciting, contemporary palette of sound with a strong rhythmic twist. A multi-instrumentalist, Dreyer performs both nationally and internationally with her Brazilian Jazz ensemble, Laura Dreyer & the Manhattan-Rio Connection, and is additionally in great demand as a sideperson. Audiences have heard her in the bands of such diverse artists as such as pianist Dom Salvador, Antonio Adolfo, Dr

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Maryland Events Highlight Women Jazz Artists: Concerts And Panel Discussion Celebrate Women's History Month

March 9, 2017

From its earliest days, women have played key roles in jazz. Vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday are legendary singers who exhibited a high level of musicianship. They mastered the technique of their instrument (the voice), learned their music thoroughly and were skilled improvisers like any other band member. Many more talented women have ...

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Vida. Arte. Amor.

By Laura Dreyer

Label: Mayimba Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Caminhos Novos: Beauty & The Beast; Ping Pong; Vale La Pena El Placer (Portuguese version); Beijo Do Sol: (Rio Version); Spring St.; Vale La Pena El Placer; O Outro Lado Do Seu Amor; Perdendo Voce; A Somba Se Foi; Until Daybreak; Arcade; A Danca Dos Cachorros; Perdiendo.

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Laura Dreyer: Vida. Arte. Amor.

Read "Vida. Arte. Amor." reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 9, 2014

Life, art, and love are all intertwined in the latest work from multi-instrumentalist Laura Dreyer--a fourteen song collection that finds her plying her trade in Brazilian-based settings and contemporary scenes. For this album, Dreyer went the wholly authentic route, traveling to Brazil to record in Rio De Janiero. The music that was born ...

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Mayimba Music To Release Laura Dreyer's Vida. Arte. Amor. - A Brazilian Journey

July 24, 2014

Laura Dreyer, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, has established herself as a vital member of the New York jazz scene. Always drawn to Brazilian music, the composer, educator and multi-instrumentalist created a “latinized" fusion incorporating elements of jazz, funk, and rock. Dreyer was a founding member and contributing arranger for the big band ...

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