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Samir Zarif: Starting Point

Read "Starting Point" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


The excitement of hearing the voice from a musician of significant new talent knows no bounds. Violinist Majid Khaliq, vocalist Khalil Wilson, bassist Michael Feinberg, composer Gene Pritsker, and now saxophonist and storyteller Samir Zarif, are just beginning to fan the rapidly growing new brushfire of 21st century music. Zarif's talent is significant enough to merit ...

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Samir Zarif: Starting Point

Read "Starting Point" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Among the many new voices with something unique to say, Texas-born saxophonist Samir Zarif's Starting Point is as fresh a debut as they come. A member of the internationally acclaimed group The Story--whose names include rising stars, pianist John Escreet and saxophonist Lars Dietrich--Zarif also contributed to singer Maria Neckam's memorable Deeper (Sunnyside, 2010). In both ...

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Samir Zarif: Starting Point

Read "Starting Point" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Saxophonist Samir Zarif has experienced a wide cross section of the cultural landscape of the United States. Zarif grew up in Texas, spent his college years learning and performing in New Orleans, and then traveled north to New York for his studies at the Manhattan School of Music. While all of this isn't necessarily remarkable for ...

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Deeper

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Deeper; Indestructible Fort; Happy Song; When You're In Love; Fear; I Remember; Blown Away; Missing You; Learn My Tongue; Deeper (Full Version).

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Maria Neckam: Deeper

Read "Deeper" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The music of vocalist Maria Neckam defies easy categorization. Neckam, a native Austrian living in New York since 2005, has never subscribed to the idea of belonging to one specific subset of the music world. She has brought her unique vocal talents into rock realms, classical settings, modern jazz and various other arenas and her voice ...

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Maria Neckam: Deeper

Read "Deeper" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


It's not often that a singer like Maria Neckam comes along. Blessed with a voice that she can set free as it flutters and streaks into stellar regions of music, Neckam is still able to keep it in control. She has a natural ability for heartbreaking emotion, in much the same way that Billie Holiday did. ...

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Donald Vega: Tomorrows

Read "Tomorrows" reviewed by Elliott Simon


Combined with a forward-looking mindset and an emotional depth not often found on initial offerings, Tomorrows has all the things that a debut should: breadth of style, fresh approach and intimacy that lets one get to know the artist. Pianist Donald Vega, who fled from Nicaragua, has faced much adversity in his young life and impresses ...

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Crossing and Blending

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Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Kleine Einsicht (Maria Neckam) - 5:31; 02. Blue Birds (Maria Neckam) - 5:27; 03. Hidden Dragon (Maria Neckam) - 3:59; 04. My One and Only Love (Gray Wood - Robert Mellin) - 3:50; 05. November (Franz von Chossy - Maria Neckam) - 4:55; 06. This Music (Maria Neckam) - 5:20; 07. Lovesong (for the crazy) (Maria Neckam) - 3:40; 08. 55 (Maria Neckam) - 5:17; 09. When You´re Gone (Maria Neckam) - 3:52; 10. Connected (Maria Neckam) - 4:24; 11. My Mind (Maria Neckam) - 4:55; 12. Wer liebt (Maria Neckam) - 5:03; 13. Crossing and Blending (Maria Neckam) - 3:55; 14. Beauty Everywhere (Maria Neckam) - 3:44.

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News: Recording

Maria Neckam's New Album Now on Blue Music Group

Maria Neckam's New Album Now on Blue Music Group

Austrian-New Yorker vocalist and songwriter Maria Neckam new release, 'Crossing and Blending', is now available on Blue Music Group. This remarkable 63-minute entirety features edgy original melodies by Neckam and one track by the pianist on the album, Franz von Chossy. Off Beat Magazine has reviewed 'Crossing and Blending' as an ambitious release “that ranges through ...

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Maryland: Crossing and Blending

Read "Crossing and Blending" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Da Vienna a New York è un passo che altri hanno fatto prima di lei, Maria Neckam. Il genere che fa è difficile da definire in due parole, e già questo è un buon segno, in un genere, quello del jazz vocale, in cui praticamente è già stato detto tutto. Si fa accompagnare da una ritmica ...


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