Results for "New York Voices"

Album

Meeting of Minds

By Bob Mintzer

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2018
Track listing: Autumn Leaves; I Concentrate on You; I Want to Be Happy; I Get Along Without You Very Well; The Way You Look Tonight; You Go to My Head; Old Devil Moon; Weird Blues; Speak Low; I’ll Remember April.

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What We Need Are Hearts On Fire

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 29, 2018

Sample sweet holiday music from Beegie Adair, plus new releases by pianists Harold Mabern and Sue Palmer, with birthday shout outs to Diane Schuur, Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams (celebrating his centennial this year), Jazz Master Bob Dorough, Cassandra Wilson and lyricist Morgan Ames, among others. Playlist Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band “The Little Drummer ...

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You Go to My Head

Featuring the music of New York Voices
Duration: 7:20
June 24, 2018

“Meeting of Minds" focuses on the integration of voices with the big band. The combination of the dynamic writing styles of Bob Mintzer and Darmon Meader, from New York Voices, produces a very dense yet very fresh sonic palette. There are subtle harmonic and rhythmic nuances in the arrangements that blend together to deliver an engaging musical journey. The repertoire draws on the Great American Songbook from the 1930s and 1940s. Each arrangement transforms a classic song into a modern-day hit revealing the lasting power of a great song. In addition to the wonderful arrangements, the album showcases over a dozen powerful improvised solos from some of the top musicians in the world. The collaboration is truly a musically rich Meeting of Minds.

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New Bob Mintzer Big Band – New York Voices Album, "Meeting Of Minds," Out Now From MCG Jazz

June 22, 2018

“Meeting of Minds focuses on the integration of voices with the big band. The combination of the dynamic writing styles of Bob Mintzer and Darmon Meader, from New York Voices, produces a very dense yet very fresh sonic palette. There are subtle harmonic and rhythmic nuances in the arrangements that blend together to deliver an engaging ...

Article: Album Review

Bob Mintzer Big Band/New York Voices: Meeting Of Minds

by Dan Bilawsky
June 14, 2018

Meeting Of Minds plays more like a merger than an encounter. And that, after all, is how all successful collaborations should feel. Hearing Bob Mintzer's big band and New York Voices join forces for a trip through newly-arranged takes on '30s and '40s gems from the Great American Songbook is a reminder that some music can ...

Album

A Sleepin' Bee

By New York Voices

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: Let's Live Again; Guess Who I Saw Today; A Sleepin' Bee; (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am; Never Will I Marry; Save Your Love For Me; The Old Country/Passion Flower; Born To Be Blue; You Don't Know What Love Is; Happy Talk.

Article: Album Review

Kim Nazarian: Some Morning

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
March 2, 2016

Kim Nazarian is one of a kind. Sure, there are other singers with lovely voices, great ears and impeccable time, but not many as warm and open on stage; there are even fewer who can phrase a lyric the way she does, so that you believe every word. A founding member of the New York Voices, ...

Album

The Hope of Christmas

By Ann Hampton Callaway

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: 1. On Union Street (A Christmas Toast)04:13 2. The Hope of Christmas 04:12 3. One Star 04:35 4. Discovery 05:12 5. I Believe 03:46 6. I Saw a Sparrow 03:19 7. Santa Doesn't Like Me 03:35 8. Christmas Isn't Christmas At All 04:46 9. I Want To Play Santa 04:26 10. What Good Is Being Cranky (When It's Christmas Time) 04:01 11. My Gift of Thanks 04:23 12. Fly With The Angels 05:47

Article: Album Review

Kim Nazarian: Some Morning

by C. Michael Bailey
November 26, 2015

Vocalist and New York Voices' founding member Kim Nazarian joins her band mate Lauren Kinhan in recently releasing a solo recording. Kinhan's Circle in a Square.(Self Produced, 2014) was well received, bringing much deserved attention to both Kinhan and the NYVs. Nazarian's entry into the solo field enriches the soprano field greatly and accents her discography ...

Article: Album Review

Jag vet en dejlig rosa (A Beautiful Rose): Come Rain or Come Shine

by C. Michael Bailey
October 30, 2015

Stockholm Voices is a Swedish jazz vocal quartet who join the company of Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices and the newly minted London, Meader, Pramuk and Ross. But, Stockholm Voices brings something very different to the tables in the way of a retrospective style. Rather than the bebop lightening bolts thrown off by the greater field ...