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Label: Self Produced
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Duration: 03:05

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Nicky Schrire: Freedom Flight

Read "Freedom Flight" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Freedom Flight is the debut from vocalist Nicky Schrire, a young singer who was born in London, raised in Cape Town and now resides in New York. It's a distinctive debut, heralding the welcome arrival to the scene of a fine vocalist with an eclectic range of source material--a mix of Latin, pop, folk, and American ...

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Take Five With Nicky Schrire

Read "Take Five With Nicky Schrire" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Nicky Schrire: London-born, South African-raised, New York-based vocalist/composer Nicky Schrire has been been praised for her abilit: to use her voice as “a dispensary of emotional power." (Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz).A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Schrire has performed in New York, South Africa and London. Her debut ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicky Schrire: Freedom Flight

Read "Freedom Flight" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Breaking into the jazz vocal world is no easy feat. Aspiring singers often find themselves angling for crumbs of attention in this overcrowded field, and having a pleasant voice doesn't count for much anymore. Originality in approach, a proclivity for picking songs that stretch the definition of jazz and an elastic understanding of the voice's role ...

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Freedom Flight / Blackbird

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Label: Circavision Productions
Released: 2012
Duration: 07:39

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Article: Nite & Disk

Kate McGarry: Beauty and the Bus

Read "Kate McGarry: Beauty and the Bus" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger


The BusI recently drove into the Big Apple to see singer Kate McGarry's band celebrate the release of their Girl Talk CD (Palmetto, 2012) at the Jazz Standard. It was a stressful drive, given the rush-hour timing and need to watch for idiots steering two tons of metal with their knees as they text ...

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News: Recording

Circavision Productions Releases Nicky Schrire's "Freedom Flight"

Circavision Productions Releases Nicky Schrire's "Freedom Flight"

Vocalist & composer celebrates a fresh and vibrant take on the Jazz vocal tradition New York, NY: Nicky Schrire, a vocalist and composer with a “warm, honey-rich voice” (Peter Eldridge) will release her debut album, ‘Freedom Flight’ on May 22, 2012 via Circavision Productions. The album includes eleven tracks that Schrire both arranged and produced. Two ...

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Brian Adler: A World of Percussion

Read "Brian Adler: A World of Percussion" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Brian Adler is truly both a drummer and a percussionist--in his world, the drum set coexists peacefully with a dizzying array of ethnic percussion instruments as equal partners in a myriad of musical possibilities. His work with vocalist Sunny Kim in the Prana Trio--which also includes a rotating cast of guest artists such as Frank Carlberg, ...

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"Phase 1" Of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off

"Phase 1" Of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off

Drummer/composer spearheads digital-only collaboration featuring the musical talent of Kate McGarry, Dave Eggar, Peter Ehwald, Mark Lau, and others. “Adler is an amazing instrumentalist who has seemingly mastered all aspects of percussion... his bubbling, percolating rhythms carry the music forward in the most graceful possible ways."—Dave Wayne, Jazzreview.com. Drummer and composer Brian Adler will release the ...

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Brian Adler's Helium Project - "Phase 1"

Brian Adler's Helium Project - "Phase 1"

By Richard B. Kamins For a fairly young man, drummer-composer Brian Adler has had a busy life. He's studied with such modern “masters" as Billy Hart, John Hollenbeck, Billy Higgins, Bob Moses, Joe Morris and Cecil McBee as well as sharing the stage with Pablo Aslan, Ran Blake, Frank Carlberg, Marilyn Crispell, Mark Helias, Erik Lawrence, ...


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