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Spirit Child

By Lenora Zenzalai Helm

Label: J Curve Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Keep Takin

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Lenora Zenzalai Helm: Spirit Child

Read "Spirit Child" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
April 1, 1999

In her debut recording, singer Lenora Zenzalai Helm scat-sings and transforms poignant lyrics in an array of jazz styles. Helm, who has a vocal degree from The Berklee College of Music in Boston and has represented the U.S. State Department on a month-long tour of Africa, has put together a winning team effort. However, the singer’s ...

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Lenora Zenzalai Helm: Spirit Child

Read "Spirit Child" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 1999

After reading Stanley Cowell’s acclamatory liner notes to Spirit Child, I was prepared to embrace the second coming of Sarah, Billie, Ella and Carmen in one glorious package. Lenora Zenzalai (“Zen–zay–lay,” Zulu for “spirit child”) Helm is a talented young singer who certainly shows promise, but no one could live up to the kind of advance ...