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Susie Meissner

A major jazz and swing singer, Susie Meissner always seems to have a smile in her voice. In addition to her very appealing tone and impeccable musicianship, the enthusiasm that she displays when she performs is infectious. She always swings and is an excellent improviser yet the lyrics that she interprets are very important to her. "When I perform a song," says Susie, "I want to express the emotions of the words so the listener is experiencing the lyrics the way that the writer intended. I'm never casual about the lyrics." Her skill at reviving and revitalizing classic songs is very much in evidence throughout her finest recording, Tea For Two. Since the New York-based Susie Meissner also performs regularly in Philadelphia, particularly at Chris' Jazz Café, for her latest recording she decided to feature some of Philly's best jazz musicians along with a few guests

Popular Jazz Songs: 2020

by Michael Ricci
January 1, 2021

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2020. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! Did Mark Murphy Believe In UFOS? Tony AdamoDid Mark Murphy Believe In UFOS? ...

I Wish I Knew

By Susie Meissner

Label: Lydian Jazz
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Great City; I Wish I Knew; It Could Happen To You; I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face; Poinciana; Alfie; Hello Young Lovers; The Shadow of Your Smile Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye; In a Mellow Tone; You Go To My Head; The Party’s Over.

Susie Meissner: I Wish I Knew

by Jack Bowers
October 3, 2020

I wish I knew why the talented Philadelphia-based singer Susie Meissner chose to open her salute to the Great American Songbook with the only tune on the album that doesn't really qualify: Curtis Lewis' “The Great City." It's not a bad song but Cole Porter or Johnny Mandel it ain't. On the bright side, Meissner recovers ...

Poinciana

October 1, 2020

Album: I Wish I Knew
By Susie Meissner
Label: Lydian Jazz Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 6:19

Susie Meissner: I Wish I Knew

by C. Michael Bailey
September 8, 2020

Over the past decade and three previous recordings, Philadelphia-based vocalist Susie Meissner has crafted an intelligently conceived and thoughtfully paced survey of the Great American Songbook. Meissner's considerations of the standard jazz repertoire, in concert with pianist John Shaddy's sturdy arrangements and educated performance manner, have emerged, evolving from chaste and reverent beginnings, into rich and ...

Susie Meissner: Tea for Two

by C. Michael Bailey
September 3, 2020

Natural but determined evolution makes for well conceived and produced projects. Vocalist Susie Meissner has proved this statement as she progressed from her debut recording I'll Remember April (Lydian Jazz, 2009), through her sophomore effort, I'm Confessin' (Lydian Jazz, 2011) to the present Tea for Two. Using a well-worn repertoire, Meissner, mostly with the support of ...

Susie Meissner: I'll Remember April

by C. Michael Bailey
August 25, 2020

Philadelphia-based vocalist Susie Meissner has been surveying the Great American Songbook for the past decade and some. Her approach is uncomplicated, using simple head arrangements, presenting the songs that made Tin Pan Alley noteworthy in a straightforward and authentic fashion, and recalling the original intentions of the composers. Hers is an archival and entertainment endeavor not ...

Tea for Two

By Susie Meissner

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: If I Were A Bell; Tea For Two; Mean To Me; Moonlight Saving Time; Laura; Love Is Here To Stay; Moonglow; Just You, Just Me; Everything I Love; Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Crazy He Calls Me; Triste; Say It Isn't So/Always.

I’m Confessin’

By Susie Meissner

Label: Lydian Jazz Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Close Your Eyes; I'm Confessin'; I Love You; Just Squeeze Me; I'm Just A Lucky Son and So; Tangerine; The Nearness of You; How About You; Skylark; On A Slow Boat to China; Embraceable You; Detour Ahead; Day by Day; A Time for Love.