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News: Recording

Vocalist Tessa Souter's 2nd Motema CD, "Beyond The Blue," Due May 8

Vocalist Tessa Souter's 2nd Motema CD, "Beyond The Blue," Due May 8

Since her 2004 recording debut, Tessa Souter has established herself as a fearless innovator in vocal jazz—“broadly imaginative” (New York Times), “expressive... full of passion” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “direct and soulful” (Village Voice). NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan places her “at the top of my list of great talent.” On Souter’s new Beyond the Blue, her fourth ...

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Article: Live Review

Tessa Souter: Half Moon Bay, February 13, 2011

Read "Tessa Souter: Half Moon Bay, February 13, 2011" reviewed by Bill Leikam


Tessa SouterDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaFebruary 13, 2011 There are times, at the Douglas Beach House (aka the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society), when a singer comes in and subtly moves the audience to a deeper attention than might otherwise be the case. So it was, when jazz vocalist, ...

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News: Music Industry

Good News For LA's Jazz Community

The jazz community has, too often, endured bad news. This sad reality recently manifested in the deaths of legends James Moody, Lena Horne, Billy Taylor and Buddy Collette, among others. The loss of the music's great instrumentalists and vocalists to the ravages of time and disease is, of course, inevitable, though no less painful. Like these ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Cheek / Victor Prieto: Rollo-Coaster

Read "Rollo-Coaster" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


An odd couple of sorts, this union between accordion and saxophone is at once curious but proves a match made in heaven with Chris Cheek and Victor Prieto's collaborative release Rollo-Coaster. With great aplomb, they cover a wide scope of music from Tango to improvisational stints and other influences. Prieto, originally from Galicia, ...

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Article: Album Review

Tessa Souter: Obsession

Read "Obsession" reviewed by Joel Roberts


New York-based, British-born Tessa Souter is a jazz singer with interests far outside the jazz world. On Obsession, Souter mostly shuns well-trodden standards and classic jazz fare in favor of a varied set of rock, pop and Brazilian tunes. With her rich contralto and crystal-clear diction, Souter delivers lyrics with a theatrical, but ...

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Article: Album Review

Tessa Souter: Obsession

Read "Obsession" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Tessa Souter is a consummate and dedicated vocalist who is deservedly on the rise in the New York jazz scene and elsewhere. A contralto who sings with both precision and emotion, her impressionist and minimalist interpretations bring out the meanings of her songs while remaining true to their melodic lines. Following Listen Love (Nara Music, 2004) ...

Album

Nights of Key Largo

Label: Venus Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: The Island; Close Enough For Love; Moondance; So Many Stars; The Look Of Love; You Only Live Twice; Key Largo; Slow Hot Wind; Moon And Sand; I'm Glad There Is You; All Or Nothing At All; Morning Of The Carnival; Imagine.

Album

Obsession

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Eleanor Rigby; Riverman; Obsession; White Room; Afro Blue/Footprints; Make This City Ours Tonight; Crystal Rain—Sunshower; Empty Faces - Vera Cruz; Now and Then; Nara's Song—Little Sunflower; Love Them from Spartacus; Usha's Wedding.

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Article: Live Review

Todd Barkan: Continuation and Augmentation

Read "Todd Barkan: Continuation and Augmentation" reviewed by Wayne Zade


Todd Barkan has been one of the most important and versatile producers of jazz concerts and records around the globe for almost 30 years. The list of artists whose projects he has produced reads like a veritable Who's Who of jazz. Barkan has managed many artists, including the Boys Choir of Harlem, Chico O'Farrill and Freddy ...

Article: Album Review

Tessa Souter: Obsession

Read "Obsession" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Per capire che ci si trova davanti a un'artista raffinata e complessa basta ascoltare la tesa e languida cover di “Eleanor Rigby," posta proprio in apertura di questo sorprendente Obsession. Tessa Souter è una cantante senza dubbio fortemente imparentata col jazz, ma incline a un concetto di musica nel quale predominano saldi appigli alla forma-canzone classica. ...


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