Kathleen Grace Band - Songbird

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Artist: Kathleen Grace Band

Title: Songbird

Year Of Release: 2007

Label: Kathleen Grace

Genre: Jazz / Vocal Jazz

Quality: Mp3 / 320kbps

Total Time: 38:08 min

Total Size: 101 MB

Tracklist

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01. Do You Want To Know A Secret

02. I'll Be Seeing You

03. Songbird

04. I Return To You

05. Surrey With The Fringe

06. Sunrise Sunset

07. Red Sails In The Sunset

08. Away With Me

 

What happens when a lover of Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell gets a jazz education? The answer is found in the music of Kathleen Grace. Her repertoire is often often compared to the work of Madeleine Peyroux and Bill Frisel; and her voice to the pure sound of a bell ringing. Grace released her critically acclaimed debut CD "Sunrise" in 2005. All About Jazz called it one the debuts of the year, JazzTimes called on major-labels to "step up." For her new project Grace has now embarked on an innovative collaborative ensemble The Kathleen Grace Band.

The band grew out of a two-year musical collaboration with guitarist Perry Smith. Their first recording, Songbird features a mix of co-written band numbers as well as acoustic vocal/guitar fairy tales. Grace and Smith joined their writing skills on the title track which pairs his beautiful melody with her lyrics of new love. The song have been selected as a finalist for the 2007 International Songwriting Competition in the jazz category. In addition to original material, the CD highlights important influences on the young composers. The opening track transforms the wide-eyed early Beatles tune "Do You Want to Know a Secret" into an adult Brazilian rendevous. The closing song, "Away with Me" written by Grace, highlights the pair's musical chemistry and vulnerable approach to storytelling.

Kathleen Grace and Perry Smith are each award-winning composers in their own right: Grace was awarded a spot at the 2004 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency at the Kennedy Center and was a finalist in the 2004 Montreux Jazz Festival International Vocal Competition. Smith won ASCAP's 2006 Young Composer Award in Jazz for his composition "Peace Park."

 

 

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