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Award-Winning Jazz Singer!
With a voice praised as a deep contralto as smooth and dark as the richestespresso (Jazz Times, November 2007,) award-winning jazz vocalist Alexis Colehas made an impressive impact on audiences ever since she first took the stageas a teenager.
Called “one of the great voices of today,” Alexis Cole has been compared toclassic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O’Day. Her luxurious voiceand innovative interpretations make her an instant favorite with audiences ofall ages. Cole is the recipient of a Swing Journal Gold Disk award, and has wonthe NY Jazzmobile and Montreux Jazz Festival vocal competitions. She records forMotéma Music, NY. and Venus Records, Japan. Her recordings, which featuremusical luminaries such as Fred Hersch, Eric Alexander, Matt Wilson, HarryPickens, Don Braden and Pat LaBarbara, have received high praise in the jazzpress and are spun on radio world-wide. In addition to her many performances attop jazz venues like Dizzy’s Club at (Jazz at Lincoln Center), The Oak Room,Blues Alley, and Billboard Live, she’s also performed at the Kennedy Center andbeen a featured soloist at Avery Fisher Hall with the NY Philharmonic Brass. Shealso trained in Indian Classical singing at the Jazz India Vocal Institute inMumbai.” She is currently the full-time jazz vocalist with the West Point BandJazz Knights.
This is one singer youll want to pay attention to. As the infamous jazzpublication Swing Journal states, We’ve been waiting for the next great singerto come along, and finally… Alexis.
Features:
Super Audio CD
SACD Stereo SACD Layer
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Made in Japan
Musicians:
Alexis Cole, vocals
Eric Alexander, tenor sax
Jim Rotondi, trumpet
Steve Davis, trombone
David Hazeltine, piano
John Webber, bass
Joe Farnsworth, drums
Selections:
1. Golden Earrings
2. I Wil Wait For You
3. Moon River
4. Delilah
5. Cry Me A River
6. Alone Together
7. A Beautiful Friendship
8. All The Things You Are
9. So In Love
10. You’ve Changed
11. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
Recorded at Avatar Studio in New York on April 28 & 29, 2010.
