Eugene Marlow’s MEII Enterprises indie label has released the third digital only, mini-album from the “In Their Own Voice” series. This album features the prodigious talent of vocalist Shira Lissek singing “Go Like the Wind” based on a Latin-tinged composition by Eugene Marlow and lyrics by Ellen Woloshin. The musicians feature Grammy-winning virtuoso pianist Arturo O’Farrill, with Bobby Porcelli on alto saxophone. “Go Like the Wind” inspires the listener to let go of the past, get past fears, and move forward in one’s life. The first album in the series—released in mid-July--featured French lyricist/songstress Amelie Cherubin on three tracks with original music by composer/producer Eugene Marlow. The second mini-album featured songstress/lyricist Anne Mironchik (“A Perfect Storm”). Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble was featured on both of these albums. The “In Their Own Voice” series marks the first time composer/arranger Eugene Marlow has collaborated with a cadre of lyricists/vocalists—all women--including: lyricist/vocalist Amelie Cherubin (France), lyricist/vocalist Anne Mironchik (American), lyricist Ellen Woloshin (American), lyricist Janet Lawson (American), vocalist Shira Lissek (Hebrew), lyricist/vocalist Amy Cervini (Canadian), vocalist Jenn Jade (Hispanic), Grammy-nominated vocalist Carla Cook (African-American), and lyricist Rachel Cordeiro (American of Puerto Rican descent). All the tracks/lyrics focus on relationships and feelings from a woman’s perspective. Eugene Marlow, Ph.D./Composer, Producer Eugene Marlow is an award-winning composer/arranger, producer, presenter, performer, author, journalist, and educator who has written 240+ classical and jazz compositions for solo instruments, jazz and classical chamber groups, and jazz big band. Under his indie MEII Enterprises label, he has previously produced nine CDs of original compositions and arrangements. He is the founder and leader (piano) of The Heritage Ensemble, a quintet that performs his arrangements and original compositions of Hebraic melodies in various jazz, Afro-Caribbean, Brazilian, and classical styles. The Ensemble’s latest album, “Mosaica,” is due for release on November 1, 2014. Three of Marlow’s big band charts appear on several Grammy-nominated albums. “El Aché de Sanabria” appears on Bobby Sanabria’s Grammy-nominated album “Big Band Urban Folktales” (2007 Jazzheads). His reconstruction and arrangement of “Me Acuerdo De Ti,” originally recorded by Tito Puente and Celia Cruz, appears on the Latin-Grammy nominated “Tito Puente Masterworks Live!” recorded by the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra (Jazzheads 2011). “Broken Heart” appears on the 2012 Grammy-nominated “Multiverse” album, also from Maestro Sanabria (Jazzheads 2012). “Let There Be Swing” appears on the recently released “Que Viva Harlem” album featuring the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra (Jazzheads 2014). This album received 4 ½ stars from Downbeat. Marlow is senior co-chair of the Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Concert Series at Baruch College (The City University of New York), now in its 22nd season, where he teaches courses in media and culture. Author of 11 books and 375+ articles, he is a 2010 recipient of the James W. Carey award for journalism excellence from the Media Ecology Association for his numerous contributions to www.jazz.com. He has completed a draft of a book on jazz in China entitled Jazz in the Land of the Dragon. He has been a voting member of The Recording Academy since 2006. Ellen Woloshin/Lyricist Singer/Songwriter Ellen Woloshin’s warm alto voice and heartfelt songwriting is fresh in its own right while referencing female songwriters from the past. Her release “Water Into Wine” is a set of originals with one Beatles classic. “The Words,” from “Water Into Wine,” moved one critic to say: “From the first moment of (the song) you know you are listening to something special…with a feeling of real warmth and real meaning behind the lyrics.” Also from this release, the track “Where Does All The Time Go,” co-written with songwriter Jennifer Dent, was a finalist in the 12th annual International Unisong Contest in the song and performance category. Additionally, Ellen has done some stunning versions of several well-known songs; most notably her version of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” which can be heard on her first CD “Tried & True” and received airplay on the BBC. Her broad range of live and recording experience and early work in jingles has created a strong professional foundation. She has played countless gigs in a variety of venues from colleges to coffee houses to the Bluebird Café in Nashville. Ellen has also written for other artists like Dionne Warwick, Ben Vereen and LaToya Jackson. Shira Lissek/Vocalist Named Shira, the Hebrew word for song, Shira Lissek has sung to the delight of audiences since she was 4 years old. At 16 she sang the national anthem at a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game and by 18 was leading Jewish High Holiday services for thousands. A graduate of Indiana University School of Music and Manhattan School of Music, Ms. Lissek went on to sing leading roles in regional opera companies including Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (Seattle Opera), Mimi in La Boheme and Nedda in Pagliacci (The Philadelphia Kimmel Center) and The Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Bronx Opera). She sang premieres of operas by Carlisle Floyd (The Center For Contemporary Opera), Peter Westergard (Center City Opera Theater), and Antonio Vivaldi (Teatro Instabile). In the musical theatre world, Ms. Lissek performed 656 shows of the American Girl Revue in New York. She was featured in pops concerts singing An Evening with Irving Berlin, A Musical Tribute to Barbra Streisand, Andrew Lloyd Webber Unmasked and Broadway Blockbusters with the Gulf Coast Symphony. With The Klezmer Company Orchestra she sang traditional Jewish repertoire with a twist in Salsa Strings and Swing and Beyond the Tribe. She has sung at venues in New York including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, The Laurie Beechman Theater, The Triad, The Duplex, The Iridium Jazz Club, and Riverside Church. She served as the Cantor of Congregation Mount Sinai in Brooklyn Heights, NY from 2007-2014. She is now the Assistant Cantor at the famed Park Avenue Synagogue, New York City. www.shiralissek.com