In Their Own Voice, Vol. II: A Perfect Storm (feat. The Heritage Ensemble)
- 流派:Jazz 爵士
- 语种:英语
- 发行时间:2014-08-26
- 类型:Single
简介
“A Perfect Storm” is Eugene Marlow’s MEII Enterprises indie label second digital only, mini-album release in the “In Their Own Voice” series. This single track album features songstress Anne Mironchik with music by Eugene Marlow. The lyrics are by Ms. Mironchik. Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble is featured. The first album in the series—released in mid-July--featured French lyricist/vocalists Amelie Cherubin on three tracks with original music by composer/producer Eugene Marlow. Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble is also featured. 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-nominee 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.: Eugene Marlow is an award-winning composer/arranger, producer, presenter, performer, author, journalist, and educator who has written 225+ 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 leader (piano) and founder of The Heritage Ensemble, a quintet that performs his arrangements and original compositions of Hebraic melodies in various jazz, Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian styles. 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 just 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. Anne Mironchik: Anne Mironchik has performed regularly both solo and with her jazz band at NYC and Boston jazz venues and festivals throughout the U.S. performing her toe-tappin’ and touching songs. Her shows include a mix of standards, jazzy adult-contemporary favorites and her original, crowd-pleasing and critically acclaimed songs that are rooted in rock, blues, R&B and country. Anne is an experienced voice teacher and is currently attending Boston University, Sargent College working toward becoming certified as a speech-language pathologist with a specialty in voice and singing rehabilitation.