Beautiful Alignment was recorded on what would be Billy Holiday's 88th birthday in a State Of The Art Recording Studio, Sophiahat in Seattle Washington. It is an Album rich with lush vocals with a splash of World rhythm! Mercedes moves the listener through a melodic journey of emotions ...being loved, loving, & letting go. The Pianist Marc Seales delicate, harmonic sweeps arouse intense emotions, yet at times is beautifully playful! Thomas Marriott's Trumpet solo's are so clear and riveting that they take you on an emotional journey, & you find yourself drifitng far away! The passionate playing of Bassist Evan Flory is deliciously seductive and the dexterity of Drummer D'Vonne Lewis will excite all your senses! Mercedes Nicole's sings with such tenderness & intensity that those classics from the Great American Songbook are nothing like you've ever heard before. Nicole's originals with her co- writer Peter Tomack capture the struggles of love & loving, mirroring I am sure just about every lovers soul! C. Michael Bailey says, "Mercedes's approach is simple, "Make simple, uncomplicated music with a distilled band playing refined arrangements.... "doing more with less to produce the infinite!" June 27th 2013 "All About Jazz Magazine Beautiful Alignment is truly the Soulful Face Of Acoustic Jazz! ~ CD Universe
According to Brynda, this album is her very first and a labour of love. It was produced by Jay Douglas and recorded by Side Door Records in Toronto, Ontario Canada with the Studio 2 Band. Brynda lives in the Windsor, Ontario area, and spent many hours on Via Rail or driving up the 401. She once I had to get up at 3:30 am to catch the 5 o'clock to Toronto. That was a real bummer! The making of this album was a long journey that began in July 2012 and culminated with an Album Release Party in the spring of 2013. She says that the day before, she drove for the last time down the 401 back to Windsor, the car loaded with boxes of CD's and a drum kit, no less. She just popped her newly minted creation into the CD player and sang all the way back to Windsor! Tracks include: Love Makes A Woman; I'm In Love With You' If I Follow My Heart; Take A Look; Good For You; Smooth Operator; I'd Rather Go Blind Memories' and Good Night My Love. ~ CD Universe
An Ella Fitzgerald Foundation award recipient, Kiya Lacey has opened for the likes of pop icon Brandy and performed to enthusiastic fans in venues both large and intimate. Her debut release represents a classic American jazz, R&B, rock, and roots side of Lacey, and she is backed by a veritable troupe of Nashville heavyweights-including John Jackson (Bob Dylan), Mark T. Jordan (Van Morrison), George Marinelli, (Bonnie Raitt), Marco Giovino (Robert Plant), Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil), Jack Pearson (Allman Brothers), Ken Coomer (Wilco), Kenny Vaughan (Lucinda Williams), Brian Harrison (Shelby Lynne), and Vince Santoro (Roseanne Cash). Covering a waterfront of topics-from love, departure, and renewal to social concerns- Lacey summons the ghosts of Etta James, Josephine Baker, and other American icons, all while making each song very much her own. ~ CD Universe
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