Moderne Frau presents 13 tracks, including three original
songs composed by Braun and songs by leading German composers: Kurt Weill,
Franz Grothe and Mischa Spoliansky. Musicians featured on the recording are:
Tom King, piano; Pat Collins, bass; Daniel Barnes, drums/percussion; Tony
Quarrington, guitar/banjo; Joseph Macerollo, accordion; Juan Gabriel Olivarez, clarinet;
Brad Eaton, trumpet, Conrad Gluch, tenor saxophone, and Zack Smith,
trombone.
In her live performance, in support of Moderne Frau, Braun
pays tribute to the women of Weimar Berlin, during the latter part of the
interwar period between German’s defeat in World War I in 1918 and Hitler’s
rise to power in 1933, when arts and sciences flourished in the Weimar
Republic. It was fertile ground for intellectuals, artists, and innovators from
many fields. The social environment was chaotic, politics were passionate, and
the cabaret scene was decadent. Women had a strong presence in the cabaret
scene, performing songs of protest, prostitution, and everyday life, in the
clubs. Even the sensational American entertainer and activist Josephine Baker
who devoted much of her life to fighting racism – to whom Braun pays tribute in
her song Josephine – made frequent visits to perform at cabaret clubs in Berlin
during this period.
Adi Braun is an accomplished artist in cabaret, concert and
theatre, performing in every major jazz and concert venue in Toronto and having
toured Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Among her four recordings to date, she was
short-listed for a 2004 Juno nomination for her recording Delishious and the
song, Show Me Yours, from The Rules of the Game, was featured in an episode of
the hit U.S. TV series The “L” Word. Born in Toronto, Adi grew up in Europe in
a family of musicians. Her parents were opera singers and her brother, Russell,
is a world-renowned baritone, with whom she has performed in operas and
operettas. Braun studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University
of Toronto’s Faculty of Music.
In the late 90s, Adi returned to the music she loves, which
she calls “cabarazz,” that draws on aspects from both cabaret and jazz idioms.
Regarded as one of Canada’s leading jazz vocalists, in 2007 she was nominated
as Best Major Jazz Vocalist of the Year by the Manhattan Association of
Cabarets and Clubs (MAC).
Her repertoire ranges from the Great American Songbook, to
European cabaret, to contemporary songs by Canadian legends such as Shirley
Eikhard and Gordon Lightfoot, as well as her own original compositions and
arrangements. She performs in English,
German, French and Spanish.
Moderne Frau will be available for sale at the CD launch, at
Adi Braun’s live performances, and for digital download on iTunes.
Tickets for the CD Launch on October 22 at Temerty Theatre
are $25 and can be purchased online at
http://performance.rcmusic.ca/event/1718/moderne-frau, in person at the Weston
Family Box Office, 273 Bloor Street West, or by calling 416-408-0208.
For more information on Adi Braun and her upcoming
performances, log on to www.adibraun.com.
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