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Get a free preview of Joanna Wallfisch's upcoming project "Beyond Joni"

Joanna Wallfisch will give a talk and performance at Mountaintop Library in Tannersville, NY on June 10 as a preview of her new project "Beyond Joni". The concert, a collaboration between Catskill Jazz Factory / 23Arts Initiative and Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT, will explore the great female singer-songwriters of the 60s and 70s. The full performance will take place at Music Mountain on July 16. Information about the preview is here. Tickets for the Music Mountain show are here.

Joanna Wallfisch announces third album "Gardens In My Mind"

LONDON-BORN, NYC-BASED ARTIST, JOANNA WALLFISCH, ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

GARDENS IN MY MIND

Out on Sunnyside Records, July 22, 2016

Second collaboration with pianist Dan Tepfer

features London’s award-winning classical string ensemble The Sacconi Quartet

“Sensitive and deep” — The New York Times

UK native vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Joanna Wallfisch announces the upcoming release of her third album, Gardens in My Mind, out on July 22, 2016 (Sunnyside Records). Wallfisch’s new body of work showcases the artist’s signature pure vocals and poetic lyrics with an intricate weaving of singer-songwriter, folk, jazz, contemporary and indie pop music. The 14-track album features Wallfisch on vocals, piano and ukulele along with pianist, Dan Tepfer, and award-winning London-based ensemble, The Sacconi Quartet.

Gardens is the much anticipated follow-up to Wallfisch’s critically acclaimed last album, The Origin of Adjustable Things (Sunnyside Records, 2015), which Downbeat rated 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Originally from London, Joanna Wallfisch was born with music in her DNA. Daughter of classical cellist Raphael Wallfisch and violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch, Wallfisch completed her Masters in Jazz Performance from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and relocated to New York City in 2012. In 2011, she independently released her debut solo album, Wild Swan, which she recorded at the Douglas Street Studios in Brooklyn, New York.

In the past five years, Wallfisch has toured or worked with Wynton Marsalis, Fred Hersch, Lee Konitz, Joe Martin, Rob Garcia, James Shipp among other jazz luminaries. She has also appeared on film soundtracks, including All the Beautiful Things and Desert Dancer, and is the featured voice on the national ad campaign for Hillshire Farms.

In 2015, Wallfisch teamed up with pianist Dan Tepfer to record her second album, The Origin of Adjustable Things, which consisted of eight original compositions and four covers, including a hushed interpretation of Radiohead's "Creep," Tim Buckley's "Song to a Siren," and the Academy Award-nominated Tiomkin-Washington song, "Wild Is the Wind."

Wallfisch has received rave reviews from a number of music critics. The Boston Globe says, “Wallfisch combines the intimate purview of a singer-songwriter with the technical liberties of a jazz improviser.” Downbeat raves about Wallfisch, saying “her focused, crystalline delivery will melt any purist’s heart. ”The New York Times calls Wallfisch “an introspective singer-songwriter” who is “sensitive and deep.”

Be sure to pluck a copy of the new Joanna Wallfisch album Gardens in My Mind when it blooms on July 22nd! And stay tuned for the artist’s new music video for the title track--coming soon!

Kalmanovitch Maneri Duo to give talk at Mana Contemporary

“What do you call this music? Is it chamber music; is it jazz? Is it Mahler? Is it free improvisation?” — Mat Maneri

In connection with Chamber Music America and National Chamber Music Month, Mat Maneri and Tanya Kalmanovitch will explore answers to those question as well as others in a talk and performance at Mana Contemporary on May 19. Get more information and RSVP here.

Gracie Terzian On Tour!

Starting April 6, Gracie Terzian begins a five-date tour in NYC, DC and Virginia:

Wednesday, April 6th

Club Bonafide 212 East 5nd Street, New York, NY

7:30 PM

Tickets - Facebook Event

Thursday, April 7th

Twins Jazz 1344 U Street NW, Washington, DC

Sets at 8 PM & 10 PM

Tickets for 8 PM Set - Tickets for 10 PM Set - Facebook event

Thursday, April 14th

Balliceaux 203 N. Lombardy Street, Richmond, VA

9:30 PM

Saturday, April 16th

The Bebedero 313 2nd Street SE, Charlottesville, VA

10:30 PM

Sunday, April 17th

Pippin Hill Winery 5022 Plank Road, North Garden, VA

2 PM

Yosvany Terry with Manuel Valera and New Cuban Express

Tonight, Yosvany Terry will join Manuel Valera and New Cuban Express for Jazz at the Cave. The band is made up of Valera (piano/keyboards), Terry (saxophone), Boris Kozlov (bass), E.J. Strickland (drums), and Mauricio Herrera (percussion) and will explore and fuse the music of Cuba with Jazz. Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 PM; info here.