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| Julie Hardy at Cornelia Street  On Thursday, May 10th Brooklyn-based vocalist and composer, Julie Hardy returns to Cornelia Street Cafe as a part of the Gnu Vox Series. She will perform new pieces off her upcoming release The Wish which will be released this year by New York based label World Culture Music, www.worldculturemusic.com, featuring some of New York's finest young jazz talent. The vocalist will be accompanied by a band of up and coming New York jazz artists; John Ellis, soprano & tenor saxophone; Randy Ingram on piano, Matt Clohesy on bass and Kendrick Scott on drums.About the Vocalist: Jazz Times critic Christopher Loudon states that "Hardy lives, like [Kurt] Elling and [Bobby] McFerrin, in a musical world of her own, and it is a marvelously dynamic place." With one step into the world of Julie Hardy, it is clear that she is not a typical jazz singer. The Wish, her forthcoming release on World Culture Music, shows us a highly trained composer, improviser and re-inventor of jazz standards, backed by a spectacular collection of some of New York's best young jazz talent. Through a diverse program of wordless originals and re-workings of timeless standards, Hardy has developed a sound that is truly unique and honest. In 2005, Hardy released her debut recording A Moment's Glance (Fresh Sound New Talent) to a full house at the Jazz Standard in New York City. That year she was also selected to perform at the Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center. This past year Hardy was acknowledged for her talent as a composer by receiving the 2006 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award for her composition "No Turning Back". "Julie Hardy's newly issued debut CD, A Moment's Glance (Fresh Sound New Talent), introduces a singer well equipped to handle everything modern jazz vocalism demands: candlelit standards ("My Romance"), repurposed pop hits ("And I Love Him"), effortless improvisation and a strong writer's pen. Saxist Rob Stillman surrounds Hardy's dark-velvet voice with breathy intimacies; the rhythm section of Randy Ingram, Ben Street, and Adam Cruz keep things on a steady simmer." Steve Smith, Time Out New York. "...Hardy's voice is acrobatic and pliable but she doesn't rub her formidable skills in your face, delivering the words in a tone that is often soft and impressionistic as Luciana Souza. She's also a musician as much as a singer of lyrics as she dives into rhythms and harmonies...using a musical intellect that is bright and intuitive." Tad Hendrickson, Jazz Week write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |