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| Judy Wexler East Coast Tour | New CD, “Under a Painted Sky”  Judy Wexler will perform with Mark Soskin, piano; Bill Moring, bass and Devin Kelly, drums in The Blue Note, New York, NY (Sunday, November 13th), Chris' Jazz Café, Philadelphia, PA (Thursday, November 17th), Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA (Friday, November 18th) in support of her New CD, "Under a Painted Sky". Judy's latest CD, "Under a Painted Sky, " released on the Jazzed Media label, charted at #9 in national jazz airplay, and remained on the JazzWeek chart for three months since its release in June 2011. "Under a Painted Sky" marries Judy's expressive storytelling and out-of-the-box song selections with the richly harmonic arrangements of pianist Alan Pasqua. Her most personal and compelling release to date, John Gilbert of Jazzreview.com raves, "This recording should be in the true Jazzophiles collection — it gets no better!"Judy Wexler is a natural storyteller, with a distinctive voice full of shadings. She knows how to dig into a song and find its essence. She is also "one of the most focused, unpretentious, no-nonsense, bop-oriented jazz singers around" (JazzTimes), with an "instinctive ability to bring out the best in each song, often taking it into unfamiliar territory." (All Music Guide) Her 2005 debut, "Easy on the Heart, " made radio waves and introduced her to a wide jazz audience. Her 2008 follow-up, "Dreams & Shadows, " debuted at #2 on the national JazzWeek chart and confirmed her ability to find great songs and effortlessly bring them to life. Susan Stamberg of NPR Weekend Edition stated, "based on the evidence of her CD, "Dreams & Shadows, " Judy Wexler can sing almost anything." Judy has performed around the world, including jazz festivals in Montreal, Tel Aviv, Dubai, San Jose, and Temecula, where she opened the show for Mose Allison. She has headlined at such noted clubs as the Blue Note, Feinstein's and Kitano in New York, Jazz Alley in Seattle, Blues Alley in Washington, D.C., the Cellar in Vancouver, Catalina Bar & Grill in Los Angeles, and Nardis Jazz Club in Istanbul. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |