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| Cristina Morrison - Performance Consideration - Music Beat of the Galapagos! Cristina Morrison's second production, an eclectic cross-genre world jazz record, BARONESA, is in the first round up for the Grammy's . This album, on the Jazzheads label produced by Misha Piatigorsky, can be found under the following categories: Best Vocal Jazz - Baronesa Best Song of the Year - Princesa Baronesa Best Solo - La del Estribo - Joel Frahm "Baronesa by the ineffable chanteuse Cristina Morrison is an amorous masterpiece. Ms. Morrison's dark and smoky voice is so perfect for this kind of musical setting. Stories of seduction, of mesmerising beauty and of strange and beautiful musical topographies just seem to fall into place with the utterly irresistible voice that is led by - and sometimes plays off - the tantalising lines that unfold in the pianism of Misha Piatigorsky. Cristina Morrison and Misha Piatigorsky are a natural pairing, both offering musical meditations on fantasy and reality." - Raul da Gama, Latin Jazz Network On stage her show has organically evolved into a more theatrical experience as she works with visual artist Laia Cabrera. Baronesa's lyrics are in English, Spanish, Portuguese & Italian. Cristina keeps her close tie to the Galapagos Islands as they're an important place for her soul and her creative process. As part of her social cause a percentage of her record sales support an educational program through art in the public schools of Isabela Island, called Arteducarte. Cristina has been gaining international attention, recently being a guest on CNN Español at Ismael Cala's highly rated talk show. She recently had the honor of being a TED x Galapagos speaker as well as being part of the jury at the Havana Film Festival in New York. Lastly, she came off the set from two indie films shot in New York, was interviewed on Telemundo 47, serving New Jersey and New York, and she was featured in El Diario. "Vocalist Cristina Morrison is as worldly and well-traveled as they come. She was born in Miami and spent time living in Rome, Quito, the Galapagos Islands and Los Angeles before landing in the Big Apple. Morrison possesses a voice that's alternately soothing, sassy, straightforward or sly, and she brings it to bear on a diverse array of original and oft-covered offerings." - Dan Bilawsky, allaboutjazz.com write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |