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| Upcoming Release Alert March 5th, 2021 | Hailey Brinnel "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" The sounds of the Swing Era bring more than just the joyous energy of up-tempo jumps or the passion of crooners to 2021 Sarah Vaughn International Jazz Vocal Competition Finalist Hailey Brinnel. For her, the Swing Era and its predecessors sound like warm nostalgia of childhood and the comfort of home. Brinnel was born into a family of musicians: her father is a pianist and vocalist, her brother a pianist and saxophonist, her grandmother and grandfather a tap-dancer/vocalist and trombonist respectively, and her Zayde (Yiddish for "grandfather") was an accomplished saxophonist. It was in this environment of perpetual music that her love for the art of jazz was cultivated, and her knowledge of Swing music grew. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles is a natural outpouring of this environment and the plethora of fond memories and melodies of the home. Memories and music are powerfully linked, and Brinnel's album plays into this beautiful connection by featuring standards – popular and vastly forgotten – whose tradition and themes harken to a time and lineage of days gone by. "I want my audience to be able to feel the same sense of joy and warmth that I do when I hear this particular collection of songs, " Brinnel says. More About The Artist: imageHailey Brinnel is a trombonist, vocalist, and educator who currently resides in Philadelphia. Touring from age 12 with her father Dave Brinnel, Hailey has established herself as a voice to be reckoned with, playing with noteworthy names including Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Ingrid Jensen, Anat Cohen, Pell, and Charles Neville. A graduate of Temple University, she was mentored by Terell Stafford, under whose direction she played with jazz icons including Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, Wycliffe Gordon, Dick Oatts, and Ann Hampton Callaway, amongst others. Touring widely, Brinnel has played venues such as Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, The Kennedy Center, The Kimmel Center, and The North Sea Jazz Festival and many more. Brinnel is currently a faculty member of The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and works as a guest clinician throughout the city. Hailey was recently named a 2021 Sarah Vaughn International Jazz Vocal Competition Finalist. write your comments about the article :: © 2020 Jazz News :: home page |