Monika Herzig’s Sheroes All In Good Time US Release Tour

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Monika Herzig's Sheroes
All In Good Time
(ZOHO ZM 202404)
Street Date: July 19, 2024

Monika Herzig piano, keyboards
Rosa Avila drums
Jamie Baum flutes
Reut Regev trombone
Gina Schwarz bass
Leni Stern guitar
Camille Thurman tenor saxophone, vocals

This fourth project under the banner Sheroes, an all-female band spearheaded by pianist, prolific composer and arranger Monika

Herzig and produced by jazz legend Lenny White is simultaneously a celebration of the group's 10th anniversary and a salute to

their perseverance. Together their chemistry is undeniable, as they skillfully navigate the challenging originals by Herzig and

Schwarz — and one surprising cover — while delivering impassioned improvisations along the way.
- Bill Milkowski

Artist: Monika Herzig's Sheroes

Artist's Website: www.sheroesmusic.com

Release Date: July 19, 2024

Label: ZOHO Records
Label Website: /www.zohomusic.com/cds/herzig_allingoodtime.html

UPC Code: 8095624042

1. All In Good Time (6:05)

2. Parade of Sadness (4:06)

3. Behind (5:02)

4. Right Now (5:52)

5. Run the World (6:43)

6. PC (4:30)

7. Palermo Chico (4:30)

8. Make It Count (5:02)

9. Arrival in Forever (4:01)

10. Jamie"s Song (4:54)

Recorded September 12-14, 2023 Studio

Mozart, Little Falls, NJ Engineers:

Kostadin Kamcev, Bruce Miller

Editing: Bruce Miller, Lenny White

Mixing: Sebastian Porstner, Horst

Pfaffelmayer @ Goldchamber Mastering:

Horst Pfaffelmayer, Sebastian Portner @

Goldchamber Producers: Lenny White,

Monika Herzig, Joachim Becker

Supported in part by a Chamber Music

America Performance Plus Grant

All music composed by Monika Herzig (Level Three Publishing?ASCAP) except

Track 3 and 7 by Gina Schwarz and Track 5 Beyonce, The-Dream, Vybz Kartel, Diplo,

Dave Taylor, Afrojack (BMG PLATINUM SONGS US BMI

MUSICIANS: Jamie Baum (Flutes), Reut Regev (Trombone), Camille Thurman (Tenor Saxophone, Vocals), Monika Herzig (Piano, Fender Rhodes), Leni Stern (Guitar), Gina Schwarz (Bass), Rosa Avila (Drums)

The collection kicks off with the funky title track, composed by Herzig shortly after Chick Corea's passing in February 2021. "I have always admired Chick's playing and identified deeply with his music, " said the pianist, who authored the 2017 book, Experiencing Chick Corea: A Listener's Companion and also shares a birthday (June 12) with the late, iconic composer-pianist-bandleader. "Parade of Sadness" is a nod to New Orleans, with happy parades for sometimes sad occasions. It's in the key of D minor, which is said to be the saddest key. Schwarz's driving "Behind" finds trombonist Regev navigating tight unisons on another intricate head alongside the composer, flutist Baum and Thurman's wordless vocals. Regev and Thurman (on tenor sax) also deliver strong solos on this swirling, contrapuntal number.

"Right Now" opens on a calming "Maiden Voyage"-like note before the tune opens up to some dazzling unisons and harmonies between Baum's alto flute and Regev's trombone. Herzig's clever arrangement of Beyonce's anthemic "Run the World (Girls)" is in some ways a callback to their covering Ashford & Simpson's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (a 1970 hit for Diana Ross) on 2018's Sheroes.

The placid ballad "PC" (for post-Covid) again finds flutist Baum and trombonist Regev blending and conversing in near-telepathic union on the hauntingly beautiful melody before turning in expressive solos on this thoughtful Herzig original. Schwarz's driving "Palermo Chico" is another showcase of the tight interplay between flute and trombone on the engaging melody. Herzig's metrically shifting "Make It Count" finds the composer stretching out on piano.

Leni Stern also delivers a lyrical guitar solo here while Avila unleashes on the kit at the tag. The collection closes on an introspective note with "Jamie's Song, " a mellow feature for flutist Baum that also features Herzig on a beautiful cascading piano solo.

"SHEROES is a brilliant project involving some of my favorite musicians, spearheaded by Monika Herzig. It is soulful and thoughtful."

~TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON

Release Tour Europe

October 11 Stockwerk, Graz

October 12 Theater Tribüne Linz

October 13 Porgy & Bess, Vienna

October 14 Ella & Louis, Mannheim

October 16 Jazz Woche Hannover

October 18 Jazzclub Biberach

October 19 Femina Jazz, Madrid

Release Tour Asia

October 22-30 Jazzmandu Festival, Nepal
November 1/2 The Piano Man, New Delh

This engagement is supported in part by Mid Atlantic Arts

through USArtists International, a program in partnership

with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W.

Mellon Foundation, and the Trust for Mutual

Understanding.

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