Tessa Souter Duo with Helen Sung Set For Barge Music 6/28

TESSA SOUTER to play Monday, June 28 in a Duo with Helen Sung (piano) at Barge Music concert Fulton Ferry Landing Brooklyn, NY 11201

Reservations:
Tel: 718-624-2083/4061 info@bargemusic.org
Duo with Helen Sung (piano) Two 45 minute sets:
8pm and 9pm $20 cover

"World class." Los Angeles Times "Subtle yet sizzling...shimmers" AllMusicGuide

http://www.tessasouter.com

"Souter's crystalline contralto and impeccable phrasing are mighty arrows in her quiver, but it is her ability to become one with a song, finding its intrinsic core and allowing its sentiments to grow organically, that enables her to score successive bull's eyes...." Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes

London-born, New York-based Anglo-Trinidadian vocalist, composer, and lyricist, Tessa Souter (soo-ter) uniquely infuses jazz with the soul and passion of Celtic, Flamenco, Indian and Middle Eastern music. "Striking, soulful, enchanting" [Washington Post], "expressive, full of passion [Philadelphia Inquirer], "broadly imaginative", [New York Times], "compelling and utterly original" [Jazzwise], the award-winning singer has been critically acclaimed as much for her expressive style as for her "truly beautiful voice, [which] really serves great lyrics, using the beauty of her voice to unearth and get to the core of songs." [Sirrius Radio]. The Rochester City Paper said of her 2007 debut at the Rochester International Jazz Festival. "It's ... a particularly exhilarating feeling to witness a great performance by a relatively unknown singer like Tessa Souter. Judging from the ovations she received Saturday night, the entire audience felt the same way." Her return engagement in 2009 was a smash hit. Her first CD, the self-produced Listen Love (Nara), won critical raves for her "crystal clear voice and diamond cut phrasing" [Philadelphia Inquirer] and "direct, soulful sound" [Village Voice]. Her sophomore CD, Nights of Key Largo, produced by Todd Barkan and Tetsuo Hara for the Japanese audiophile label, Venus, was recorded with all-stars Kenny Werner, Billy Drummond, Jay Leonhart, Joel Frahm, and Romero Lubambo, and won the coveted Gold Disc review in January 2009's Swing Journal. Her latest CD, Obsession
-- a multicultural banquet that reflects her African, Indian, and English bloodlines, as well as her American present -- was recorded with violinist Todd Reynolds, accordion player Victor Prieto, bassist Gary Wang, and Sonia Kitchell alumni, guitarist Jason Ennis and drummer Conor Meehan.

NEXT LIVE PERFORMANCES

Friday, July 11, 55 Bar, New York. Duo with Gene Bertoncini
Monday, July 19, Pizza Express, Dean St, London. With Nikki Iles Quartet
Sunday, July 25, Smoke, New York. Guest vocalist of Chris Washburne and S.Y.O.T.O.S.