Feel The Magic

Product Description The songs on this recording were selected simply because I like them. A few of my favorite offerings are: Frishbergs Peel Me A Grape for its hip, sassy attitude; the strong emotional content and delivery of Dori Caymmis Obsession. Note the amusing role reversal on the tag of the classic Ellington standard, Dont Get Around Much Anymore, which also features Rod Fleemans sparkling guitar; the heart wrenching, incredibly haunting Jobim/Buarque composition Retrato em Branco e Preto, featuring the sensual accompaniment of the Latin jazz ensemble Musa Nova; and, the marvelous Bobby Troup blues tune, Baby, Baby, All The Time, showcasing Cartwrights dynamic piano and Stan Kesslers lively horn arrangement. Also enjoyable on this selection is the whimsical trombones intro to the scat solo. This intro is reminiscent of earlier times when the trombone was my instrument of choice. I hope that you, too, will enjoy this recording. I encourage you to find your hearts song, and sing out proudly! And always make time to FEEL THE MAGIC. Blessed be, Angela Review Kansas City vocalist Angela Hagenbach possesses an extraordinary range, excellent phrasing and a singular style. On her second solo issue, she's pure velvet on "Something Cool" and "Love For Sale," delightfully whimsical on Dave Frishberg's "Peel Me A Grape," and vividly intense on Dori Caymmi's "Obsession" and Sergio Mendes' "So Many Stars." She also wrote the title track and sings Jobim's "Retrato Em Branco E Preto (Portrait in Black and White)," in Portuguese. Angela Haganbach proves she can do it all. -- Patricia Myers - Jazz Times About the Artist Angela Hagenbach is proof positive that vocal jazz is alive and well in Kansas City. "By dint of hard work and obviously innate musicality, Angela has established herself as one of the areas top jazz singers," says Dr. Chuck Berg, writer for JazzTimes. Hagenbach is a storyteller par excellence whose winning style evokes influences ranging from Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald to Julie London and Shirley Horn. Her 1994 debut CD "Come Fly With Me " released on, her own label Amazon Records, and has been praised by critics as "an album of considerable weight, showcasing talent definitely deserving wider recognition and exposure." What a singer is able to take from her life experiences, and express in her music has often been a key to her success. Hagenbach is no exception. As a native of Kansas City, she grew up in a musical family. Her father was a professional saxophonist, who performed regularly in the 18th and Vine club district during Kansas Citys jazz heyday, and her mother was a pianist. As the seventh of eight children, she was encouraged to play an instrument of her choice, the trombone, which she played for seven years. Although she always had a desire to perform, it was a modeling career that first propelled her into the spotlight. Her career spanned fifteen years and was spent between New York and Europe, where she developed the professionalism that now help make her performances so compelling. Hagenbach began to study jazz and eventually launched her solo career in 1990 with an extended engagement at Kansas Citys Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Since that time, she performs regionally and works regularly in every major Jazz Club in the metropolitan area and a host of Jazz Festivals in the Midwest. In the process shes released the 1995 recording, "Angela Hagenbach and Musa Nova". Hagenbach possesses a rich contralto voice and an intuitive phrasing understanding of Latin music. She can deliver a song in Portuguese as if she had spoken the language all her life. She also plays a variety of Latin percussion instruments, which perfectly compliments the soulful, sultry sound of Musa Nova. In December 1996, Hagenbach released her second solo recording which features one of her original compositions, "Feel the Magic". Calvin Wilson, music critic for the Kansas City Star writes, " Feel the Magic is jazz singing as it ought to be. Ripe with attitude and a full spectrum of jazz selections, Angela Hagenbachs unique style emerges." In 1998, Ms. Hagenbach along with pianist, Joe Cartwright, completed a six-country tour of Africa as Jazz Ambassadors for the United States Information Agency in cooperation with the Kennedy Center. With her auspicious singer/songwriter career, and a demanding schedule of concerts, club dates and workshops, Hagenbach notes "Theres nothing quite as intoxicating as the special vibration between performer and audience." "I love it!" So too, do her audiences. Band Members: Angela Hagenbach Vocals & Percussion Russ Long Piano Joe Cartwright Piano and Electronic Keyboard Danny Embry & Rod Fleeman Guitars Gerald Spaits, James Jeffley & Greg Whitfield, Bass Jurgen Welge, Ray DeMarchi, Todd Strait & Doug Auwarter Drums Doug Auwarter, Gary Helm & Angela Hagenbach Percussion Kim Park Flute, Alto and Tenor Saxophones Stan Kessler, Flugelhorn & Trumpet Todd Wilkinson, Saxophone Jim Cann & Early
ASIN: B000034D6F
VSKU: DBV.B000034D6F.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Hagenbach, Angela
Binding: Audio cd
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