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Dre’s Blues

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Released: Jan 1, 2008

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Dre’s Blues
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Both Sides Now
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Nature Boy
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My Heart Belongs To Daddy
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Almost Blue
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Dre's Blues & Both Sides Now from 2008 CD release Wicked Grin featuring: Steve Kirby - Bass, Laurent Roy - guitar, Will Bonness - piano, Stefon Harris - Vibes and Terreon Gully - drums Nature Boy & My Heart Belongs To Daddy from 2005 live performance with Luis Perdomo - piano, Alvin Atkinson - drums, Steve Kirby - Bass, Miguel Zenon - Alto saxophone and Steve Turre - Trombone Almost Blue from 1996 CD release Shades of Blue featuring Xavier Davis - piano, Steve Kirby - bass and Alvester Garnett - Drums Cold from 1996 EP release Pretty Blue featuring Cyrus Chestnut - piano, Steve Kirby - bass and Alvester Garnett - drums Hallelujah - from a 2010 live performance at Winnipeg's Centennial Concert Hall featuring Will Bonness - piano, Steve Kirby - bass and Curtis Nowosad - drums

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Genre: Jazz
Location Winnipeg, Ca
Profile Views: 16845
Last Login: 2/27/2012
Member Since 7/20/2006
Record Label (NJR) New Jazz Renaissance
Type of Label Indie
Bio
A Calgary, Alberta native, Anna-Lisa Kirby moved to New York in the fall of 1990 to immerse herself in the world of Jazz. She entered the prestigious Manhattan School of Music to pursue her degree in Jazz Performance. But New York also offered a unique form of Jazz education to her on the bandstand! She became a fixture at such legendary hangs as Augies, Cleos Needle, Smalls, The Iridium, Dean Street Café and Birdland, performing with her own ensemble at Metronome, Sign of the Dove, Match, The Soul Café and The Jazz Standard. In 1996, Anna-Lisa recorded EP Pretty Blue with pianist, Cyrus Chestnut, bassist Steve Kirby, drummer Alvester Garnett, and alto-player, Myron Walden. Kirby and Garnett were featured on ALK's first solo recording venture, Shades of Blue in 1997, which also featured Xavier Davis. ALK was the featured vocalist with the swing band: Andy Farber and His Swing Mavens, performing at New York venues Swing 46, Windows on The World, Lincoln Centers Midsummer Nights Swing, Makor, Irving Plaza and Pier 25. On the 2001 release, Bluesectomy, legendary jazz vocal artist Jon Hendricks said of her interpretation of Sometimes Im Happy: "she executes effortlessly every singers nightmare: a no-bar modulation, into a well improvised and second chorus." ALK has toured in Italy, Denmark, Slovakia and Turkey, performing with some of Europes foremost jazz musicians including Turkish pianist Kerem Gorsev, Italian pianist Antonio Ciacca and Danish pianist Carsten Dahl, Danish bassist Mads Vinding, Danish drummer Alex Riel and Slovakian drummer Dodo Sosoka. ALK moved to Winnipeg from New York City, with her family in 2003 after her husband, Steve Kirby, accepted the position of Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Manitoba. She has since taken on the position of Jazz Vocal Instructor and Jazz Program Coordinator. AK is also the Jazz Vocal Instructor for University of Manitoba Summer Jazz Camp for the past 8 years. The vocal portion of the camp is an intense week long workshop that focuses on skills and concepts essential for the solo jazz singer with the help of an experienced rhythm section, vocalist will work on repertoire, improvisation, arranging, intros and endings and how to communicate with a rhythm section. Since moving to Winnipeg ALK has continued to work with some of the best in the business including the current Jazz Faculty at The University Of Manitoba: Jimmy Greene, Derrick Gardner, Quincy Davis, Larry Roy, Steve Kirby and Will Bonness on a soon to be released cd entitled Borough 6. One of ALK's most exciting on going projects is: Anna-Lisa sings Leonard Cohen with two big, sold out concerts in the last 2 years and a recording in the works, the plans for this project are forging ahead in a big way! ALK appears regularly as a featured vocalist with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Oceanic Jazz Orchestra. Keep your eyes to the skies because the University of Manitoba Jazz Studies program is cranking out some of the most exciting new, young, jazz talent in Canada and the vocal students of ALK's studio are leading the pack! They are igniting the Canadian jazz scene with contemporary and traditional versions of jazz, pop, latin, R & B, funk and country tinged music! http://umanitoba.ca/music https://www.facebook.com/UofMSummerJazzCamp http://jazzwinnipeg.com/concert-season/anna-lisa-sings-leonard-cohen/ http://www.digmagazine.ca/
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Dre's Blues & Both Sides Now from 2008 CD release Wicked Grin featuring: Steve Kirby - Bass, Laurent Roy - guitar, Will Bonness - piano, Stefon Harris - Vibes and Terreon Gully - drums Nature Boy & My Heart Belongs To Daddy from 2005 live performance with Luis Perdomo - piano, Alvin Atkinson - drums, Steve Kirby - Bass, Miguel Zenon - Alto saxophone and Steve Turre - Trombone Almost Blue from 1996 CD release Shades of Blue featuring Xavier Davis - piano, Steve Kirby - bass and Alvester Garnett - Drums Cold from 1996 EP release Pretty Blue featuring Cyrus Chestnut - piano, Steve Kirby - bass and Alvester Garnett - drums Hallelujah - from a 2010 live performance at Winnipeg's Centennial Concert Hall featuring Will Bonness - piano, Steve Kirby - bass and Curtis Nowosad - drums
Influences
Kurt Elling, Dianne Reeves, Shirley Horn, Abbey Lincoln, Claudia Acuna, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McCrea, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Wynton Marsalis, Steve Kirby, Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell, Chet Baker, Dinah Washington... more to come.
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Anna-Lisa Kirby - Jazz Vocalist & Educator

Originally from Toronto Canada, Anna-Lisa Kirby (AK) moved to New York in the fall of 1990 to immerse herself in the world of Jazz. She entered the prestigious Manhattan School of Music to pursue her degree in Jazz Performance. But New York also offered a unique form of Jazz education to her on the bandstand! She became a fixture at such legendary hangs as Augies, Cleo's Needle, Smalls, The Iridium, Dean Street Café and Birdland, performing with her own ensemble at Metronome, Sign of the Dove, Match, The Soul Café and The Jazz Standard. In 1996, AK recorded EP Pretty Blue with jazz giants: pianist Cyrus Chestnut, bassist Steve Kirby, drummer Alvester Garnett, and alto sax player, Myron Walden. Kirby and Garnett were featured on Anna-Lisa's first solo recording venture, Shades of Blue on NJR Recordings in 1997, which also featured Xavier Davis. AK was the featured vocalist with the New York City based swing band: Andy Farber and His Swing Mavens, performing at New York venues Swing 46, Windows on The World, Lincoln Center's Midsummer Nights Swing, Makor, Irving Plaza and Pier 25. On the 2001 release, Bluesectomy, legendary jazz vocal artist Jon Hendricks said of her interpretation of Sometimes Im Happy: "she executes effortlessly every singers nightmare: a no-bar modulation, into a well improvised and second chorus." http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/afswingmavens AK has performed clubs and conert halls in Italy, Denmark, Slovakia and Turkey, performing with some of Europes foremost jazz musicians including Turkish pianist Kerem Gorsev, Italian pianist Antonio Ciacca and Danish pianist Carsten Dahl, Danish bassist Mads Vinding, Danish drummer Alex Riel and Slovakian drummer Dodo Sosoka. Anna-Lisa Kirby (AK) moved to Winnipeg, Canada from New York City, with her family in 2003 after her husband, Steve Kirby, accepted the position of Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Manitoba. She has since taken on the position of Jazz Vocal Instructor and Jazz Program Coordinator. http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/music/programs/JazzStudies.html For 8 consecutive years AK has served as the Jazz vocal instructor at the University of Manitoba Summer Jazz Camp which features a 6 day intensive vocalist w/ rhythm section workshop that focuses on jazz repertoire, vocal phrasing, improvisation and the art of working and communicating with a rhythm section. http://umanitoba.ca/summer/jazz/ Performing continues to be paramount in AK's career. Her working band consists of the top notch, world class U of M Jazz faculty: saxophonist Jimmy Greene, trumpeter Derrick Gardner, bassist Steve Kirby, pianist Will Bonness and Guitarist Laurent Roy. She is fortunate to be constantly performing at very high level venues and with very high level ensembles including TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Berney Theatre, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, The Oceanic Jazz Orchestra and the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra. She is featured on the 2008 CD release Wicked Grin, by Laurent Roy and Steve Kirby which also features Grammy nominated Jazz artist Stefon Harris and the phenomenal Terreon Gully on Drums. AK also performs on the recently recorded, yet untitled and soon to be released, U of M Jazz Faculty CD. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/roykirby She is garnering acclaim for her ground breaking Anna-Lisa Sings Leonard Cohen project and a recording is in the works.