Laury Shelley Releases New CD EP 'Time Is A Healer'

Praised by Billboard Magazine as "a singer with exciting vocal ability," singer/songwriter Laury Shelley is proud to announce the release of her long-awaited new CD EP. Time Is A Healer , covers a variety of genres: soul, r & b, funk, jazz, adult contemporary and pop power ballads. The album marks the emergence of a major artist, featuring five songs composed by Laury. The cornerstone of the album is a homage to her mentor and past work with Michel Legrand: Laury's electrifying, funk-tinged, version of the Oscar-winning The Windmills of Your Mind, the album's first single.

Upon release, it elicited excitement from radio programmers across the globe. Russ Davis of New York's MOJA Radio called it "fine work from one of the great singers around today" while Voice of America Radio said "Laury Shelley Sings the heck out of this!" In it's first week, the song made iTunes Top 100 Jazz releases.

From the opening track of the pop-rock Everywhere You Go, to the funk-rock I Know You're The Reason, to the closing soaring power ballad In The Rain, this is a showcase, not only of Laury's musical versatility and amazing vocals, but illustrates her gifts as a songwriter and arranger. Another standout track is the emotional It's Not The Way it Used To Be, had it's world premiere on Chicago's WGN Radio with the haunting title track Time Is A Healer. The Chicago Tribune's Rick Kogan enthusiastically called her "one of the most talented singers," and "the real deal." Laury's solo recordings are available on iTunes, amazon.com and CDBabay.com.

Laury Shelley broke onto the international music scene at age 19, when she was discovered by Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Michel Legrand, who called her "a very talented singer." Touring with Legrand as his vocal soloist for over five years, Laury made her debut at the prestigious Carnegie Hall, The Sahara Hotel in Vegas, Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, Miami's Stars Under The Stars Concert Series at Marine Stadium, The Westbury Theatre in New York, The Forum in Montreal Canada, as well as concert halls in San Francisco, Dallas, Pittsburgh, New Orleans and Los Angeles. It also gave Laury the honor of sharing stages with many musical icons including Tony Bennett, Buddy Rich, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, while also performing and recording with jazz greats Phil Woods, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Randy Brecker and Joe Beck. Laury's years with Michel are immortalized on two RCA recordings, featuring her duet with Legrand on his Oscar-nominated song Pieces Of Dreams: Michel Legrand & Friends and Michel Legrand The RCA Years, that also includes musical luminaries Lena Horne and Jack Jones. Following her time with Legrand, Laury went on to perform at some of the nation's top clubs, concert halls and music festivals including LA's Cinegrill and The Gardenia, New York City's The Metropolitan Room, Milwaukee's Summerfest and Chicago's Jazz Showcase and the Chicago Jazz Festival.

Hailed as "a possessor of an incredible vocal instrument," by Grammy Award nominee and pop and jazz music critic Mort Goode, Laury's debut solo recording Pieces of Dreams received critical acclaim, international airplay. The accolades that included being named "Artist of the Month" by Chicago's Smooth 87.7FM and a nationally televised performance on the CW/WGN America's Midday Show.

Laury historically reunited with Michel Legrand, along with bassist John Patitucci and drummer Willie Jones III, at The Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis on his 2011/12 U.S .tour.. In 2017, in honor of Legrand's 85th birthday, Laury performed a tribute concert at the Madden Theatre PAC, entitled The Music Never Ends to audience acclaim. It resulted in another live TV performance on CW/WGN Midday Show, of the Grammy Award-winning tune The Hands of Time (Brian's Song). Visit LauryShelley.com for further information.

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