Lauren Hooker "Life of the Music" (Miles High Records MHR 8613)Street Date November 16, 2010 Lauren Hooker: Vocals, Acoustic/Electric Piano (tracks 5,6,9), Djembe Drum, Jim Ridl: Acoustic Piano, Martin Wind: Acoustic/Electric Bass
Tim Horner: Drums, Congas, Pandera, Shaker, Whistles, Flute, Scott Robinson: Flute, Soprano, Tenor & Alto Sax, Flugelhorn, Trumpet John Hart: Acoustic/Electric Guitars, Jeanette Curtis Rideau: Spoken Word, Guest Artist Mike Richmond: Cello, Acoustic Bass
Co-Produced by Lauren Hooker & Matthew Weiner
Liner Notes written by Rufus Reid
Lauren Hooker Trio in Concert
Thurs., Feb. 17th 7pm
North County Branch Library
Clinton NJ
FREE
908-730-6135
http://www.hclibrary.us/
"Life of the Music largely focuses on her own lyrics and music, demonstrating interests in the blues, straight-ahead jazz, funk, pop and Brazilian music... with its engaging original material and intelligently crafted covers, might just get plenty of people hooked on Lauren Hooker."
Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
"...undeniably impressive, certainly imaginative... flat-out masterful... has a vocal stylizing with a clarion tone, crisp phrasing (reminiscent of Nancy Wilson and Shirley Horn), blues-accented undercurrents, (yet) Hooker's greatest strengths lie on the other side of the mic. As craftswoman of original tunes she can hold her own against pretty much any singer-songwriter in the business... Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times
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