Album Notes

Ellynne began appreciating jazz and Brazilian music when she was a little girl. She grew up hearing all types of music in her household, and knew she wanted to sing when she was in high school. She formed an acoustic punk band in the early 90's and began writing songs and lyrics. It was fun, but Ellynne wanted more. Jazz became a passion. So, she began vocal training and studying jazz keyboard harmony with Susan Winder (faculty at Mannes School of Music). She studied at Jazzmobile in Harlem, took workshops with Jay Clayton, Sheila Jordan, Barry Harris, and Mark Murphy, and began sitting in at New York City clubs and jam sessions. She lives in Connecticut, where she performs regularly and teaches in the New York metropolitan area. She continues to study jazz and other music.

Her main musical influences are John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

The musicians on this record are: Pete Malinverni (piano), Marcus McLaurine (bass), and Steve Cardenas (acoustic guitar).

Ellynne has lived in New York, Seattle, Japan, France, and now resides in Connecticut.


"Ellynne's wonderful choice of 'covers' is indicative of her leanings to the jazz idiom..... And jazz singer she is, as we imbibe her tender renderings of such great jazz ballads as Mandel's 'A Time for Love' and Livingston & Evans 'Never Let Me Go'......Keep on goin' on, girl...."

George W. Carroll
Musician's Ombudsman (ejazznews)