A Small Dream In Red
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A Small Dream in Red is a new CD as well as the name of the group composed of vocalist Nora McCarthy and alto Saxophonist Jorge Sylvester. Inspired by painter Wassily Kandinsky's 1925 master piece of the same name, A Small Dream in Red is a joy of dynamic interplay between two diverse talents. McCarthy's roots include the American songbook, R&B, Brazilian music, Hawaiian folk and in recent years she's embraced - and been embraced by - the avant garde. Sylvester who studied at Karl Berger's legendary Creative Music Studio, has played with everyone from Stefon Harris to Oliver Lake to David Murray and is best know for his integration of Afro-Caribbean rhythms into mainstream and avant garde jazz.
The CD captures this formidable duo live at a 2003 concert at Cleveland State University. The five cuts include a beautiful medley of "Afro Blue/My Romance", Miles Davis' "All Blues", "Wanting Memories" by Ysawe Maria Barnwell and an original composition by McCarthy as well as one by Sy
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What They Are Saying
author: Gloria George
"...McCarthy reinvents several all-time Jazz classics by scatting,
singing, and intoning over the free improvisations pouring assertively
from Sylvester's alto. McCarthy delivers with absolute clarity, adding
engrossing touches to the melody lines but primarily constructing
original versions of the tunes." Cadence Magazine for Creative and
Improvised Music, 2005
"...Nora McCarthy has a deep voice, with the timbre and range of
Sarah Vaughan....she uses ever-so-subtle pitch-bending and straight
tones and just a lovely touch of vibrato."
"...The duo of Nora McCarthy and Jorge Sylvester presents contrasting
contours stepping into and out of dissonance, with hints of tunes
weaving in and out, far more scat than lyric in the vocals, and
saxophone is fluid, giving energy, direction and depth." International
Society For Improvised Music, 2007
"...It's delightful to hear music that plays so freely with the known
and the unknown elements of jazz." All About Jazz Magazine
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