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The first in a new MichMusic Now Playlist: I LOVE THIS! This playlist will feature reviews of educational products, CDs, events, ANYTHING that is worthy of some good attention. And do check out this book by Rosana Eckert – you’ll love it! New (2018) from publisher Hal Leonard.
SINGING WITH EXPRESSION by Rosana Eckert
(Hal Leonard Publishing)
Rosana Eckert is an internationally recognized live and studio vocalist, songwriter, arranger, jazz educator, and voice-over based in Dallas, TX. She has had the pleasure of performing with such jazz greats as Lyle Mays, Kenny Wheeler, Christian McBride, George Duke, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm, and Bobby McFerrin, and she toured Europe and Scandinavia as a sub in the Grammy Award-winning vocal quartet New York Voices. Her debut solo CD, At the End of the Day, was praised as “an occasion for celebration” by AllAboutJazz.com and “a superior debut” by the prestigious Cadence Magazine, and the CD was a finalist for Best New Jazz Album in the 2006 Independent Music Awards. She recently released her fourth solo CD, Small Hotel, to rave reviews, and she was honored to be a contributing vocalist on VOCAbuLarieS, the Grammy-nominated release from composer/arranger Roger Treece and vocal innovator Bobby McFerrin. A renowned educator, Rosana teaches vocal jazz at the University of North Texas and is in demand as a clinician, festival adjudicator, and choral arranger. She has been the guest conductor for many All-State jazz choirs, including California, Colorado, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Nebraska, Arizona, and Iowa. Her vocal ensemble arrangements are published by Sound Music Publications, Hal Leonard, and Rosana Eckert Music and have been performed worldwide. In addition to her extensive live performing and teaching, Rosana also works regularly as a studio vocalist and voice-over talent, having sung or spoken on hundreds of commercials, album projects, publishing demos, and radio IDs around the world.
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LINKS
JAZZ SINGER’S HANDBOOK
By Michele Weir (Alfred Music)
Book and CD (featuring Mich and Peter Eldridge on Demos.) Multiple chapters on both the ARTISTRY of jazz singing, and the MASTERY of jazz singing. Phrasing, groove, conversationalist, counting off your tunes, rehearsing the rhythm section, etc, etc. Contains a chapter dedicated to lead sheet writing with everything you need to know, presented in a detailed step by step process. Also there’s another chapter on taking it to the next level by adding an intro, ending, and arranging features.
