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A singer of “stunning intelligence” with a voice that is “absolute magic” (Jazz Times), vocalist Carolyn Leonhart’s critically acclaimed debut album Steal the Moon (2000) was followed by this year’s New 8th Day. Recipient of Downbeat magazine’s Best College Jazz Vocalist award, Carolyn has been lead back-up vocalist for three of Steely Dan’s world tours and two albums. “Ms. Leonhart...has got precision; people compare the timbre of her voice to the young Ella Fitzgerald’s.” (John Pareles, The New York Times). Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery earned a Masters degree from the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. A “young, self-assured, hard-swinging tenor saxophonist” (Ben Ratliff, The New York Times), he has toured with Herbie Hancock and Eric Reed, and also performs with his own big band. He has released two CDs as a leader: Times Change (2001) and Intuition (2004). Wayne first appeared at All Souls at Sundown in 2001. Carolyn and Wayne have released two albums together: Tides of Yesterday and If Dreams Come True....

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A singer of “stunning intelligence” with a voice that is “absolute magic” (Jazz Times), vocalist Carolyn Leonhart’s critically acclaimed debut album Steal the Moon (2000) was followed by this year’s New 8th Day. Recipient of Downbeat magazine’s Best College Jazz Vocalist award, Carolyn has been lead back-up vocalist for three of Steely Dan’s world tours and two albums. “Ms. Leonhart...has got precision; people compare the timbre of her voice to the young Ella Fitzgerald’s.” (John Pareles, The New York Times). Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery earned a Masters degree from the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. A “young, self-assured, hard-swinging tenor saxophonist” (Ben Ratliff, The New York Times), he has toured with Herbie Hancock and Eric Reed, and also performs with his own big band. He has released two CDs as a leader: Times Change (2001) and Intuition (2004). Wayne first appeared at All Souls at Sundown in 2001. Carolyn and Wayne have released two albums together: Tides of Yesterday and If Dreams Come True.

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