Aimée Allen Aimée Allen’s latest release, Wings Uncaged, is a musical statement of transcendence in all its facets. With a set of striking originals featuring winged creatures, negotiating the challenges and limitations of the natural world, through migration, mating, being predator, or being prey, the project provides metaphors for surviving perilous conditions in creative ways. It is no accident that a profound meditation on the current state of democracy, entitled Democracy How (Harmony and Dissonance) is also included. Interspersed also with unexpected reworkings of standards, Wings Uncaged proclaims that in love, as in life and in nature, we can rise above and transform our circumstances. Aimée Allen – vocalsToru Dodo – pianoFrançois Moutin – bassKush Abadey – drums...
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Aimée Allen Aimée Allen’s latest release, Wings Uncaged, is a musical statement of transcendence in all its facets. With a set of striking originals featuring winged creatures, negotiating the challenges and limitations of the natural world, through migration, mating, being predator, or being prey, the project provides metaphors for surviving perilous conditions in creative ways. It is no accident that a profound meditation on the current state of democracy, entitled Democracy How (Harmony and Dissonance) is also included. Interspersed also with unexpected reworkings of standards, Wings Uncaged proclaims that in love, as in life and in nature, we can rise above and transform our circumstances. Aimée Allen – vocalsToru Dodo – pianoFrançois Moutin – bassKush Abadey – drums
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A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Aimée remembers: “There was a lot of music athome. As a child, my mother sang around the house, so I did too. My brother playedguitar and I played a bit of piano. I remember hearing classic jazz,, Ella Fitzgerald, SarahVaughan (my all-time favorite), Abbey Lincoln, Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Al Jarreau, PatMetheny, Betty Carter, Carmen McRae, and Nancy Wilson. I also listened to AM radioand a lot of classic rock including Steely Dan, Chicago, Stevie Wonder and MichaelJackson. I sang in school choirs and occasionally in church, and played the flute aswell.” While attending Yale, Aimée began to take singing more seriously, performing ina cappella groups. She went to Paris as an undergrad and started to sing professionally atduo gigs in piano bars. “Paris immediately felt like a second home to me, and I found thatthe jazz I grew up with was very popular there, even more recognized than in the States.”She teamed up with top local musicians to form Le Bossa Novices, singing Jobim tunesand other Brazilian music. Return visits to Paris found her leading her own quartet,appearing at clubs and festivals.\nBack in New York since 2002, Aimée has long been an important member of the jazzcommunity, performing regularly at countless venues, and on stage with many great jazzintrpreters including Roswell Rudd, Joel Frahm, Ari Hoenig, Yomo Toro, RomeroLubambo, and Francois Moutin. In 2006 she recorded her debut release, Dream. Alreadydisplaying a fully-formed style of her own, she performed vocals in English, French andPortuguese on a variety of standards and bossa novas, ranging from “Honeysuckle Rose,”and “Triste” to her original “Solitude Blues.” The following year she recordedl’Inexplicable, a special set of soulful jazz-pop originals sung in French. Next wasWinters & Mays, which includes among its highlights her interpretations of “Peel MeLike A Grape,” Sting’s “Fragile,” and a combination of “Bye Bye Blackbird” and “ItCould Happen To You.” 2015’s Matter Of Time teamed the singer with pianist ToruDodo, bassist Francois Moutin and drummer Jacob Melchior. Four numbers co-star themasterful Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo. Highlights include Aimée’s thoughtful“Matter Of Time,” “The Island,” a hard-swinging “Close Your Eyes,” and the ballad“Sometimes You Just Know.”\nAimée Allen gets vivid reactions from audiences when she performs her compositions.Some of her original music has been licensed for feature film and network television. Sheperforms regularly in New York, has dates in Europe, and is always working on creatingnew music. And she is very grateful for the support that she has received from fans in herIndiegogo campaign for Wings Uncaged.\nAimée Allen and jazz both have a bright future. – Scott Yanow\nhttps://youtu.be/TbqMc5TBTn4
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