The quartet will feature:Matt Wilson - drums Mimi Jones - bass Jason Yeager - piano Jazz singer-songwriter Allegra Levy was recently named one of the top ten rising stars among jazz vocalists in the 2021 Downbeat Critics Poll. Most jazz vocalists sing standards. Allegra Levy writes her own. From the plaintive title track of her boldly autobiographical debut album, LONELY CITY, to her critically acclaimed 2017 follow-up release, CITIES BETWEEN US, the 30-year-old jazz singer-songwriter has penned a lyrical collection of harmonically adventurous-yet-familiar originals steeped in the Great American Songbook...
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The quartet will feature:Matt Wilson - drums Mimi Jones - bass Jason Yeager - piano Jazz singer-songwriter Allegra Levy was recently named one of the top ten rising stars among jazz vocalists in the 2021 Downbeat Critics Poll. Most jazz vocalists sing standards. Allegra Levy writes her own. From the plaintive title track of her boldly autobiographical debut album, LONELY CITY, to her critically acclaimed 2017 follow-up release, CITIES BETWEEN US, the 30-year-old jazz singer-songwriter has penned a lyrical collection of harmonically adventurous-yet-familiar originals steeped in the Great American Songbook. A native of Connecticut now based in New York, Levy has been dubbed a double-barreled talent and unquestionably one to watch by JazzTimes magazine. Her third album on the SteepleChase label, 2018s LOOKING AT THE MOON, was named an Editors Pick in both Downbeat Magazine and JazzTimes. In 2020, she released a fourth album on SteepleChase, LOSE MY NUMBER: ALLEGRA LEVY SINGS JOHN MCNEIL, to rave reviews. It features her own lyrics set to the tunes of renowned jazz trumpeter John McNeil. The New Yorker Magazine called it a showcase for Levys agile vocalizing and her gift for sculpting words, and for McNeils far too neglected abilities as a melodic architect. She recently won the John Lennon Songwriting Competitions Stuck at Home Edition for her childrens song Wash My Hands, which encouraged everyone to stay safe during the pandemic. In 2020, she won first place in the Great American Song Contests Adult Contemporary Category for her female empowerment anthem Waste My Time. In 2019, her composition Man in the Moon, from the short film ASTRONAUT HOUR for which she wrote the entire score won Best Original Song in the International Independent Film Awards competition. From 2014 to 2015, Levy served as artist in residence at the world-famous Blue Bar in the Hong Kong Four Seasons Hotel. She has also appeared at most of the top clubs in New York City, including The Jazz Standard, Birdland Theater, Zinc Bar, The Bitter End, Club Bonafide, and the Cornelia Street Caf. Educated at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Levy is known for her richly sweet yet swinging alto voice, as well as for writing catchy, emotive songs grounded in tradition with a nod to the progressive. Fresh... exotic... and far beyond the ordinary, said The New York Times of her first CD, from SteepleChase Lookout. Her latest recording features an all-female powerhouse trio, including Carmen Staaf on piano, Carmen Rothwell on bass, and Colleen Clark on drums, with guest artist John McNeil contributing cameos on trumpet. Levy is also proud of her work with the Women in Jazz Organization (WIJO), for which she serves on the leadership team with Roxy Coss and Tahira Clayton.
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