Tessa Souter Quintet at Iridium

"Striking, soulful, enchanting" (Washington Post),

From her Flamenco-tinged debut, Listen Love (2004), to her fourth album, Beyond the Blue (Venus-Motema, 2012/13), which features her own lyrics to jazz arrangements of classical gems, and was picked by the London Times as one of the Top Ten Jazz CDs of 2013, Downbeat Critic's Poll "Rising Star" Anglo-Trinidadian vocalist, Tessa Souter has gained a reputation as "... one of the most innovative vocal talents on the scene today ... Five easy stars." (Brent Black, Critical Jazz)

A protege of jazz vocal legend Mark Murphy, she has made four critically acclaimed CDs as a leader, Listen Love (Nara, 2004), Nights of Key Largo (Venus, 2008), which won Swing Journal's prestigious Gold Disc Award, Obsession (Motema, 2009), and Beyond the Blue (Venus-Motema, 2012-2013), as well as guesting on legendary bassist Charnett Moffett's Spirit of Sound (Motema, 2013)...

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"Striking, soulful, enchanting" (Washington Post),

From her Flamenco-tinged debut, Listen Love (2004), to her fourth album, Beyond the Blue (Venus-Motema, 2012/13), which features her own lyrics to jazz arrangements of classical gems, and was picked by the London Times as one of the Top Ten Jazz CDs of 2013, Downbeat Critic's Poll "Rising Star" Anglo-Trinidadian vocalist, Tessa Souter has gained a reputation as "... one of the most innovative vocal talents on the scene today ... Five easy stars." (Brent Black, Critical Jazz)

A protege of jazz vocal legend Mark Murphy, she has made four critically acclaimed CDs as a leader, Listen Love (Nara, 2004), Nights of Key Largo (Venus, 2008), which won Swing Journal's prestigious Gold Disc Award, Obsession (Motema, 2009), and Beyond the Blue (Venus-Motema, 2012-2013), as well as guesting on legendary bassist Charnett Moffett's Spirit of Sound (Motema, 2013).

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