Jazzmeia Horn at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Award-winning vocalist Jazzmeia Horn announces her ever-expanding talents with the release of her first big-band effort, Dear Love, a recording that brims with the combination of her assured delivery and spoken world segments, deft arrangements, and fiery musical ideas. While the album functions as a platform for Horn to showcase both her perception of the world and her endlessly unfolding talents, it also granted the composer a setting to expound on personal experiences, shuttling them through a sui generis musical prism. “‘Where We Are’ really speaks on my history – where my ancestors have been and where we are now,” Horn said about a track filigreed with strings from the new album...

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Award-winning vocalist Jazzmeia Horn announces her ever-expanding talents with the release of her first big-band effort, Dear Love, a recording that brims with the combination of her assured delivery and spoken world segments, deft arrangements, and fiery musical ideas. While the album functions as a platform for Horn to showcase both her perception of the world and her endlessly unfolding talents, it also granted the composer a setting to expound on personal experiences, shuttling them through a sui generis musical prism. “‘Where We Are’ really speaks on my history – where my ancestors have been and where we are now,” Horn said about a track filigreed with strings from the new album. “All of our actions now will determine our future, and all of our actions in the past have determined our present. We know that. Based on what we do now, that’s how we create a better future for our children and for future generations.”

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