LAUREL MASSÉ FANSITE: marzo 2007

29.3.07

IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE

23.3.07

2007 MAC Award Nominees Announced/Congratulations for the nomination Laurel!

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and
Clubs has announced the nominees for the 21st annual MAC Awards, which will be presented on May 1 at B.B. King Blues Club.
Lifetime Acheivement awards will be presented to singer/actress Dody Goodman and club owner Jan Wallman. Board of Directors Awards will be presented to singer Karen Mason, Seth Rudetsky and his Broadway Chatterbox series, and Lincoln Center's American Songbook series. In addition, Adam Feldman of Time Out New York will present that magazine's special award to singer Leslie Kritzer for her acclaimed Patti LuPone tribute show.
Following is a complete list of the nominees for the 2007 MAC Awards; for more information, visit www.macnyc.com.

Major Jazz Vocalist :
Judy Barnett
Adi Braun
Allan Harris
Hilary Kole
Laurel Massé
LINK:http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/10353

21.3.07

Vibratribe fuses the power of ancient ecstatic rites with the uplifted energy of a rave.

A trance dance master-piece!"Vibratribe fuses the power of ancient ecstatic rites with the uplifted energy of a rave. The tracks are layered electonic & organic grooves, flowering from ambient beds of drones & overtones. The sophisticated melodies spring from world traditions of the past & present.With special guest performances:Laurel Massé :: vocals Steve Gorn :: bamboo flute Amit Chaterjee :: vocals Layne Redmond :: overtone singing
link:http://www.myspace.com/vibratribe
To buy:http://cdbaby.com/cd/vibratribe

19.3.07

HERE YOU CAN BUY EASY LIVING and ALONE TOGETHER IN VINYL

I bought Alone Together last year of Italian edition (Ducale Spa-BREBBIA IT (VA) ITALY.Like newly gone out of factory, like new!

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18.3.07

LAUREL MASSE RETURNS FOR THREE TUESDAYS IN APRIL

Laurel Masse, founding member of Manhattan Transfer, will follow her acclaimed series of New Year's shows at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 - http://www.metropolitanroom.com/ ) with a return to the club for three shows in April, on Tuesdays the 3rd, 10th and 17th, all shows at 9:30 pm. Joining her will be pianist and musical collaborator Tex Arnold, and Jon Burr on bass. Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Room is becoming a popular destination for jazz lovers. Masse's 9:30 pm shows follow venerable singer Annie Ross' regular 7:00 pm Tuesday night set.
Songs in Masse's show are drawn from a variety of sources, reflecting her eclectic musical tastes and her unique ability to make any song her own. Joni Mitchell, Dave Brubeck, Carol Hall, and Lerner and Lowe are just a few of the composers whose work is included in the evening. While some of the material can be found on her previously released CDs Alone Together, Easy Living, Again, and Feather and Bone, many of the tunes will offer a sneak peek at her fifth solo CD currently in the works.

Founding Member of Manhattan Transfer Laurel Masse Returns NYC's Metropolitan Room

Laurel Masse(Founding Member of Manhattan Transfer)Returns to the Metropolitan RoomApril 3rd, 10th and 17th at 9:30 PM$25.00 Cover / 2 Drink Minimum
The Metropolitan Room34 West 22nd StreetNew York, NYReservations: (212)206-0440
Laurel Masse, founding member of Manhattan Transfer, will follow her acclaimed series of New Year's shows at the Metropolitan Room with a return to the club for three shows in April. Joining her will be pianist and musical collaborator Tex Arnold, and Jon Burr on bass.
Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Room is becoming a popular destination for jazz lovers. Mass's 9:30 PM show follows venerable singer Annie Ross' regular 7:00 PM set. Says Masse, “Annie Ross has been a great influence throughout my career; I consider it a tremendous honor to be sharing Tuesday evenings with her.”
Songs in Masse's set are drawn from a variety of sources, reflecting her eclectic musical tastes and her unique ability to make any song her own. Joni Mitchell, Dave Brubeck, Carol Hall, and Lerner and Lowe are just a few of the composers whose work is included in the evening. While some of the material can be found on her previously released CDs Alone Together, Easy Living, Again, and Feather and Bone, many of the tunes will offer a sneak peek at her fifth solo CD currently in the works.
She has a marvelous sense of style, a purity of tone....dazzling. John S. Wilson, The New York Times
How can you not fall in love with someone who brings such life and joy to every note that passes through her lips - who transforms even the most familiar songs into stunning new dramatic entities? Simply one of the most musically-compelling programs ever.... Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times
Laurel Masse is an unusually graceful, funny, sensuous, lyrical singer who can swing and phrase like a hot cornet but is also a gently insinuating ballad singer. Nat Hentoff, The Progressive
Miss Masse has an impressive set of pipes - power plus flexibility - and a true jazz feeling. --Ira Gitler, Jazz Times

16.3.07

THANKS TO MANVERSBOY FOR PUTTING THIS VIDEO IN YOUTUBE

ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE

14.3.07

Thanks to Russell Paris for sending this video

12.3.07

OPERATOR/BBC TV

BBC TV/TUXEDO JUNCTION

11.3.07

BBC TV/FOUR BROTHERS

"MARY'S INCREDIBLE DREAM"

LISTA DE EXITOS/SEPTIEMBRE DE 1977

10.3.07

DOODLIN'

My Own Way To Rock (Medley) Burton Cummings Special

8.3.07

INTERVIEW

Laurel comentó en una ocasión que durante sus giras con Manhattan Transfer era ella la que siempre se prestaba para ir a las entrevistas de radio, un medio que a Laurel siempre le fascinó.

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LIVE: JaLaLa @ The Egg, 6/5/10

The name JaLaLa is a clever use of the first two letters of the first names of the three internationally acclaimed songbirds fronting the fabulous trio.

Janis Siegel, Laurel Masse and Lauren Kinhan are certainly no strangers to the jazz community. Their considerable vocal talents have long been an integral part of such world-renowned ensembles as Manhattan Transfer (Siegel & Masse) and the New York Voices (Kinhan).

Last Saturday night, vocal sparks ignited the pyrotechnic vocal-fun at The Egg in Albany when these three distinct voices joined forces to sing, swing and scat their way through an uninterrupted set of originals, American jazz, Broadway standards and the classic Johnny Mercer songbook. (JaLaLa’s debut album is a tribute titled, “That Old Mercer Magic!”)

Backing the three chanteuses was a crack rhythm section featuring bassist Steve LaSpina, drummer Deric Dickens and long-time Manhattan Transfer music director/pianist Yaron Gershovsky.

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Birdland

JALALA = Janis Siegel, Laurel Masse and Lauren Kinhan…three gals who know from vocal groups. Janis has been with the Manhattan Transfer since the beginning. Laurel was part of the original Transfer. Lauren is one of the New York Voices. Happily, they have joined forces for this fabulous vocal klatch called JaLaLa. They sold-out Birdland on Monday night, showing off with their signature harmonies and gorgeous solo vocals, but a dazzling highlight came during the encore. The trio had planned a re-interpretation of the Lambert, Hendricks & Ross masterpiece, “It’s Sand, Man,” but Janis had spied the song’s creater and King of Vocalese, Mr. Jon Hendricks, sneak into the club to catch the act. They invited him onstage (left) to add some extra-special hip to the scene, making it one of the more historic moments we’ve witnessed! Thanks, Ja, La, and La for an amazing night!

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LAUREL MASSÉ

Laurel Massé, founding member of Grammy award-winning vocal group Manhattan Transfer, toured internationally for seven years with the group and recorded five albums. In 1979, a serious automobile accident forced her departure. After two years of convalescence, she began touring again both in the States and in Europe. She has released four solo CDs. The first two, Alone Together and Easy Living, both hit the Billboard Jazz charts; the third, Again, was a People magazine pick. Feather and Bone, her 2000 release, was picked by audiophile magazine The Absolute Sound as "a recording of extraordinary musical and sonic value". In 2002 she released Ballads.

Coming Out nº1 in Europe

COMING OUT/BRITISH BPI GOLD LP AWARD 1977

Coming Out sold millions of copies in Europe, where a single from the album, "Chanson D'Amour," hit #1 in France and in England, a chart-topper on both sides of the English Channel. On the strength of "Chanson D'Amour," the Manhattan Transfer toured Europe again, including a show at the MIDEM music business convention in Cannes. In a 1977 interview, Alan Paul remembered how that song was chosen and recorded. "The song was written in 1957. We'd been recording all day and we hadn't gotten that far. Just as we were about to leave, Laurel shouted, 'Hey wait a minute, I've got an idea.' She used an Edith Piaf sound in her voice and we recorded it in one take. She wanted to get a romantic French feel behind it."

The Manhattan Transfer Show/CBS TV

Because of the lack of rehearsal time to learn new material, the Manhattan Transfer mined their catalog for over 30 different songs during the show's four-week run - they went through all their recorded material, the stuff that hadn't been recorded yet, enough music to record a new studio album every Sunday night. "We didn't want to get picked up for another season," said Tim, "because we knew that we couldn't do another season. These shows are put together in a week, and this is why television is what it is.

PASTICHE

Pastiche (Atlantic 19163), lived up to its name - a mixture of various musical styles and genres. By this time, the Manhattan Transfer were experimenting with more open voicings and less block harmony, adding new depth to their vocal precision. Between Pastiche's list of Cole Porter and Duke Ellington songs, the Manhattan Transfer collaborated for the first time with JonHendricks, the vocal jazz legend and one-third of the Lambert, Hendricks and Ross vocal jazz group. The collaboration, "Four Brothers," was originally written by Jimmy Giuffre for Woody Herman's Second Herd. For this song, the Manhattan Transfer replicated - using only their voices and Jon Hendricks' lyrics - the melodies of Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, Herbie Steward and Serge Chaloff, Woody Herman's sax section.

Pastiche Nº10 in UK and nº 1 in Norway

Pastiche sold well in Europe, but could climb no higher than #66 on the American album charts. Tim, Alan, Janis and Laurel toured Europe, playing concerts in support of Pastiche, and listening to different music in anticipation of using some new ideas for a new album. "We had just come back from Europe," said Alan, "we were in Europe for a couple of months touring, and we were scheduled to open in the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, and we had all these new ideas and things that we wanted to present to the public."

THE BEGINNINGS

The Manhattan Transfer re-emerged as a four-piece, with Janis Siegel (alto), Laurel Massé (soprano), and Alan Paul (tenor), who found each other in a series of happy accidents. Tim Hauser was driving a cab at the time, and picked up passenger Laurel Masse; they got to talking. Tim met Janis Siegel through a drummer acquaintance. Janis had been performing at the Greenwich Village coffeehouse scene with a group called "Laurel Canyon." Alan Paul had been appearing in the musical "Grease!" (Laurel's boyfriend was a musician in the production, and referred him).